Osiris, Isis and Horus -- Renewal, Love and Unity -- deep cultural symbolism, could Aid our Current World
Civilization is like a laboratory of Trust, the sense of Personally connected Intent, has many aspects; Spirituality, Language and Lawfulness. Love is at the Center of being at our Best.
If the Perfect Knowledge is that which Unites, then the Perfect Power is that which upholds Life and defeats Death.
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Preface:
Current world circumstances and the History that lead up to them, help contrast what type of Civilization we would like to Rebuild; by focusing on cooperative positives, while avoiding negative approaches.
There are some Cultural Stories, going farther back into history, since before records were written, that show Love as having the power to overcome Death; symbolized in the story of Osiris, Isis and Horus, this is also central to the story of Savitri and Satyavan of Vedic India.
In this post, I am covering many symbolic facets to the story of Osiris and Isis; though not all of them. I will also do a separate one on the story of Savitri. Both stories have a consistent and important message and so should be considered in view of their esoteric and social inspiration. Savitri is a story that has connections to many other Vedic works such as the Upanishads and later, the Mahabharata.
With deep meanings to be found in these sacred stories, our future outward facing world may only be enriched by the treasures we can find reflected within ourselves. What we realize inside can have profound influence in how we live on the outside, how we interact and make Society what it is. The most effective way to make change is to focus more on positive solutions that are available and less on the negative symptoms we see everywhere.
So, How can anything Social exist?
The way I have come to see anything that involves Civilization; is that it can exist in two possible ways, either by a Compulsory Collective Hierarchy, or a Naturally Voluntary Cooperative system that usually lacks a strict Hierarchy.
Why did we Create Civilization? Was it just to Follow and Obey?
It was because of our innate nature of being able to get along and cooperate.
Why did it grow to such large proportions?
Nationalism and Globalism grew like a turbo cancer, fed by the illusion of “Authority.”
What is the difference between small Indigenous, locally settled culture and sprawling National and Global Empires? There seems to be a pattern:
Indigenous culture is Naturally Civilized for the most part
An Indigenous Culture, naturally has Cooperative Willingness and is also more Decentralized. This arrangement tends to stay relatively small and local, these communities have politeness and respect built into their life and world view; with an intimate connection to the natural world. Trade happens mostly peer to peer, Individuals generally enjoy true and actual Freedom. Trust is mutually earned as it is treasured. There is a genuine feeling of belonging with their community and each other. Of course there are no hard and fast rules to this, Nations and Empires eventually emerged from simple beginnings.
Nations and Empires are Parasites to Human Civilization
A National or Global Empire, is not natural; it entirely depends on Compulsion and Centralized Hierarchy to come into existence and grow. Usually, compulsion is driven indirectly by hijacking cultural Trust at the community level; Ingratiation and Infiltration leads to the Usurpation of local control. Economics become Colonized into a Subversionary system of conscripted apartheid and usury. Individuals are then fooled into trading their Natural Freedom for enumerated Liberties, granted by a Parasitic System that only ever had manufactured consent. (Our present Western Democratic Empire.)
In both types of Society, Stories form cultural Habits
What if everything we think of as actually real is based off stories of deep meaning? If we live in the world that we create, our cultural stories provide our perception with a road map of what is Essential and Proper. What if the only thing that matters is what we Truly Love?
If Culture is founded on Love, or highly principled civility, it leads to the longest lasting Civilizations; even after it is all is gone, the Stories that are Remembered leave powerful and positive lasting influences.
Rupert Spira on Love:
Love is the dissolution of the ‘I’ that loves and the ‘other’ that is loved. It is the collapse of relatedness and the dawn of intimacy.
– from ‘The Ashes of Love’, by Rupert Spira: https://www.amazon.com/Ashes-Love-Say...
Love is ultimately at the center of what we are willing to fight for. What we adopt within the Heart is what we feel we belong to. Finding the Truth within; we will see it everywhere we look. What Rupert states about “Intimacy” is not just about personal relationships; it’s the realization that True Being is the Wholeness of All.
Love that Conquers Death, forms a strong inspiration for Civilization
There are of course many stories, that inspired people to come together. Stories like Osiris and Isis helped create a mental landscape of harmony and a desire to see Unity, this became a firm bedrock for Egyptian Civilization.
One thing we could benefit from in our present age of Tech is a truly Unifying Story; something that connects with everyone at a deep personal level, no matter where we are from, that inspires us all to see Unity as the best Ideal. This can be a guiding principle, working from the bottom up; from the local to the non-local but NOT Top Down; it’s a significant part of human nature to want to be a part of something larger than we are, yet Unions must never be forced.
A story from the Top Down, at the Macro-Globalist Scale, is a Story of the Love of Power.
A story from the Bottom Up at the Individual Spiritual Scale is a Story of the Power of Love.
