"Have you seen the first part of the official version of the original
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"Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection is
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"At last, the book that proves many of the most important characteristics
of the gospel story of Jesus and the Christian religion could be found in ancient Egypt for centuries prior to
Christ's alleged advent!"
A professional archaeologist endorses Christ in Egypt:
"Your scholarship is
relentless!"
"The research conducted by D.M.
Murdock concerning the myth of Jesus Christ is certainly both valuable and worthy of
consideration."
"My name is Ken Feder. I am an archaeologist, and I play one on TV, as
a talking head in various documentaries on the National Geographic Channel, the Discovery
Channel, the History Channel, ScFi, BBC Horizon, and, as it turns out, even the Weather
Channel. I have written several books on archaeology, including Frauds, Myths, and
Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience In Archaeology (about to go into its 7th
edition). Frauds is revered by some and hated by others, which is an indication
I must have done something right in that work.
"Having conducted research and written extensively over the course of the last
thirty years, I think I have developed a good eye for recognizing valuable research that is worthy
of serious consideration when I see it. And the research conducted by
D.M. Murdock concerning the myth of Jesus Christ is certainly both valuable and worthy of
consideration.
"Read her book. Criticize it if you believe it deserves criticism. But to
dismiss it or get apoplectic about her thesis simply because it shocks you is plainly
foolish."
"Everyone who reads Murdock’s Christ in Egypt should understand
that the sources she cites are anything but marginal or questionable. In fact, her sources are, at
least as far as I can tell, entirely within the Egyptology mainstream and many are, in fact,
revered, and deservedly so, within the community of Egyptologists. The fact that these sources are
mainstream, highly respected, or even seminal does not, of course, make them right about the
origins of the Christ story. However, it does make them, and Murdock's thesis in which she
incorporates their work, impossible to dismiss out of hand. Read her book. Criticize it if you
believe it deserves criticism. But to dismiss it or get apoplectic about her thesis simply because
it shocks you is plainly foolish."
Kenneth Feder, PhD Professor of Archaeology, Central Connecticut State
University Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience In
Archaeology
Description
Destined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar and the
layperson, this comparative religion book contains a startling perspective of the extraordinary history of
the Egyptian religion and its profound influence upon the later Christian faith. Christ in Egypt: The
Horus-Jesus Connection by D.M. Murdock, also known as "Acharya S," uses a massive amount of primary
sources and the works of highly credentialed authorities in relevant fields to demonstrate that the popular
gods Horus and Jesus possessed many characteristics and attributes in common.
Drawing from thousands of ancient Egyptian texts in an assortment of translations
along with the original language, as well as modern research in a number of other languages, controversial
independent scholar of comparative religion and mythology D.M. Murdock puts together an astonishing amount of
fascinating information that shows many of our most cherished religious beliefs and concepts did not appear
suddenly out of the blue but have long histories in numerous cultures found around the globe, including and
especially in the glorious Land of the Pharaohs.
"At almost 600 pages, this is a big book,
folks, jam-packed full of important information that you can't find elsewhere in one
volume!"
"I find myself in full agreement with Acharya S/D.M.
Murdock..."
"...We are in agreement on the thoroughly syncretic character of
primitive Christianity, evolving from earlier mythemes and rituals, especially those of Egypt.
It is almost as important in Christ in Egypt to argue for an astro-religious origin for the
mythemes, and there, too, I agree with the learned author....
"...I find it undeniable that...many, many of the epic heroes and ancient
patriarchs and matriarchs of the Old Testament were personified stars, planets, and
constellations..."
"...for Egyptian influence to have become integral to Israelite religion even
from pre-biblical times is only natural given the fact that from 3000 BCE Egypt ruled Canaan. We
are not talking about some far-fetched borrowing from an alien cultural sphere....
"Osiris is doubly resurrected as his son Horus, too, and he, too, is eventually
raised from the dead by Isis.
"[Horus] is pictured as spanning the dome of heaven, his arms stretched
out in a cruciform pattern."
"As such, he seems to represent the common Platonic astronomical symbol of the
sun's path crossing the earth's ecliptic.... Acharya S ventures that 'the creators of the Christ
myth did not simply take an already formed story, scratch out the name Osiris or Horus, and replace
it with Jesus' (p. 25). But I am pretty much ready to go the whole way and suggest that Jesus is
simply Osiris going under a new name, Jesus, 'Savior,' hitherto an epithet, but made into a
name on Jewish soil....
