[PDF] The Natural Genesis eBook

Author : Gerald Massey
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1616405570

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Egyptologist Gerald Massey challenged readers in A Book of the Beginnings to consider the argument that Egypt was the birthplace of civilization and that the widespread monotheistic vision of man and the metaphysical was, in fact, based on ancient Egyptian mythos. In The Natural Genesis, presented here in an omnibus edition, Massey delivers a sequel, delving deeper into his compelling polemic. In Volume I, he offers a more intellectual, fine-tuned analysis of the development of society out of Egypt. From the simplest signs (numbers, the cross) to the grandest archetypes (darkness, the mother figure), Massey carefully and confidently lays the cultural and psychosocial bricks of evolutionism. Volume II provides detailed discourse on the Egyptian origin of the delicate components of the monotheistic creed. With his agile prose, Massey leads an adventurous examination of the epistemology of astronomy, time, and Christology-and what it all means for human culture. British author GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism, Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best known works are in the realm of Egyptology, including The Book of the Beginnings, The Natural Genesis, and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World.

Author : Gerald Massey
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2017-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781631828096

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Gerald Massey's work has become essential for readers seeking a balanced understanding of human origins, religious thought and belief, and the role of Africa in world history. A native of England, Gerald Massey (1828-1907) was a poet, Shakespearian scholar, mythographer, and radical Egyptologist who maintained that Africa was the source of "the greatest civilization n the world." According to Massey, "all evidence cries aloud its proclamation that Africa was the birthplace of the nonarticulate and Egypt the mouthpiece of articulate men." With The Natural Genesis, first published in 1883, Massey continues the work that he began in A Book of the Beginnings. In The Natural Genesis, he delves deeper into ancient Egypt's influence on modern myths, symbols, religions, and languages. By proclaiming Egypt as the birthplace of modern civilization, Massey challenges conventions of theology as well as fundamental notions of race supremacy. The Natural Genesis is based on Massey's study of hieroglyphic inscriptions, bone-caves, and cuneiform tables of ancient Egypt. The findings from Massey's years of dedicated research are carefully documented here and encompass such broad areas as religion and the occult, etymology, astrology, and mythology, as well as exploring such fascinating topics as Christian religious symbolism and the origins of verbal communication. As Massey unravels the mysteries of our ancient origins, he moves us closer to understanding our contemporary existence. Gerald Massey, author. Introduction by Charles S. Finch, III

Author : Stewart Umphrey
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1498531423

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In Natural Kinds and Genesis: The Classification of Material Entities, Stewart Umphrey raises and answers two questions: What is it to be a natural kind? And are there in fact any natural kinds? First, using the everyday understanding of things, he argues that natural kinds may be understood as classes or as types, and that the members or tokens of such kinds are individual continuants. A continuant is essentially a being-in-becoming, a material thing which changes and yet remains the same, in virtue of its nature or essence, as long as it exists. In the primary sense of the term, then, a natural kind is a class whose members closely resemble one another substantially, in virtue of their essences. Alternatively, it is a type whose tokens exemplify it in virtue of their essences. To answer the second question, one must make use of relevant scientific theories as well. Umphrey agrees with scientific essentialists that there are natural kinds, but he argues that most of the chemical, physical, and biological kinds posited in current theories are not natural kinds in the primary sense of the term. The natural-kinds realism he affirms is thus quite restricted: it requires the existence of enduring things which closely resemble one another in virtue of their essences, and such things exist, apparently, only if they have come into being, or emerged, in the course of symmetry-breaking events. Natural Kinds and Genesis will be of interest to philosophers of science and to those interested in the metaphysics of natural kinds and their members.

Author : Holmes Rolston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 1999-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521646741

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This book argues that the phenomena of religion can not be reduced to the phenomena of biology.

Author : Gregg Davidson
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 082547518X

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See and celebrate the multilayered grandeur conveyed by the first chapter of Genesis The first chapter of the Bible's first book lays the foundation for all that follows about who God is and what God is like. Our technology-age fascination with the science of origins, however, can blind us to issues of great importance that don't address our culturally conditioned questions. Instead, Genesis One itself suggests the questions and answers that are most significant to human faith and flourishing. Geologist Gregg Davidson and theologian Ken Turner shine a spotlight on Genesis One as theologically rich literature first and foremost, exploring the layers of meaning that showcase various aspects of God's character: Song Analogy Polemic Covenant Temple Calendar Land Our very knowledge of God suffers when we fail to appreciate the Bible's ability to convey multilayered truth simultaneously. The Manifold Beauty of Genesis One offers readers the chance to cultivate an openness to Scripture's richness and a deeper faith in the Creator.

Author : Gerald Massey
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1602060843

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Egyptologist Gerald Massey challenged readers in A Book of the Beginnings to consider the argument that Egypt was the birthplace of civilization and that the widespread monotheistic vision of man and the metaphysical was, in fact, based on ancient Egyptian mythos. In The Natural Genesis, Massey delivers a sequel, delving deeper into his compelling polemic. In Volume I, he offers a more intellectual, fine-tuned analysis of the development of society out of Egypt. From the simplest signs (numbers, the cross) to the grandest archetypes (darkness, the mother figure), Massey carefully and confidently lays the cultural and psychosocial bricks of Evolutionism. British author GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism, Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best-known works are in the realm of Egyptology, including A Book of the Beginnings and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World.

Author : Gerald Massey
Publisher :
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2014-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781631820359

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Containing an Attempt to Recover and Reconstitute the Lost Origines of the Myths and Mysteries, Types and Symbols, Religion and Language, with Egypt for the Mouthpiece and Africa as the Birthplace. Vol. I, Physical Beginnings; Totemic Typology and Customs; Origin of the Myth in a Twofold Phase of Fact; Origin of Language in Gesture-Signs and Involuntary Sounds; Darkness the first Adversary, Deluder, or Devil, typified as the Serpent Serpent Wisdom Origin of Elementaries; The Mount and Tree as Feminine Types of the Birthplace Tree as Giver of Food and Drink Unity of Cross and Circle Various Forms and Meanings of Cross; Mythology the Mirror of Prehistoric Sociology Sut, Horus, Mother Trinity Origins of the Triads Male and Female and of the Trinity Survival of the Mythical Types in the Dogmas of the Final Religious Phase. Vol. II, Astronomical Nature of Mythology Sun God Eden Culmination of the Kronian Creations in the Mythical Nirvana; Gods as Intelligencers in Time True Gods Keepers of the Covenant The Fall Doctrine of the Gnosis Christian Doctrine of Degradation; Assyrian Deluge Legend Lost Atlantis Pyramids and Towers; Modes of Identifying Time by Various Seasons and Keeping them as Festivals; Pre-Christian Christology.