Story of Osiris, Isis and Horus — an Introduction
In a basic sense, this is a story of "resurrection" of Life and the Power of Love overcoming the Finality of Death. It is a very important part of what the Original Ancient Egyptian Civilization was founded on. Without Love there is nothing; not even Life.
Many people who have written about Egyptian Culture, have done so on the basis that it was a culture nearly entirely consumed by a preoccupation of Death and the Afterlife. Nothing could be further from the truth: It was actually a culture that Loved Life and sought to extend the sense of Life into Death, desiring to see Life as Eternal, as unending as the Gods. Love was always at the Center of this focus. The true name of the “Book of the Dead” is “Going Forth by Day,” — what a Contrast.
This story likely grew out of a recitation of actual events, the Gods were symbolically influential forces
The development of the Story of Osiris and Isis may have happened over a period of time. It may have been first told as a story of Conflict between Seth and Horus in the context of the world of the gods; however, in the world of the living — as a tale of two rival cities, personified as patron deities of those cities. This may point to a fight involving an actual prehistoric effort of unification of Tau Wei (Two Lands), or at least a portion of it.
To Unify or Not Unify?
In a metaphoric sense, Seth may have represented the will of the separatist, or secessionist and Horus was possibly representing the will or desire to reunify the country. Please notice that if we take a very neutral stance, both points of view are neither right or wrong, politically. What makes one more proper than the other is which one is peaceful and who is applying force to achieve their agenda.
There may have been a separate story of Osiris and Isis, since they are not mentioned much before the fifth dynasty; then later, they may have been merged into the story. The Dynastic era Unification may have come in a series of Unifications, not just one of them. Fights over territory were probably common in a local context because of limited “black land” arable soil in which to grow crops, was an important resource.
The current form of the story was originally written as part of the Pyramid Texts; however, it is thought to have been part of an oral story tradition that predates the Pyramid Texts by many centuries. Ancient Oral traditions generally did precede the written versions in other places; the Vedas of India are known to have been transmitted orally to initiates, who would then continue to preserve and pass it to the next generation.
Main Characters:
Seth has been covered in great detail in some of my previous articles
Cult of Seth, from Britannica — here’s a quick summary:
https://www.britannica.com/summary/Seth-Egyptian-god
Seth, or Set, Ancient Egyptian god and patron of the 11th nome, or province, of Upper Egypt. A trickster, he was a sky god, lord of the desert, and master of storms, disorder, and warfare. He was the brother of Osiris, whom he killed, and he was antagonistic to Horus, the child of Osiris’s sister, Isis. Seth’s cult largely died out by the 1st millennium BC, and he was gradually ousted from the Egyptian pantheon. He was later regarded as entirely evil and identified as a god of the Persians and other invaders of Egypt.
[This seems to leave out Seth’s predynastic context, which was different]
Horus:
There are many references in this article, Horus holds a very high importance in “Going Forth by Day” (Book of the Dead) and so deserves an article dedicated to his Symbolism; there are a lot of deeper esoteric aspects to Horus than what I can cover here.
Who was Isis? Where did she come from?
This Wikipedia link is probably one of the best compilations of research on Isis (Auset) I have seen yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis there are so many aspects of how she became important as a Mother Goddess, or Divine Mother to Egypt (Tau Wei) that they cannot all be covered here. I will post another article on the topic of the Four Powers of the Divine Mother and how these four aspects were mirrored between Tau Wei and Ancient Vedic cultures, there are a lot of similarities even though they are not directly related.
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Cult of Isis according to Wiki:
“Several passages in the Pyramid Texts link Isis with the region of the Nile Delta near Behbeit el-Hagar and Sebennytos, and her cult may have originated there.[9][Note 2]”
And
“An inscription that may refer to Isis dates to the reign of Nyuserre Ini during the Fifth Dynasty approximately during the 25th century BC.”
Name Etymology:
𓊨𓏏𓆇𓁐 (ꜣst), the pronunciation of which changed over time: Rūsat > Rūsaʾ > ʾŪsaʾ > ʾĒsə, which became ⲎⲤⲈ (Ēse) in the Coptic form of Egyptian, Wusa in the Meroitic language of Nubia, and Ἶσις, on which her modern name is based, in Greek.[14][Note 3] The hieroglyphic writing of her name incorporates the sign for a throne, which Isis also wears on her head as a sign of her identity. The symbol serves as a phonogram, spelling the st sounds in her name, but it may have also represented a link with actual thrones.
[This is still an on going Debate, because thrones were never deified]
Phonetically, Ūsaʾ andʾĒsə, which became ⲎⲤⲈ (Ēse) in the Coptic; sound very close to Isha ( ईशा ) of the Upanishads, which in Sanskrit means the Power that Rules.