"...Eusebius and others already pegged the Therapeutae (Essene-like Jewish monks
in Egypt) as early Christians, even Philo the Jewish Middle Platonist of Alexandria) as a
Christian!... It seems hard to deny that even Christians as 'late' as the New Testament writers
were directly dependent upon Jewish thinkers in Egypt, just like the Gnostic Christian
writers after them. And if the common Christian believer saw no difference between Jesus and Horus
in Egypt...
"I find myself in full agreement with Acharya S/D.M. Murdock: 'we assert that
Christianity constitutes Gnosticism historicized and Judaized, likewise representing a synthesis of
Egyptian, Jewish and Greek religion and mythology, among others [including Buddhism, via King
Asoka’s missionaries] from around the "known world"' (p. 278). 'Christianity is largely the product
of Egyptian religion being Judaized and historicized' (p. 482)."
Uses thousands of primary source texts such as the
Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Pyramid Texts, the
Coffin Texts, the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments, the Greek New Testament,
Coptic texts and the writings of the early Church fathers
Includes research in the original languages, such as Egyptian, Greek, Latin and
Hebrew
Incorporates modern research in German and French--everything conveniently
translated as well for your ease of reference
Includes a brand-new map of Egypt specially created by the author with all the
relevant place-names
Provides 60+ illustrations
Contains almost 2,400 citations/footnotes, frequently annotated in the "old school"
manner at the bottom of each page
Includes an extensive, user-friendly table of contents and index
Provides a massive bibliography of over 900 sources, including books by respected
publishers and peer-reviewed journals!
The citations include cross-references for a variety of translations of Egyptian texts, from the
earliest in English to the most modern, including the translations of Raymond O. Faulkner and
James P. Allen, as well as Thomas George Allen, Samuel Mercer,
E.A. Wallis Budge and Samuel Birch.
"The best researched book I have had the privilege of
reading!"
"I am about half-way through Christ in
Egypt, and it is, indeed, without a doubt the best researched book I have had the privilege of
reading."
Rodger Ervin
"I'm flabbergasted at what a great job you have
done!"
"Wow wow wow. I've been reading your book as
I'm curled up in beddie-by every night, and it's fantabulous.
"I love it. I'm flabbergasted at what a great job
you have done!
"Thanks so much for writing this book!"
Joan d/Arc, ParanoiaMagazine.com
"What a magnificent work!"
"This is the book that should convince any rational reader that the
Jesus story is the Horus story is the story of the heavens and of the seasons;
the story containing motifs outlining humankind's year by year struggle to survive and progress;
the story of birth, life, death, and resurrection....
"Humanity has forgotten the stories it once told itself. But Acharya's
meticulous research and 'joining up of the dots' found in Christ in Egypt is helping us
to remember, to remember that we are not the sinful pieces of trash that organised religion
would have us believe we are...
"We need to see clearly. We need to remember clearly.
Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the
past.
-George Orwell, 1984
"We must take control of our futures by taking control our past by remembering
what truly was. Acharya is helping us to remember what was and why."
Allan J., UK
"The best book on the subject!"
"Christ in Egypt is very well written with Acharya's lovely style that
I've come to appreciate. It's very scholarly, yet a fascinating read. Certain topics require a very
indepth analysis, which is performed wonderfully throughout the book. Every reference and source is
cited meticulously - cross-referencing primary sources 4, 5 and 6 different ways with credentialed
scholars in their field of expertise across several languages, including a variety of translations
of the ancient texts - WOW!
"CIE takes this very contentious topic to a whole new level that has
the potential to change Egyptology & comparative religion as we know it. She explains the
academic gap between theologians and historians. Many universities began as religious divinity
schools Harvard, Yale, Princeton - CIE page 505. We need an Astrotheology Department at
our universities to fill this monumental void! I wish I'd had Acharya's work available to me as a
child."
Charles Johnson, TX
"No better resource available!"
"Even though there are many books out there that discuss Christianity and
Egyptian religion, Murdock's Christ in Egypt is unique. She realized how much info was out
there, and no one had yet collected it all in one place before. Her enormous goal was to find every
scholarly reference to the Egyptian correlations to Christianity. In doing this, she researched
materials that had never been published before and materials that had never appeared in English
before. At this time, there is no better resource available."
Benjamin Steele, IA
"An excellent read!"
"I just finished reading Christ in Egypt and found it to be an excellent
read.
"Well done and useful."
Angel, CA
"The most enlightening and well researched read on the
origins of Christianity."
"I could hardly wait to get my hands on this tremendous book: Christ in
Egypt: The Horus Jesus Connection.
