“It has now to be shown that the so-called ‘legends of creation’ chiefly known as Semitic are the [offspring] of the Egyptian wisdom. The Jesus-legend is Egyptian, but it was at first without the dogma of historic personality. The Christians celebrate the birth of the divine babe at Christmas and the death and resurrection at Easter; whereas the birth and death were commemorated at the same season in the Egyptian mysteries of Ptah, and later of Osiris…The new year came to be reckoned from the shortest day when the sun had reached its lowest point.”

“The mount of the gods and the glorified is common in Africa, where, as we hold, the foundations of Egyptian mythology were laid; and there, as in other lands, it is a point of departure in the beginning for the race.”

QUOTES FROM ANCIENT EGYPT: LIGHT OF THE WORLD Gerald Massey (1828-1907) was born in England. Despite his humble origins, Massey was able to learn several languages including Latin, French, Greek, and. Hebrew. His knowledge of language, history, Ancient Egyptian spirituality, and hieroglyphs yielded great depth on the topic of Ancient Egyptian cosmology.