Wikipedia actually has a good presentation of the theories surrounding the Osiris and Isis Story origin; it also seems to connect well with some archeology that has been found. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris_myth
From Wiki on some less known aspects:
Kurt Sethe in 1930, argued that Osiris was originally the human ruler of a unified Egypt in prehistoric times, before a rebellion of Upper Egyptian Seth-worshipers. The Lower Egyptian followers of Horus then forcibly reunified the land, inspiring the myth of Horus's triumph, before Upper Egypt, now led by Horus worshipers, became prominent again at the start of the Early Dynastic Period.[96]
Also,
In the late 20th century, Griffiths sought a historical origin for the Horus–Set rivalry, and he posited two distinct predynastic unifications of Egypt by Horus worshipers, similar to Kurt Sethe's theory, to account for it.[99] Yet the issue remains unresolved, partly because other political associations for Horus and Set complicate the picture further.[100]
Before Upper Egypt had a single ruler, two of its major cities were Nekhen, in the far south, and Naqada, many miles to the north. The rulers of Nekhen, where Horus was the patron deity, are generally believed to have unified Upper Egypt, including Naqada, under their sway. Seth was associated with Naqada, so it is possible that the divine conflict dimly reflects an enmity between the cities in the distant past.
The triumph of the Cult of Horus in Upper Egypt would eventually lead to a justification of what had taken place within the story; which inspired the people to feel an attachment to the idea of a unified Upper Egypt, later it would include all of Egypt; this being the opposite of what the Cult of Seth was about.
Seth began to be shunned by most people, with the rise of the Cult of Osiris (Ausir). This cult venerated Ausir throughout different parts of Egypt; complete with many social aspects such as, annual ceremonies, temple offerings and festivities. As this social morality grew to embrace Ausir and Isis, it caused Seth to become ever more of an outcast god. More on that below.
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Who was Osiris? Where did he come from? — Some History:
A little background can be found in historic and archeological findings. The correct pronunciation of “Osiris” in Middle Egyptian would be Ausir; or as Wiki states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris
Name Etymology:
In Egyptian hieroglyphs the name appears as wsjr, which some Egyptologists instead choose to transliterate as ꜣsjr or jsjrj 𓆓𓋴𓂋 Since hieroglyphic writing lacks vowels, Egyptologists have vocalized the name in various ways, such as Asar, Ausar, Ausir, Wesir, Usir, or Usire.
[Generally, I pronounce it as ‘Ausir’]
Greek language has it as: Usiris, so you can see where our pronunciation comes from; however, the name is likely derived from a far more ancient origin. This information seems to agree with Kurt Sethe who’s idea is mentioned above.
Archeology — Ausir or Andjetyi at Meidum
"Osiris" (Ausir) is, in my opinion is attributed to a real living king who ruled in one of the Madi Kingdoms of lower Egypt in prehistoric, predynastic times. His name at that time is likely to have been "Andjetyi," not Ausir.
The name Ausir may have gradually replaced Andjeyti, as more influence came from Upper Egypt (South); Andjeyti was the name the natives of Lower Egypt (North) had used in much earlier times. The godly role of Andjetyi eventually ended up with a name swap, this became fortified by the rise of the Cult of Ausir (Osiris) all over the country.
Remains were recovered from under Mastaba 17; which is located right next to the pyramid of Meidum. The relics and artifacts were later taken and kept in London, but during WW2 the place where these remains were kept, got bombed in the Blitz, according to Matt, who has the YouTube channel, Ancient Architects. (Please see his video below)
There are some similarities between the condition of the remains found under Mastaba 17 and the way in which Ausir’s body is described in the myth as having been first shredded; by Seth, then later gathered up by Auset and wrapped up into the very first mummy.
The physical remains are described as having been “de-fleshed” first, then reassembled by wrapping them up carefully to reassemble the body, to make it whole again. This practice, which predates mummification, is only known to have been done in predynastic times.
Andjetyi was into agriculture, farming and organization for his people. Because of the great accomplishment of draining the fields and improving the arability of the soil for crops, he became known and loved as a god of agriculture and animals in later times. The profound changes this one ruler may have brought, made his name synonymous with the power of the Land, to be venerated for centuries after; having created the most prosperous and productive land out of a swamp. The Delta region of Tau Wei became quite important as farm land.
Excerpt from "Ancient Egypt Online." https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/andjety/
"Andjety (Anezti, Anedjti) simply means “he who is of Andjet” – the place of the djed (Busiris in the ninth nome of Lower Egypt). It is thought that he was a historical ruler of the ancient Egyptian city of Djedu (Busiris) who became the god of domestic and farm animals, and probably introduced the use of the shepherds crook as an emblem of kingship.
A Symbol for Kingship
Shepherd’s Crook as an emblem of Kingship was supposed to have been introduced by the Hyksos, the crooks found in Mastaba 17 predate the Hyksos by approximately 1,500 years or more, so perhaps this is not an introduction from the Hyksos, but rather another appropriation the Hyksos took from the Indigenous Egyptians? It’s also possible that the crook predates all written records.
