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ANCIENT EGYPT THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
APPENDIX
A comparative list of some pre-existing and pre-Christian data which were Christianized in the canonical gospels and the Book of Revelation.
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Egyptian |
Christian |
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| The Mysteries | = | The miracles |
| The Sem, or mythical representations | = | The parables |
| The Ritual as the book of resurrection | = | The Book of Revelation |
| The sayings of Iu or Iu-em-hetep | = | The Sayings of Jesus |
| Huhi the father in heaven as the eternal, a title of Atum-Ra | = | Ihuh, the father in heaven as the eternal |
| Ra, the holy spirit | = | God the Holy Ghost |
| Ra the father of Iu the Su, or son of God, with the hawk or dove as the bird of the holy spirit | = | God, the Father of Jesus, with the dove as the bird of the Holy Spirit |
| Iu or Horus, the manifesting son of God | = | Jesus the manifesting Son of God. |
| The trinity of Atum (or Osiris) the father, Horus (or Iu) the son, and Ra the holy spirit | = | The Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| Iu-Su or Iusa, the coming son of Iusaas, who was great with Iusa or Iusu | = | Jesus |
| The ever-coming Messu or Child as Egyptian | = | The Hebrew Messianic Child |
| Horus (or Heru), the Lord by name, as a child | = | Child-Jesus as the Lord by name (Gospels of the Infancy) |
| Isis, the virgin mother of Iu, her Su or son | = | Mary the virgin mother of Jesus |
| The first Horus as Child of the Virgin, the second as son of Ra, the father | = | Jesus the Virgin’s child, the Christ as son of the father |
| The first Horus as the founder, the second as fulfiller for the father | = | Jesus as the founder, and the Christ as fulfiller for the father |
| The two mothers of Child-Horus, Isis and Nephthys, who were two sisters | = | The two mothers of Child-Jesus, who were sisters |
| Meri or Nut, the mother-heaven | = | Mary as Regina Coeli |
| The outcast great mother with her seven sons | = | Mary Magdalene, with her seven devils |
| Isis taken by Horus in adultery with Sut | = | The woman taken in adultery |
| Apt, the crib or manger, by name as the birthplace and mother in one | = | The manger as cradle of the child-Christ |
| Seb, the earth-father, as consort to the virgin Isis | = | Joseph, the father on earth, as putative husband to the Virgin Mary |
| Seb, the foster-father to Child-Horus | = | Joseph, as foster-father to the Child-Jesus |
| Seb, Isis and Horus, the Kamite holy trinity | = | Joseph, Mary and Jesus, a Christian holy trinity |
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| Seb, the builder of the house, the carpenter | = | Joseph, the carpenter |
| Seb, the custodian of the mummied dead | = | Joseph of Arimathea, the keeper of the Corpus Christi |
| Sut and Horus, the twin opponents | = | Satan and Jesus, the twin opponents |
| Horus, the sower, and Sut, the destroyer, in the harvest-field | = | Jesus, the sower of the good seed, and Satan, the sower of tares |
| Sut and Horus contending in the desert | = | Satan and Jesus contending in the wilderness |
| Sut and Horus contending on the Ben-Ben or Pyramidion | = | Satan and Jesus contending on the pinnacle |
| Horus carried off by Sut to the summit of Mount Hetep | = | Jesus spirited away by Satan into an exceeding high mountain |
| Sut and Horus contending on the mount | = | Satan and Jesus contending on the mount |
| Sut undoing the good that Horus does | = | Satan sowing tares by night |
| S’men, for Khemen, a title of Taht | = | Simeon |
| S’men, who held Child-Horus in his arms as the young solar god | = | Simeon, who took the child-Jesus in his arms |
| Anna or Annit (a title of Hathor), with Taht-S’men | = | Anna, the prophetess, with Simeon |
| The Petar or Petra by name in Egyptian as revealer to Horus | = | Peter, the revealer to the Christ |
| The house of Annu | = | Bethany |
| The group in the house at Annu | = | The group in the house at Bethany |