"This well researched book is accessible both to the general reader and to the
scholar interested in the origins of the Christian belief system.
"The author has probably collected every scholarly reference to the Egyptian
correlations to Christianity. In doing this, she researched materials that had never been published
before and many that until now had never appeared in English.
"This book, which surely will become a classic, is the most enlightening and
well researched I have ever read on the origins of Christianity."
M.G. Ketteridge, UK
"Included in Christ in Egypt are the works of popular,
modern Egyptologists such as..."
Rudolf Anthes
Jan Assman
Hellmut Brunner
Claas J. Bleeker
Bob Brier
Henri Frankfort
Alan H. Gardiner
John Gwyn Griffiths
Erik Hornung
Barry Kemp
Barbara Lesko
Bojana Mojsov
Siegfried Morenz
William Murnane
Margaret A. Murray
Donald B. Redford
Herman te Velde
Claude Traunecker
Reginald E. Witt
Louis V. Zabkar
and many more!
Also provided are comments from respected astronomers and historians!
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"If you buy Christ in Egypt through this Stellar House
webpage, we will throw in a free ebook, The Acharya Articles Collection ."
The Acharya Articles Collection consists of three articles adapted from chapters in my
book Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled and originally published in magazines.
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You can also order Christ in Egypt from your favorite bookseller. The ISBN is
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"Find out whether or not the following is true about Horus!"
Horus was born on "December 25th" (winter solstice) in a manger.
He was of royal descent, and his mother was the "virgin
Isis-Mery."
Horus's birth was announced by a star in the East and attended by three "wise
men."
At age 12, he was a child teacher in the Temple, and at 30, he was
baptized.
Horus was baptized by "Anup the Baptizer," who was decapitated.
The Egyptian god had 12 companions, helpers or disciples.
Horus performed miracles, exorcised demons and raised Osiris from the
dead.
The god walked on water.
Horus was "crucified" between two "thieves."
He (or Osiris) was buried for three days in a tomb and
resurrected.
Horus/Osiris was also the "Way, the Truth, the Life," "Messiah," the "Son of
Man," the "Good Shepherd," the "Lamb of God," the "Word made flesh," the "Word of Truth,"
etc.
Horus's personal epithet was "Iusa," the "ever-becoming son" of the Father. He
was called "Holy Child," as well as "the Anointed One," while Osiris was the KRST.
Horus battled with the "evil one," Set/Seth.
Horus was to reign for one thousand years.
Horus enthroned before the Twelve,
Seventh Hour of the Amduat.
(Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, 48)
Using an astounding amount of pre-Christian primary sources, including texts,
inscriptions, statuary and other artifacts, as well as the works of highly credentialed scholars in
relevants fields, Christ in Egypt shows exactly where these contentions come from.
"If you have an interest in comparative
religion and mythology--and you want to know the origins of some our most cherished religious and spiritual
concepts--don't miss this masterpiece!"
"Yes, I want to order Christ in
Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection right now!"
(Be sure to check your mail/bulk/spam folders for a return receipt!)
At this time, because this book is a print-on-demand edition, we cannot accept
returns.
"If you find yourself in debates about the Horus-Jesus connection, you need this
book!"
Many claims have been made that this material has been "debunked" or "refuted." Rather than
believing internet rumors, find out the facts for yourself by reading this comprehensive book. Listen to what
the ancients themselves believed--and what the real experts in their relevant fields have to say!
Introduction A Word about Primary Sources
Egyptian Language Translations
God, Man or Myth? Who Is Gerald Massey? Timeline of Destruction The Art of Mythmaking
Horus, Sun of God The Loving, Immortal Father-Mother Sun
The Deceased as Osiris
Of Mysteries and Myths
Who is Horus?
The Many Horuses
The Horus King: "Son of the Sun"
Priest as Horus
"Amen-Ra-Osiris-Horus"
Polytheistic Monotheism/Monism?
A Fluid Faith
The Moon and Morning Star
Horus is Osiris Reborn
Horus versus Set The Astrotheology of the Passion
Who is Set?
Set as Satan
Born on December 25th Ancient and Modern Voices
Hieroglyphic Evidence
Calendrical Considerations
Monumental Alignments
Clockworks Winter Solstice Festivals
Festivals of Osiris
Dual Birthdays of Horus
Festival of Ptah
Feast of Sokar
Festivals of Isis Christian Sun Worship?
