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And Hislop says:
Some have imagined that the Druidical worship was first introduced by the Phoenicians, who, centuries before the Christian era, traded to the tin-mines of Cornwall. But the unequivocal traces of that worship are found in regions of the British islands where the Phoenicians never penetrated ... 28
Throwing yet another side into the debate, some authors, such as Conor McDari in Irish Wisdom: Preserved in Bible and Pyramids, have attempted to demonstrate that Western and Near Eastern culture emanated out of the British Isles, specifically Ireland, instead of the other way around. McDari's hypothesis recognizes that "the pyramids and the Bible, when properly deciphered, reveal that the oldest and truest religion is sun worship."29
The Mysteries
The worship of the sun, which became the Christian religion, constituted "the mysteries," or mythos and ritual. No matter how closely we examine these mysteries, we will nevertheless encounter the problem of provenance, which is the real mystery. As Pike says: "Where the Mysteries originated is not known. It is supposed that they came from India, by the way of Chaldaea, into Egypt, and thence were carried into Greece."30 Yet, Jackson argues that the "Mystery Schools of Egypt were the world's oldest universities."31 Indeed, Albert Churchward stated that the Great Pyramid "was built to teach the seven Astro Stellar Cult Mysteries in symbolism and applied Eschatologically-also to record and register time and measurement."32 Many others have perceived such a temple of sacred mysteries in the Pyramid's so-called King's Chamber. In fact, this temple served as an initiation center, with initiates passing through twelve gates or halls. James Churchward relates:
Having passed through the second stage, the adept was allowed to enter the hall called the Tenth Hall of Truth, or Trial Scene, which was depicted in a black-and-white tessellated pavementRight and Wrong, Truth and Falsehood.
From this hall he was conducted to the Chamber of New Birth, or place of coming forth with regeneration of the soul. In this chamber were found emblems of mortality with the sarcophagus empty. A small opening admits the light of the bright morning star Sothis into the chamber.... 33
Thus, the Great Pyramid is not and never has been a "tomb" except symbolically, as it was used to introduce adepts to the higher mysteries of death. It has also served as a celestial "computer," encoding the movements of many planetary bodies as well as much sacred math.
Black Buddhas and Pygmies
There is yet another mystery to be addressed, as, it will be recalled, in the caves of India have been found figures of Buddhas not only black in color but in feature, demonstrating that the black race had at some early point reached an advanced state of civilization. As Higgins said over a century and a half ago, thus using antiquated language:
It was the opinion of Sir William Jones that a great nation of Blacks formerly possessed the dominion of Asia, and held the seat of empire at Sidon. These must have been the people called by Mr. Maurice Cushites or Cuthites, described in Genesis; and the opinion that they were Blacks is corroborated by the translators of the Pentateuch, called the Seventy, constantly rendering the word Cush by Ethiopia.... The religion of Buddha, of India, is well known to have been very ancient. In the most ancient temples scattered throughout Asia, where his worship is yet continued, he is found black as jet, with the flat face, thick lips, and curly hair of the Negro.34
And Jackson relates:
A splendid era of Blacks seems to have preceded all the later races. There must once have been a tremendous Negro expansion, since the original masters of the lands between Iberia and the Cape of Good Hope and East India were primitive and probably dwarfed Black men. We have long had proof that a primitive Negroid race of Pygmies