Here is a great video from Ancient Architects, Matt has a lot of interesting points to make, including a speculation on Andjetyi as a potential origin of Ausir (Osiris):
One version of the Traditional Story of Osiris and Isis:
The Story of Osiris, Isis and Horus: The Egyptian Myth of Creation (a short version)
Please note that there are many iterations of the story, they vary widely and include different details, although the plot is consistent.
From Geb, the earth god, and Nut, the sky goddess came four children: Osiris, Isis, Set and Nepthys.
Osiris was the oldest and so became king of Egypt, and he married his sister Isis. Osiris was a good king and commanded the respect of all who lived on the earth and the gods who dwelled in the netherworld. However, Set was always jealous of Osiris, because he did not command the respect of those on earth or those in the netherworld. One day, Set transformed himself into a vicious monster and attacked Osiris, killing him. Set then cut Osiris into pieces and distributed them throughout the length and breadth of Egypt.
With Osiris dead, Set became king of Egypt, with his sister Nepthys as his wife. Nepthys; however, felt sorry for her sister Isis, who wept endlessly over her lost husband. Isis, who had great magical powers, decided to find her husband and bring him back to life long enough so that they could have a child. Together with Nepthys, Isis roamed the country, collecting the pieces of her husband’s body and reassembling them. Once she completed this task, she breathed the breath of life into his body and resurrected him. They were together again, and Isis became pregnant soon after. Osiris was able to descend into the underworld, where he became the lord of that domain.
The child born to Isis was named Horus, the hawk-god. When he became an adult, Horus decided to make a case before the court of gods that he, not Set, was the rightful king of Egypt. A long period of argument followed, and Set challenged Horus to a contest. The winner would become king. Set, however, did not play fair. After several matches in which Set cheated and was the victor, Horus’ mother, Isis, decided to help her son and set a trap for Set. She snared him, but Set begged for his life, and Isis let him go. When he found out that she had let his enemy live, Horus became angry with his mother, and rages against her, earning him the contempt of the other gods. They decided that there would be one more match, and Set would get to choose what it would be. Set decided that the final round of the contest would be a boat race. However, in order to make the contest a challenge, Set decided that he and Horus should race boats made of stone. Horus was tricky and built a boat made of wood, covered with limestone plaster, which looked like stone. As the gods assembled for the race, Set cut the top off of a mountain to serve as his boat and set it in the water. His boat sank right away, and all the other gods laughed at him. Angry, Set transformed himself into a hippopotamus and attacked Horus’ boat. Horus fought off Set, but the other gods stopped him before he could kill Set. The other gods decided that the match was a tie. Many of the gods were sympathetic to Horus, but remembered his anger toward his mother for being lenient to Set, and were unwilling to support him completely.
The gods who formed the court decided to write a letter to Osiris and ask for his advice. Osiris responded with a definite answer: his son is the rightful king, and should be placed upon the throne.
No one, said Osiris, should take the throne of Egypt through an act of murder, as Set had done. Set had killed Osiris, but Horus did not killed anyone, and was the better candidate. The sun and the stars, who were Osiris’ allies, descended into the underworld, leaving the world in darkness. Finally, the gods agreed that Horus should claim his birthright as king of Egypt.
Symbolism of the Story:
Some details of my analysis of symbolism may overlap out of necessity, because many aspects are woven together
Title of the Article actually shows a lot:
Osiris, Isis and Horus — Renewal, Love and Unity
A Predynastic Context of their Aspects:
Osiris = Wholeness, Being — Resurrection / Renewal — Land and Divine Country
Isis = Divine Mother — Devotional Love — Life Giver — Life Upholder / Protector
Horus = Life — Divine Sight — Unity of Land, Country and People — Seat of Truth
Note that Seth’s symbolism below, became grossly altered by the Heka Khasut / Habiru appropriation; later still, it became something unrecognizable to the original Egyptians when Seth’s context became part of Sethian Gnosticism and the Yahwehist Cult.
Seth = Distinctiveness — Defender of Light from Chaos (for Re against Apep) — Destroyer of Deceased Unions -- Individualized Separatist -- Rebellion (later more associated with violence, deceit and murder for power)
A Divine King (of both worlds)
Ausir as the oldest son of Re; is the One Mystic who holds the respect of all who live on the Earth and the Netherworld. Because he holds the greater interest of the Earthly and the non Earthly worlds, he is a Unifier; having a natural balance between these worlds makes him the Divine Neshut (King) of Egypt. It is he who has Perfect Balance.
A Brother and Sister Couple
Ausir married Auset his sister; being a Brother & Sister “couple,” is meant to convey unity between the divine forces of Masculine and Feminine. This is just like with Purusha & Prakriti, (of Hindu Tradition) one is the Inward facing aspect; the other, the Outward facing. Another way to see the significance of the Brother and Sister Couple is that each have originated from One. A brother and sister is from the same parents, so this is symbolic in the sense they are Powers coming from one source. One coming from Oneness.