| Horus in Annu | = | Jesus in Bethany |
| Asar or Osiris | = | Lazarus |
| The two sisters Mertae | = | The two sisters Mary and Martha |
| Osiris, whom Horus loved | = | Lazarus, whom Jesus loved |
| Osiris perfumed for his burial | = | Jesus anointed, when the odour fills the house |
| Osiris prays that he may be buried speedily | = | Jesus begs that his death may be effected quickly |
| Osiris prepared for burial under the hair of Hathor-Meri | = | Jesus prepared for his burial beneath the hair of Mary |
| Osiris, who slept in the tomb at Annu | = | Lazarus, who slept in the tomb at Bethany |
| Osiris raised from the tomb by Horus in Annu | = | Lazarus raised from the tomb at Bethany |
| The mummy Osiris bidden to come forth by Horus | = | The mummy Lazarus bidden to come forth by Jesus |
| The Great One who does the work of washing | = | Jesus washing the feet of his disciples |
| The star, as announcer for the child-Horus | = | The Star in the East that indicated the birthplace of Jesus |
| The seven Hathors (or cows) who minister to Horus | = | The seven women who minister to Jesus |
| Anup, the precursor of Horus | = | John, the forerunner of Jesus the Christ |
| Anup, the baptizer | = | John the Baptist |
| Aan, the saluter of Horus | = | John, the saluter of the Christ |
| Aan, a name of the divine scribe | = | John, the divine scribe |
| Hermes, the scribe | = | Hermas, the scribe |
| Mati, the registrar | = | Matthew, the clerk |
| Taht, Shu, and black Sut | = | The three kings, or Magi |
| Nut at the pool of the Persea, or sycamore-tree, as giver of divine drink | = | The woman at the well as giver of the water |
| Horus born in Annu, the place of bread | = | Jesus born in Bethlehem, the house of bread |
| The vesture put on Horus by the goddess Tait | = | The swaddling clothes put on the infant Jesus |
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| Offerings made to the child by the worshippers in Annu | = | Offerings and worship of the Magi |
| Child-Horus with the head of Ra | = | Child-Jesus with the solar glory round his head |
| The Bull of Amenta in the place of birth | = | The ox in the birthplace of the child |
| The ass, Iu, in the birthplace | = | The ass in the birthplace (catacombs) |
| The lions of the horizon attending upon Horus | = | The lions attending the child-Christ (pseudo-Matthew) |
| Child-Horus emerging from the papyrus-reed | = | The child-Jesus in the catacombs issuing from the papyrus |
| Horus, the ancient child | = | The little old Jesus in the catacombs |
| Horus, the gracious child | = | Jesus, the child full of grace |
| Horus, one of five brethren | = | Jesus, one of five brothers |
| Horus, the brother of Sut the betrayer | = | Jesus, the brother of Judas the betrayer |
| Amsta, the one brother of Horus in the human form | = | James, the human brother of Jesus |
| The two sisters of Horus | = | The sisters of Jesus |
| Horus the lad in the country and youth in town | = | Jesus as the child in the country and youth in town |
| Horus baptized with water by Anup | = | Jesus baptized with water by John |
| Horus in the tank of flame | = | Jesus the baptizer with fire |
| Horus in his baptism becoming the beloved son of God the Father | = | Jesus becoming the son of God the Father in his baptism |
| Horus the husbandman with the fan in his hand | = | Christ coming with the fan in his hand |
| Horus the Good Shepherd, with the crook upon his shoulder | = | Jesus the Good Shepherd, with the lamb or kid upon his shoulder |
| Horus with the four followers in the Mount | = | Jesus with the four disciples in the Mount |
| Horus with the seven great spirits in the Mount | = | Jesus with the seven spirits in the Mount (Rev.) |
| Herrut the Apap-reptile, slayer of the younglings in the egg | = | Herod, the murderer of the innocents |
|
Isis commanded to take
her child down into
|
= |
Mary warned to take
her child down into
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| Horus as the typical fish | = | Jesus as Ichthus the fish |
| Horus as the fisher | = | Jesus as the fisher |
