Christ Conspiracy_ The Greatest Story Ever Sold - Acharya S [157]
Bethany
"Bethany," site of the famous multiplying of the loaves, means "House of God," and is allegory for the "multiplication of the many out of the One." Any town of that designation was named for the allegorical place in the texts that existed centuries before the town's foundation. The Egyptian predecessor and counterpart was "Bethanu." That a "historical" or localized Bethany did not even exist at the time of Christ's alleged advent is attested to by Church father Origen, who "said he could find no trace of `Bethany beyond Jordan."'13
The River Jordan
There have been too many "Rivers Jordan" to name here. The Danube in Europe is one, as is the mythical Eridanus or larutana of Egypt. These bodies of water basically represent the "river of the sun," as can be demonstrated etymologically.14 Without water, there would be no life, so it was quite common for migrating peoples to rejoice at the discovery of a potable body of water. Thus, rivers were venerated as "gifts from God" and named for "his" most visible proxy.
Solomon
The "great" king Solomon, so-called wisest man in the world, with his 1,000 wives and concubines, should today be considered an immoral criminal, were the story true. Obviously, this absurd tale is not historical. In fact, "Sol-om-on" refers to the sun in three languages: "Sol" is Latin, "om" is Eastern, and "on" is Egyptian. "On" means both "sun" and "lord," reflecting an association found in countless cultures. Solomon can also be traced to the same root as "Salvation," which is related to "Salivahana," the Indian savior-god.'5
Much has been made of the great "Temple of Solomon," yet, as stated, this magnificent temple and the entire empire of Solomon were never found by ancient historians, nor did Alexander the Great pay heed to them. Furthermore, even if it had existed, the temple as outlined in the Bible would not be impressive, especially compared to the monuments of other cultures of the time. Such a blueprint was apparently followed, however, as, according to Higgins, the ruins at Persepolis indicate a temple similar to the biblical description of Solomon's temple. 16
There are a number of other problems with the "history" of Solomon presented in the Bible. As Graham states:
The Bible states in three different places that Solomon built the walls of Jerusalem, yet the historical Jerusalem was a walled city in the fourteenth century B.C., and the Jews as a distinct sect did not then exist . . . The statement that he began to build the temple some four hundred years after the Exodus from Egypt is also historically false.... The literature of the Jains of India tells this same story of their Solomon. Proverbs 22:17-23:11 is a nearly verbatim translation of the Egyptian book, The Wisdom of Amenemope, written about 1000 B.C. 17
In reality, there have been numerous Temples or Mounts of Solomon, found largely in India and Persia, under a variety of spellings, such as Soleiman, Soolimana, Suleiman, Sulimon or Solumi. In fact, as noted, the entire story of Solomon can be found in India, as can be that of Genesis and David, among others.18 This pervasiveness demonstrates that the temple of Solomon was originally allegorical, not literal. As Hazelrigg relates:
As an example of the allegorical method used in the elucidation of these mysteries, take, for example, the story of King Solomon, deemed a personage of some importance in Holy Writ, whose temple "builded not with hands, neither with sound of iron or metal tool." Now, the word Solomon is a compound from three languages great in olden times-Latin, Sol or Solus, sun; Sanskrit, Aum or Orn, heat; and Ethiopic, On, being-all pointing to solar principle in manifestation: Sol-om-on, the personification of wisdom, and described in his songs as of "brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness." Solomon's Temple meant nothing more nor