About Seth
Seth was seeking to usurp Ausir and the throne of Egypt, as part of the story. He was jealous of Ausir, because he was not attached to either of the Worlds, and therefore lacked recognition or connection to both, as sky god. This can also symbolize a separatist position, having no connection to the worlds, this made him a divine wanderer; perhaps desiring to have a home, but wanting everything just for himself and not for the sake of the world.
Seth once did have a positive role in the Pantheon
Seth was the protector of Re, was always on Re’s boat traveling with him across the sky; Seth was protecting Re from Apep (Apophis) the serpent of Chaos, that lived on the dark side of the sky, where Re’s boat took them each night. So, in a positive sense; Seth represents the projection of distinction, between what is Light and what is Darkness. By being a protector of Re against Apophis, he was keeping this Distinction for what is Light, even while in Darkness; this is key to his later symbol as a Rebel.
Seth was also considered lord of the Desert, the red lands, these were lands that produced no crops and were therefore considered dead. This is likely the outcome of Seth being ousted from the Pantheon. Horticulturally speaking; there are some things that grow in the desert and can be a source of food, but they are not a practical food source for an entire country of people.
Seth’s Predynastic Political role
Seth’s role in the original oral traditional story, could actually represent Individuated Kingships who were opposed to being forced into being part of a Unified Egypt, under one Neshua (King). Seth, in this case would be subjectively symbolic of a land Divided, with separate kingdoms. As a cult of separatists rebels, seeking to break free from a forced union, or freedom fighters resisting an invasion. Let’s keep in mind: One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.
Seth was later Used as a Divisive Force by Outsiders
Seth later became appropriated and repurposed by foreigners; as a god of a separatist cause, as an excuse to break away from the Unity of Egypt, by those who never had a Native connection to it. While possibly, Seth’s original purpose may have been a noble one, in context with the Native people to symbolize freedom from one king’s dominance over all. It’s easy to see how things can get turned around.
Patron Deities of Rival Cities (as stated above)
Seth was the patron deity of Naqada and Horus was the patron deity of Nekhen. Earliest accounts of the story refer to Horus and Seth as brothers and not Uncle and Nephew; this could account for Horus the Elder, known as Hor. The Cult of Horus from Nekhen may have been responsible for an act of “reunification.” This may have been symbolic of “reassembling” of the parts of Osiris (Ausir) bringing back together, the parts of Egypt to make the country whole again; also in a symbolic way, this was the birth of Horus.
Andjetyi was actually physically Reassembled in Death
If we can accept Andjeyti as an original physical king as later symbolized by Ausir (Osiris); then Andjetyi was the original lord of the black land, a god of fertility and agriculture. We should also be able to see Ausir (Osiris) as Egypt, the country itself, since it was the black land that provided the sustenance that people could live off of. Ausir was a force of Divine Continuity of the Country; Seth having torn him into pieces symbolized it’s division. Seth became closely associated with violence and divisiveness. Auset, gathering up the pieces of Ausir, then putting him back together as a bandaged mummy, is the reunification, recreation and resurrection of the country Egypt, symbolized by the resurrection of Osiris; as stated above is also the birth of Horus.
Two Lands 𓇾𓇾 (Tau Wei) became
Beloved Land 𓇾𓌸𓂋𓆵𓇋𓊖𓊖... (Tau Myrei)
Auset, having given Ausir new life, through her intense Devotion and Love, becomes pregnant with Horus. Central to the story, is the conception of Life that defies Death, through an act of Birth.
Because of the setting of the story, it connects the Land (which is Osiris), with the Kingdom, (which is Horus) and it’s People, (who are the Country’s Heart) to the Power of Gods through the Power of Love.
Average, everyday people participated in the beliefs connecting them to this story, not just the royalty. Thus, this manifested a deep sense of Unity, founded within the Individual Heart of each Person.
A symbol of Sight and Stability
Horus as a son to Auset (Isis), could then inherit the Throne. Symbolically, this throne is the Seat of Truth, not just a seat for the King of Egypt. Politically, in the most ancient context of their culture, a woman could not hold the throne of the country, so it had to be a male heir; although this did change later. Aside from the fact that the Cult of Horus was responsible for reuniting the land, Horus has a powerful Esoteric Meaning, especially in regard to his “Eye.”
Life moves in a Cycle, towards Death, then Comes Forth again
It could be said that Ausir let himself be killed by Seth; that it was the Godhead willing to plunge into death. In one version of the story, Seth convinces Ausir to get into a box that was created just to fit him, then seals him inside. The Light of Ausir pierced the Darkness of Death, transforming that Darkness into the Life / Death cycle of day and night, the annual cycle of Renewal after the flood, as well as the Human Cycle of Life. Horus became the Being at the beginning of that cycle, because of the Inward Sight of the ‘Eye.’ This sight is the seat of true Knowledge.