| The four fishers with Horus as founders of the kingdom | = | The four fishers with Jesus as founders of the kingdom |
| Sebek, the father of the fishers | = | Zebedee, the father of the fishers |
| Two fisher-brethren, Kabhsenuf and Hapi | = | Two fisher-brethren, Simon and Andrew |
| Two other fisher-brethren, Amsta and Tuamutef | = | Two other fisher-brethren, James and John |
| The seven on board the bark with Horus | = | The seven fishers on board the bark with Jesus |
| The wonderful net of the fishers | = | The miraculous draught of fishes in the net |
| Horus as the lamb | = | Jesus as the lamb |
| Horus as the lion | = | Jesus as a lion |
| Horus (Iu) as the black child | = | Jesus as the little black bambino |
| Horus as Ahi, the striker with the flabellum | = | Jesus wielding the scourge of cords as the striker |
| Horus identified with the tat or cross | = | Jesus identified with the cross |
| The blind Horus, in two characters, as the God and manes | = | The two blind men of the gospels |
| Horus of twelve years | = | Jesus of twelve years |
| Horus made a man of thirty years in his baptism |
= |
Jesus, the man of thirty years in his baptism |
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| Horus (Iu), the son of a beetle | = | Jesus, the good scarabaeus |
| Horus (or Ra) as the great cat | = | Jesus as the cat |
| Horus as the shrewmouse | = | The mouse of Jesus dedicated to 'Our Lady' |
| Horus, the healer in the mountain | = | Jesus, the healer in the mountain |
| Horus as Iusa, the exorcizer of evil spirits as the Word | = | Jesus, the caster out of demons with a word |
| Horus, born as the shoot, branch, or plant from the Nun | = | Jesus born as the natzer of Nazareth, so rendered in the course of localizing the legend |
| Osiris as the vine-plant, Aarru | = | Jesus as the vine |
|
Horus, the bringer of
the fish and the grapes in
|
= | Jesus as bringer of the fish and the grapes (catacombs) |
| Horus, the child standing on two crocodiles which adore him | = | The Christ-child adored by dragons = crocodiles |
| Horus, the child of a widow | = |
The child-Christ who
lodges with a widow in
|
| Horus, the child of the widow in Sutenkhen | = | The child-Christ with the widow in Sotenin (pseudo-Matthew) |
| The golden Horus | = | The corn-complexioned Jesus |
| Horus full of wine | = | Jesus the wine-bibber |
| Horus, who gives the water of life | = | Jesus as giver of the water of life |
| Horus in the lentils and the grain | = | Jesus the bread of life |
| Horus as Unbu in the bush of thorn | = | Jesus in the crown of thorn |
| Horus the just and true | = | Jesus the faithful and true |
| Horus-Mat-Kheru, the Word made truth at the second coming | = | Jesus the spirit of truth at the Second Advent |
| The human Horus glorified in becoming a (khu) spirit | = | The spirit not given until Jesus is glorified |
| The world made through Horus | = | The world made through Jesus |
| Horus the bridegroom with the bride in Sothis | = | Jesus the bridegroom with the bride |
| Horus of both sexes | = | Jesus as the bearded Sophia; Charis, the female Christ |
| Horus who exalts his father in every sacred place | = | Jesus who exalts his father in every place |
| Horus as Remi the weeper | = | Jesus as the weeper |
| Dumb Horus, or the silent Sekari | = | Jesus silent before his accusers |
| Horus behaving badly to Isis | = | Jesus speaking brutally to his mother |
| Horus the gladsome | = | Jesus the jocund |
| Horus as prince of the divine powers | = | Jesus the prince |
| Horus the uplifted serpent | = | Jesus uplifted as the serpent |
| Horus as the Bennu | = | Jesus as the phoenix |
| Horus who gives light by means of his own body | = | Jesus the light of the world |
| Horus the hider of himself as Har-Sheta | = | Jesus the concealer of himself |
| Horus the word-made-flesh | = | Jesus the word-made-flesh |
| Horus the word-made-truth | = | Jesus the doer of the word |
| Horus in the bosom of Ra | = | Jesus in the bosom of the Father |
| Horus the krst | = | Jesus the Christ |
