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Horus/Osiris of Egypt
The legends of Osiris/ Horus go back thousands of years, and many people over the millennia have thought Osiris to be a real person, some claiming he lived up to 22,000 years ago. The cult of Osiris, Isis and Horus was widespread in the ancient world, including in Rome. In the Egyptian myth, Horus and his once-and-future Father, Osiris, are frequently interchangeable, as in "I and my Father are one." Concerning Osiris, Walker says:
Of all savior-gods worshipped at the beginning of the Christian era, Osiris may have contributed more details to the evolving Christ figure than any other. Already very old in Egypt, Osiris was identified with nearly every other Egyptian god and was on the way to absorbing them all. He had well over 200 divine names. He was called the Lord of Lords, King of Kings, God of Gods. He was the Resurrection and the Life, the Good Shepherd, Eternity and Everlastingness, the god who "made men and women to be born again." Budge says, "From first to last, Osiris was to the Egyptians the god-man who suffered, and died, and rose again, and reigned eternally in heaven. They believed that they would inherit eternal life, just as he had done...."
Osiris's coming was announced by Three Wise Men: the three stars Mintaka, Anilam, and Alnitak in the belt of Orion, which point directly to Osiris's star in the east, Sirius (Sothis), significator of his birth....
Certainly Osiris was a prototypical Messiah, as well as a devoured Host. His flesh was eaten in the form of communion cakes of wheat, the "plant of Truth.". . . The cult of Osiris contributed a number of ideas and phrases to the Bible. The 23"' Psalm copied an Egyptian text appealing to Osiris the Good Shepherd to lead the deceased to the "green pastures" and "still waters" of the nefer-nefer land, to restore the soul to the body, and to give protection in the valley of the shadow of death (the Tuat). The Lord's Prayer was prefigured by an Egyptian hymn to Osiris-Amen beginning, "0 Amen, 0 Amen, who are in heaven." Amen was also invoked at the end of every prayer.5°
As Col. James Churchward naively exclaims, "The teachings of Osiris and Jesus are wonderfully alike. Many passages are identically the same, word for word."51
Massey provides other details as to the similarity between Osirianism and Christianity:
For instance, in one of the many titles of Osiris in all his forms and places he is called "Osiris in the monstrance". . . In the Roman ritual the monstrance is a transparent vessel in which the host or victim is exhibited. . . . Osiris in the monstrance should of itself suffice to show that the Egyptian Karast (Krst) is the original Christ, and that the Egyptian mysteries were continued by the Gnostics and Christianized in Rome.52
Osiris was also the god of the vine and a great travelling teacher who civilized the world. He was the ruler and judge of the dead. In his passion, Osiris was plotted against and killed by Set and "the 72." Like that of Jesus, Osiris's resurrection served to provide hope to all that they may do likewise and become eternal.
Osiris's "son" or renewed incarnation, Horus, shares the following in common with Jesus:
• Horus was born of the virgin Isis-Men on December 251h in a cave/manger with his birth being announced by a star in the East and attended by three wise men.
• His earthly father was named "Seb" ("Joseph").
• He was of royal descent.-53
• At age 12, he was a child teacher in the Temple, and at 30, he was baptized, having disappeared for 18 years.
• Horus was baptized in the