The Culture of the Gods reflected the Culture of the Country
The presence of pantheons of gods is a natural outgrowth of the fact that they were representing an esoteric personality of the various facets of natural forces. Their characters and personalities became expressed through the stories they were a part of. This essentially shows the character of humanity as having a mostly non-physical experience of reality that informs and forms their physical one, having an emphasis on the most harmonious ways to come together. If forces of Nature were complementary to each other; getting along essentially, why shouldn’t people do the same?
Syncretism and it’s Contrast
Like Humans, the Gods were considered social and would tend to naturally get along with each other; this is part of syncretism which is an integration of discrete spiritual cultures, enriched those cultures that came together. In many ways, this can be thought of as cultural mixing, but also a spiritual one.
Seth was considered the exception to this even from the earliest versions of him. When Seth became stolen by the Heka Khasut and Habiru tribes of wanderers; he was combined with another stolen cult of Ba’al, that became Seth—Ba’al or the Sabaoth / Yahweh complex. The Yahwehist Cult was very strictly exclusive, worship or veneration of any other god was an offensive act and was forbidden. Laurent Guyénot points this out quite extensively in his book; From Yahweh to Zion, I highly recommend his book for those interested in this topic.
The Human World and that of the Gods shared Social Bonds
In the ancient world, alliances in the human world were formed with a lot of consideration to the patron deities of the local communities. When alliances were formed it was like a marriage; when people got married that also included their gods. In the later eras of cultural mixing, one of the most important types of social and political bonds were those expressed by the joining together of the cults of gods of these communities.
The world of the Gods reflected the world of people, who knew them through the natural world, power and beauty of nature. People’s cohesion with each other was reflected in how they saw that same cohesion among their gods.
Osiris Procession and Annual Ceremony of Resurrection Re-enactments
Ikhernofret Stela
Link for a complete picture: https://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/page/abt2/band4/image/02041350.jpg
Link for translation and transliteration: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0eawh9UmLRfOWRwVjRjNWg4Tlk/edit?usp=sharing
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris#Ikhernofret_Stela
Wikipedia States:
Much of the extant information about the rites of Osiris can be found on the Ikhernofret Stela at Abydos erected in the Twelfth Dynasty by Ikhernofret, possibly a priest of Osiris or other official (the titles of Ikhernofret are described in his stela from Abydos) during the reign of Senwosret III (
Pharaoh[Neshua] Sesostris, about 1875 BC). The ritual reenactment of Osiris's funeral rites were held in the last month of the inundation (the annual Nile flood), coinciding with Spring, and held at Abydos which was the traditional place where the body of Osiris drifted ashore after having been drowned in the Nile.
Summary:
Some elements of the ceremony were held in the temple, while others involved public participation in a form of theater. The Stela of Ikhernofret recounts the program of events of the public elements over the five days of the Festival:
The First Day, The Procession of Wepwawet: [pronounced: Upuaut] A mock battle was enacted during which the enemies of Osiris are defeated. A procession was led by the god Upuaut ("opener of the way").
The Second Day, The Great Procession of Osiris: The body of Osiris was taken from his temple to his tomb. The boat he was transported in, the "Neshmet" bark, had to be defended against his enemies.
The Third Day: Osiris is mourned and the enemies of the land are destroyed.
The Fourth Day, Night Vigil: Prayers and recitations are made and funeral rites performed.
The Fifth Day, Osiris is Reborn: Osiris is reborn at dawn and crowned with the crown of Ma'at. [pronounced: as 'Muh-aht'] The statue of Osiris is brought back to the temple.[43]
Public Reenactments and Processional Ceremonies still happen in many places today
Hindus celebrate Makar Sankranti, a festival based on a solar calendar instead a lunar one. Makar Sankranti celebrates the sun's journey from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere, it is dedicated to Surya and marks new beginnings. There are many multi-day festivals like this through out India.
The Osiris Procession was quite similar to the re-enactments of the “Passion of the Christ” that currently happens in some parts of the Philippines as part of the devotional retelling of the story of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
Wiki on the Re-enactment of Christ’s Passion and Crucifixion:
The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites are a re-enactment of Christ's Passion and crucifixion held in Barangay San Pedro Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga. It includes a passion play, culminating in the actual nailing of at least three penitents to wooden crosses atop a makeshift Calvary.
Wiki on the Osiris Procession:
According to Julius Firmicus Maternus of the fourth century, this play (Osiris Procession) was re-enacted each year by worshipers who "beat their breasts and gashed their shoulders.... When they pretend that the mutilated remains of the god have been found and rejoined...they turn from mourning to rejoicing." (De Errore Profanarum Religionum).