| Horus the avenger | = | Jesus who brings the sword |
| Iu-em-hetep who comes with peace | = | Jesus the bringer of peace |
| Horus called the illegitimate child | = | Jesus called the Mamzer |
| Horus the afflicted one | = | Jesus the afflicted one |
| Horus the unique one | = | Jesus the unique one |
| Horus the lord of resurrections from the house of death | = | Jesus the resurrection and the life |
| Horus as the type of life eternal | = | Jesus the type of eternal life |
| Iu (em-hetep) the child-teacher in the temple | = | The child-Jesus as teacher in the temple |
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| Child-Horus as sower of the seed | = | Child-Jesus as sower of the seed |
| Har-Khuti, lord of the harvest | = | Jesus, lord of the harvest |
| Horus the founder | = | Jesus the founder |
| Horus the fulfiller | = | Jesus the fulfiller |
| Horus as master of the words of power | = | Jesus whose word was with power |
| Horus Ma-kheru | = | Jesus, 'the witness unto the truth' |
| Horus as the lily | = | Jesus typified by the lily |
| Horus the link | = | Jesus the bond of union |
| Horus who came to fulfil the law | = | Jesus who comes to fulfil the law |
| Horus as bearer of the ankh-symbol of life and the un-sceptre of resurrection | = | Jesus as the resurrection and the life personified |
| Horus (or Khunsu) the chaser of boastfulness | = | Jesus the humbler of the proud |
| Horus of the Second Advent | = | The coming Christ |
| Horus the hidden force | = | Jesus the concealed |
| Horus as Kam-Ura, the overflower, and extender of the water illimitably | = | Jesus, giver of the water of life without limit |
| Horus, who came by the water, the blood and the spirit | = | Jesus, who came by the water, the blood and the spirit |
| Horus the opener as Unen | = | Jesus the opener with the keys |
| Horus of the two horizons | = | Jesus of the two lands |
| Horus as teacher of the living generation | = | Jesus as teacher on the earth |
| Horus as teacher of the spirits in Amenta | = | Jesus as preacher to the spirits in prison |
| Horus as teacher on the Atit-bark, with the seven glorious ones on board | = | Jesus the teacher on the boat, also with the seven fishers on board |
| Horus uttering the words of Ra in the solar bark | = | Jesus uttering the parables on board the boat |
| Horus walking the water | = | Jesus walking the water |
| The blind mummy made to see by Horus | = | The blind man given sight by Jesus |
| Horus and the Hamemmet or younglings of Shu | = | Jesus and the little ones |
| The children of Horus | = | The children of Jesus |
| Horus the raiser of the dead | = | Jesus the raiser of the dead |
| Horus the raiser up of Asar | = | Jesus the raiser up of Lazarus |
| Horus, who imparts the power of the resurrection to his children | = | Jesus who confers the same power on his followers |
| Horus entering the mount at sunset to hold converse with his father | = | Jesus entering the mount at sunset to hold converse with his father |
| Horus one with the father | = | Jesus one with his father |
| Horus transfigured on the mount | = | Jesus transfigured on the mount |
| Amsu-Horus in his resurrection as a Sahu- mummy | = | Jesus rising again corporeally or incorporated |
| The blood of Isis | = | The issue of blood suffered by the woman |
| The field manured with blood in Tattu | = | Aceldama |
| The mummy-bandage that was woven without seam | = | The vesture of the Christ without a seam |
| Seven souls of Ra the Holy Spirit | = | Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit |
| Seven hawks of Ra the Holy Spirit | = | Seven doves of the Holy Spirit |
| Seven loaves of Horus for feeding the multitude reposing in the green fields of Annu | = | Seven loaves of Jesus for feeding the multitude reclining on the grass |
| Twelve followers of Har-Khuti | = | Twelve followers of Jesus, as the twelve disciples |
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| Horus with the twelve in the field of divine harvest | = | Jesus with the twelve in the harvest-field |