The Virgin Isis-Mery The Beloved Mother of God
Loved by the Gods
Merry Deities
Isis the Loving and Loved
Mery, Miriam and Mary Perpetual Virginity
The Paschal Chronicle
Son of Neith
"Isis, the Pure Star of Lovers"
The Virginal Mystery
Isis, Mary and Virgo
Other Virgin Mothers Mary is Mery Redux? The Nativity Scene at the Temple of Luxor
The Amenhotep Birth Cycle
The Birth of Pharaoh Hatshepsut
The Christ Connection
The God-King as Horus
"Soft-Core P*rn?"
The "Immaculate Conception" and "Virgin Birth?"
The "Magi" Presenting Gifts?
Horus at the Ages of 12 and 30 The Sed Festival
The Gnostic Horos
"Anup the Baptizer" Who is Anubis?
The Boat of the Dead
The Living Water
The Baptism
Horus the Baptist
Anubis, the Jackal Lake and House/Tent of
Purification Aquarius the Water-Bearer
The Twelve Followers The Egyptian Zodiac
The Book of Amduat
The Book of Gates The
Four Brothers
The Fishers of Men The Gnostic 12
Serapis and the Twelve
Performing Miracles, Walking on Water, Healing the Sick and Raising the Dead The Bread of Life
The Lord of Wine
Commanding the Waters
The Raising of Osiris
"The Truth, The Light and The Good Shepherd" Lord
of Truth and Good Shepherd
Sin Bearer and Redeemer
Osiris the Christ
Horus the Anointed and Beloved Son of the Father
Horus the Word/"Iusa," the Coming Son and
Savior The Shu Theology The Lord of Light and Lamb of God
Was Horus "Crucified?" The Pre-Christian Cross and Crucifix
Horus of the Cross Outstretched Arms as the Sign of the Cross Osiris and the Djed Pillar
Set "Crucified?"
The "Divine Man" Crucified in Space
Astrotheology of the Cross
The Two Thieves?
The Mystery of the Cross
Burial for Three Days, Resurrection and Ascension The Resurrection Machine
Lord of Eternity
The Passion Play of Osiris
Three Days in the Tomb
The Descent into the Underworld "Easter"-The Resurrection of
Spring Horus and Osiris at the Vernal
Equinox The Ascension into Heaven
Spiritual or Bodily
Resurrection? The Word "Resurrection"
The Dying and Rising Debate
Osiris as the Life Force in the Material World Bodily Necessity
The Canaanite Connection
Jewish or Greek? The Glorified Body
Horus as the Resurrection
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell "The House of a Thousand Years" The Phoenix/Benu Bird
Osiris, Horus and the Benu
Jesus and the Phoenix
The Astrotheological Millennium
The Alexandrian Roots of Christianity The Therapeuts
The Proto-Christians?
Lake Mareotis
The Hybridizing Emperor?
The Library of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria
The Hermetic Writings The Poimandres The Gnostics The Pistis Sophia Egypto-Christian Texts Marcion and the Gospel of the Lord The Gospel of John The Memphite Theology
Who Wrote John?
Conclusion A "Unique Divine Revelation?"
Gods Truly Walked the Earth?
The "Horus Christian Class" Dismissed?
Dangerous Endeavors and Occupational Hazards
Nolo Comprehendere
Blotting Out the Sun
Mysterious Omissions
Mutable Mythology Well Known in Egypt? Which Came First?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
D.M. Murdock, also known as "Acharya S," is the author of the
bestselling books The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold; Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and
Christ Unveiled; and Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of The Christ. Ms Murdock's books focus largely on the
history and origin of religion, dating back thousands of years and encompassing religious ideologies and beliefs of
a wide variety that nevertheless reveal common cultural heritage and a keen interest in and reverence for the
natural world.
"Yes, I want to order Christ in
Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection right now!"
(Be sure to check your mail/bulk/spam folders for a return receipt!)
"My name is Ken Feder. I am an archaeologist, and I play one on TV, as
a talking head in various documentaries on the National Geographic Channel, the Discovery
Channel, the History Channel, ScFi, BBC Horizon, and, as it turns out, even the Weather
Channel. I have written several books on archaeology, including Frauds, Myths, and
Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience In Archaeology (about to go into its 7th
edition). Frauds is revered by some and hated by others, which is an indication
I must have done something right in that work.
"...We are in agreement on the thoroughly syncretic character of
primitive Christianity, evolving from earlier mythemes and rituals, especially those of Egypt.
It is almost as important in Christ in Egypt to argue for an astro-religious origin for the
mythemes, and there, too, I agree with the learned author....