[Julius Firmicus Maternus was part of a Roman Senatorial Family]
Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Firmicus_Maternus
[Please note the entry below, directly connects Julius Firmicus Maternus to ConstantiusII and the absolute bloody atrocities committed during this time; I have posted and referenced here: https://nefahotep.substack.com/p/scythian-and-habiru-tribes-are-there More specifically: https://www.e-synews.gr/2019/02/04/thymitheite-tin-skythopoli/ AND https://www.e-synews.gr/2019/02/05/sfagi-ton-ellinon-to-vyzantio-tin-ekklisia-diavaste/ AND https://www.e-synews.gr/2019/09/13/lexi-ellinas-apagoreyotan-epi-1-500-chronia-poini/ ]
“About the year 346 AD[8] Julius Firmicus composed De errore profanarum religionum, which he dedicated to Constantius II and Constans, the sons of Constantine, and which is still extant. He holds up to scorn the religious beliefs and practices of pagans and implores the Emperor to “stamp out” the old religions as a sacred duty which will be rewarded by God.[9] In the first part (chs. 1‑17) he attacks the false objects of worship among the Oriental cults; in the second (chs. 18‑29)”
Secondary note:
The Passion of Osiris was reflected in his name 'Wenennefer" ("the one who continues to be perfect"), which also alludes to his post mortem power.
My sense is the familiar theme of resurrection between Osiris and Yes’us’ (Jesus) are no accident; there may have been an effort or willingness to include it into the story of Christianity, to make it more palatable. This is due to the otherwise very bloody nature of the original brand of Flavian Christianity that was being pushed by Constantius II. Resurrection may have been a very familiar idea to the Coptic Egyptians of that time; this was a way to induce them to accept the falsehood of the Cults of Yahweh-Sabaoth and Yaldabaoth, cloaked to the public as Yes’us’. Cult of Yahweh had no Resurrection and no afterlife; after death, there was just a nothingness.
3D Model of Osiris Death Bed:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/osiris-death-bed-from-abydos-cdeee4ba154e420b8221dcc56752ae3d
This “Death Bed” was one of the central symbols of the Funerary Rites of Osiris and his Resurrection; likely part of the rites that were exclusively held within the Temple and Tomb of Osiris by those who were initiates, referred to as the “Mysteries of Osiris.”
The Plot of Christianity may have been Influenced by Isis and Horus
There were actually many areas of influence from the story of Osiris and Isis that can be found in Christianity. This may actually be a positive thing, I may try to cover more of this Influence on Christianity in a future post. It is interesting that possibly some of the best redeeming and symbolic qualities of Christianity, actually may have been contributions from the local Coptic Egyptians; preserving their original cultural story of Love that defeats Death and Resurrection. This may be the inspiration of the current majority of people who hold Christian values; those values certainly didn’t come from early Flavian Christianity under Constantius II.
Christian Holy Trinity seems like an idea that was appropriated from the Story of Osiris and Isis, or shared by Coptic Egyptians
The symbolism of this can be best expressed by diagrammatic comparison:
Osiris = Being / Knowledge beyond both Life and Death = God or Father
Isis = Mother / Force is the bringer of life and holds life here = Ghost or Mary
Horus = Life / Sight is the actor of movement = Son or Christ
(Chosen of God is the Son = chosen to see) = Divine Vision that sees inward, this is not exclusionary, it sits within each of us Immortal and Unique
To reiterate a different way:
Father / Son / Ghost
God / Divine Vision / Divine Mother
Shared Iconography between Osirism and Christianity from Wikipedia:
As Horus's mother, Isis was also the mother of every king according to royal ideology, and kings were said to have nursed at her breast as a symbol of their divine legitimacy.[122] Her appeal to the general populace was based in her protective character, as exemplified by the magical healing spells. In the Late Period, she was credited with ever greater magical power, and her maternal devotion was believed to extend to everyone. By Roman times she had become the most important goddess in Egypt.[123]
The image of the goddess holding her child was used prominently in her worship—for example, in panel paintings that were used in household shrines dedicated to her. Isis's iconography in these paintings closely resembles and may have influenced the earliest Christian icons of Mary holding Jesus.[124]
[Yes’us’ Or Y’ešuś — letter “J” is transliterated but pronounced as “Y”]
The Immaculate Conception may be another contribution from the myth of Osiris; upon finding all the pieces of Osiris, Isis could not find the penis. In spite of this, she still conceived and gave birth to Horus. This was an obvious shared symbol, but the Egyptian way of viewing it is more complex, as seen in the “Death Bed of Osiris.”
The Coptic Egyptians, by their popular devotion of Auset (Isis), deeply baked into their culture, likely forced the hand of the Flavian Tyrants to include the presence of Virgin Mother Mary as part of their New Testament story; even as they brutalized a population that they labeled “Pagan.” The Parasitic Archons of Rome and the Wholly Roman Empire were trying to completely exterminate the whole population of established ancient culture and traditions, to replace it with a population of new obedient slaves. Yet ancient stories that focused on Love defeating Death, provided a way for the deeper symbolism to survive, in spite of the genocidal efforts of the Aristocracy of the Empire.