| The twelve who reap for Horus | = | The twelve who reap for Jesus |
| Horus as the intercessor | = | Jesus as the paraclete |
| Horus as the great judge | = | Jesus as the great judge |
| The judgement of the righteous, who are the sheep of Horus, the good shepherd | = | Judgment of the righteous, who are the sheep of Jesus the Good Shepherd |
| The judgment of the guilty, who are the goats of Sut | = | Judgment of the wicked, who are the goats of Satan |
| Horus parting off the evil dead | = | Jesus parting off the accursed |
| The condemned spirits entering the swine | = | The evil spirits entering the swine |
| The glorious ones that wait on Horus | = | The angels that minister unto Jesus |
| Horus ascending to heaven from Bakhu, the mount of the olive tree | = | Jesus ascending to heaven from Mount Olivet |
| The revelation of Horus, given by Ra, his father, to make known the mysteries of divine things to his followers | = | The revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him to show unto his servants |
| The revelation written down by Aan (Tehuti), the scribe of divine words | = | The revelation written by John the Divine |
| The saluter Aani, who bears witness to the word of Ra and to the testimony of Horus | = | John, who bears witness to the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ |
| The secret of the Mysteries revealed by Taht-Aan | = | The secret of the Mysteries made known by John |
| The books in Annu | = | The book of doom and the book of life in Patmos |
| The books and their bringer | = | The book and its opener |
| Seven dungeon-seals | = | The book with seven seals |
| The great mother Apt, the pregnant water-cow | = | The woman sitting on the waters |
| The crocodile as great mother | = | The dragon as great mother |
| The great mother as Hathor, the abode | = | The woman that was the great city personalized |
| The great or enceinte mother in her lunar character | = | The woman arrayed with the sun about to bring forth the child |
| Isis, who brought forth Horus in the marshes | = | The woman who brought forth in the wilderness |
| Isis pursued by the great crocodile | = | The woman persecuted by the dragon |
| Isis, hawk-winged | = | The woman with eagle’s wings |
| The bride as Hathor-Isis, with the calf or lamb upon the mount of glory | = | The bride as the lamb’s wife upon the mount |
| Atum-Huhi, the closer and the opener of Amenta | = | Ihuh, who carries the keys of death and Hades as closer and opener |
| Atum-Ra, the holy spirit | = | The spirit |
| Hathor-Iusaas the bride, with Horus the lamb (or earlier calf) upon the mount | = | The bride with the lamb upon the mount |
| Anup and Aan, the two witnesses for Horus | = | The two Johns as witnesses for Jesus |
| The seven khuti or glorious ones | = | The seven spirits of God |
| Horus, with the seven khabsu stars, or gods of the lamp | = | Jesus in the midst of the seven golden lampstands |
| Sebek-Horus the lamb on the mount | = | Jesus the lamb on the mount |
| Horus the morning star | = | Jesus the morning star |
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| Horus, who gives the morning star to his followers | = | Jesus, who gives the morning star to his followers |
| The Har-Seshu, or servants of Horus | = | The servants of Jesus Christ |
| The seven spirits of fire around the throne of Ra | = | The seven spirits of fire before the throne |
| The fathers, or the ancient ones | = | The four-and-twenty elders |
| The four corner-keepers | = | The four living creatures at the four corners |
| The solar god of golden form | = | The form with feet like unto burnished brass, and countenance as of the sun |
| Iu the son of man (or Atum) | = | Jesus the son of man |
| Horus as the firstborn from the dead | = | Jesus the Christ as firstborn of those that slept |
| Horus in the house of a thousand years | = | The millennial reign of Jesus |
| Sebek the solar dragon | = | The scarlet-coloured beast with seven heads |
| Seven souls or powers of Ra | = | Seven heads of the solar dragon |
| The eighth to the seven | = | The eighth to the seven |