Indigenous culture made a huge difference; through the Power of Love, which placed a huge check on the Love of Power. The greatest power of all is found within each of us. The greatest redeeming qualities of today’s religions are the result of the people themselves, not the Religions or their Archons.
There are many Positive takeaways from ancient stories
Individually, we each hold ALL the De Jure Power; this is symbolized by Horus, within each of us the power to see Truth.
Kingship and Power over others is NOT an exclusive right, it is a Falsehood.
What will unite everyone against Globalist Parasites and their labyrinthine systems of laws and government? It all needs to be unpluged.
What’s the fastest way to kill a Parasite? Sever it’s connection to the blood supply, it will starve.
Individually, it’s up to us to find our way to manifest Freedom, probably the best motivation is what we find deep within each of us. — That is our sense of Love, and realization of Oneness.
The State has no power at all
If we can decentralize our current system, we can replace the Parasitic nature of Nations and Globalist Empires with the Wholesome nature of Love of Country.
Since things like Patriotism is something many people have always believed in, there might be a good chance to make it Real.
We can each make a difference — Let’s make it a positive one.
Related Article:
Bhagavad Gita has an Important Message for how to view the Current World
Bhagavad Gita offers very profound Insight on both our Inner World and Outer World; to be upfront, this is NOT a Religion nor a Religious Text
From my point of view; what we are seeing today, in the current Global Corruptocracy is a war against Free People everywhere. There are very clear parallels with the story of the Mahabharata including the fraud and deceit that eventually lead up to this Great War. Today, the battle lines have been drawn between those who stand up for Life and those who choose to stand for Hierarchical Power and their own personal gain. In my opinion, the Bhagavad Gita has the most answers for those of us who are willing to stand and fight for Life and Life’s Purpose; though that is of course undefined, for an Individual, great meaning can be found.
For a good copy of the Mahabharata here’s a link:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/59771339/Mahabharata-by-Kamala-am
Very interesting review, in particular the relationship between Isis-Osiris-Horus and the Christian Holy Trinity. It would be very useful to pursue this connection, as you suggest you would.
Quote: "Why did we Create Civilization? Was it just to Follow and Obey?"
In my opinion, civilizations are not created. In an article I may publish later, I defined it as follows:
Societies as any living beings or organizations are primarily focused on survival and wellbeing. Civilization thus refers to religions, forms of governance, laws, culture, traditions, way of life that have evolved over extended periods of time in various communities towards the continuous betterment of communal life. Religions are central to civilizations as they set standards for morality, relations within the family, the community, business conduct and in particular with the “other”, i.e. other communities within the extended human family.
Civilization is the result of an evolutionary process refined over centuries or millennia during which roots in the communal psyche grow and are reinforced.
Quote: "A National or Global Empire, is not natural; it entirely depends on Compulsion and Centralized Hierarchy to come into existence and grow."
This is open to debate. Communities can grow to very large sizes, this does not necessarily mean they are evil. The civilizational view towards "the other" is the determining factor. For example in the "Age of Discovery" it was "moral" to genocide, pillage, enslave "the other", i.e. all non Western European peoples. Whereas the much more powerful Chinese empire of the 15th century considered "the other" as equal, check the Trilingual Tablet. http://web.archive.org/web/20040603181458/http://cf.hum.uva.nl/galle/galle/trilingual.html
There's a lot that could be said about these gods and myths, but here's a few: the 'sir' root of words connote elevation/mastery/rulership, like sir, sri, Czar/Caesar, or sur-face instead of a sub-way, Surya, Zoroaster, etc. Lazarus was also entombed in a coffin and raised from the dead and has a similar sounding name. Not sure how the Aser family fits in, but in Anacalypsis: "in the Old Irish and Etruscan languages, Aesar means God."
Then there's Set, as in Sunset, where the darkness and light are about even, in the evening time, which is Libra (scales of balance, Autumn equi-nox) ascendent (6-8pm).
The barque is like ark or Argo or the crescent moon/Argentum, or feminine aspect to the ship's mast, Mt. Meru, obelisks, the perturbations from the ether, the turbulence in the calm Oceanus. Odds and evens, 1s and 0s, sperm and egg, Adam and Eve...
There have been many other saviour figures that were born from immaculate conceptions or parthenogenesis: Samson, Samuel, John the Baptist, Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, etc.
Regarding the Kemetic interpretation of north and south, which is the opposite of our current maps, this would mean that the Sun rose from their left and set to their right, which throws off the meaning of eastern/Orient/Cadmus, etc. Or am I missing something? Left would be associated with sinister instead of dexter, the moon/Sin/sans/Celine/Mt Sinai, etc. Right would be correct, growth, Brahma, etc. Thanks!
Oh, i forgot to mention that Abydos/Abdju is nearer to Ethiopia/Abyssinia. You see abyss there. So Abdju is cognate with Abzu in Sumerian myth or Apsu in Akkadian, etc.