| Ten Tata-gods or powers | = | The ten horns or kings |
| The war in heaven | = | The war in heaven |
| Har-Tema as the avenger, the red god who orders the block of execution | = | The word of God, faithful and true, with raiment dipped in blood |
| Har-Makhu | = | Michael the Archangel |
| Sut the accuser | = | Satan the accuser |
| Sut and Horus | = | Christ and the Anti-Christ |
| The celestial Heptanomis | = | The seven mountains of earth or islands in the sea |
| The seven children of the old earth-mother | = | The seven kings of the earth |
| Horus at the head of the seven | = | Jesus at the head of the seven |
| The last judgment | = | The last judgment |
| The mount of glory | = | The throne set in heaven on the mount |
| The mount as judgment-seat | = | The mount as throne of the Great Judge |
| The lion-faced throne of steel | = | The great white throne |
| The great judge seated on his throne | = | The Great Judge on the judgment-seat |
| The god in lion form | = | The god who is the lion of the tribe of Judah |
| The god in the solar disc | = | The god with the sun-like countenance |
| The god whose dazzling mouth sends forth breezes of flame | = | The god from whose mouth proceeded the two-edged sword |
| Osiris-Tat, the sufferer in the Lower Egypt of Amenta | = |
The Lord who was
crucified in
|
| The Apap-reptile, the serpent of evil | = | Abaddon, Apollyon, or Satan, that old serpent |
| Apap, the power of evil in the Abyss | = | Abaddon or Apollyon, the angel of the Abyss |
| The binding of Apap in chains and casting the beast into the Abyss | = | The binding of the dragon, that old serpent, and casting him into the pit |
| Apap and Sut bound in chains and cast into the abyss | = | The Devil or Satan bound in a great chain and cast into the pit |
| The ankh-key of life and the un-symbol of the resurrection | = | The keys of death and Hades in the hands of the opener |
| The first resurrection and the second death in Amenta | = | The first resurrection and the second death |
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| The Lake of Putrata where the lost souls fall headlong into everlasting night | = | The lake of the second death |
| The beatified in their white garments of glory | = | The beatified spirits arrayed in white |
| The name of Ra on the head of the deceased | = | The name of the Father written on the forehead |
| The little column of white stone given as a talisman to the initiates | = | The white stone given to the initiated |
| The mount of the double earth in Hetep | = | The mountain great and high |
| The eternal city at the summit | = | The Holy City |
| The water of life as lake or river | = | The river of the water of life |
| The two divine sycamores over the water of life | = | The tree of life on either side of the water of life |
| The water of life proceeding from the throne of Osiris. | = | The water of life proceeding from the throne of God |
| The great lake in Hetep upon which the gods and glorified alight | = | The glassy sea on which the victors stand triumphant |
| The great white lake of Sa | = | The sea of crystal |
| The calf (later lamb) of Horus standing on the mount with Hathor bearing the bride | = | The lamb standing on Mount Zion with the bride |
| The lunar goddess Hathor bearing the solar orb | = | The woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon at her feet |
| The glorified in Hetep stoled and girdled and crowned | = | The angels girt about the breasts with golden girdles |
| The emerald dawn around the mount or throne of Ra | = | The rainbow like an emerald round the throne |
| The ba enclosure of Aarru, in twelve measures | = | The walled enclosure of the New Jerusalem, in twelve measures |
| Heaven according to the measure of a man | = | Heaven according to the measure of a man |
| The paradise of the polestar | = | The Holy City lighted by one luminary that is neither the sun nor the moon = the polestar |
| The ark of Osiris-Ra |
= |
The Ark of the New Covenant in heaven |
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