Osiris
Originally called Oswiris, he was the son of Anom, and the last king of
Egypt before their rulers began being called Pharaoh. During his time a man
named
Rikayon came to Egypt from Babylon and through subtlety took over Egypt
becoming the first pharaoh. Pharaoh means lord of the dead, or one who taxes
the dead. See Jasher 14 for the full story.Isis
Jupiter seduces a woman names Io, and when she finds out she is pregnant
she flees to Egypt to save her child. She
later became known as Isis, with her child. The rites of Isis seeking her lost child
is very similar to the rites of Ceres, Jupiter's sister, in
Sicily.
The priests of Isis shave, making themselves smooth, and bewail the loss of
her child. Afterward the boy is brought forth as found, then there is a great
rejoicing.
The Eleusinian rites of Ceres are like that of the lost Osiris except that
it is Proserpnie who is abducted by Jupiter so he could commit incest with
her. Ceres sought for Proserpnie
in Sicily by torches lighted from the top of Etna, which is why the rites in
Sicily involve throwing torches into the sea.
Some of the rites of Isis with Serapis come from the rites of Venus and
Attis. There are other forms that contain variants bases of the rites of
Ceres. Venus was
originally a princess that was born and died on the island of Cyprus. She
was a very lewd woman and taught the women of Cyprus to practice
prostitution for gain. The rites of Venus also involved a procession of a
phallus symbol.
Serapis
Originally the name the Egyptians gave to the Hebrew Joseph who interpreted
dreams for pharaoh. The libraries, later becoming temples, housed other
prophecies and teachings about the one true god of the Hebrews. As time went
on Sarapis became synonymous with the god Oiris. When worshiped under
the figure of a bull he is called Apis.
The great Serapian Temple
Socrates in his Ecclesiastical history 5.17 says...
When the Temple of Serapis was torn down and laid bare, there were found in
it, engraven on stones, certain characters which they call hieroglyphics,
having the forms of crosses. After the hieroglyphics had been deciphered it
was found that it contained a prediction that ‘When the cross should
appear,’—for this was ‘life to come,’—‘the Temple of Serapis would be
destroyed,’ a very great number of the pagans embraced Christianity, and
confessing their sins, were baptized ...
The pagan temple contained some prophecy and history from Joseph mixed
with the paganism of Egypt and Greece (Isis and Osiris). So we can see most myths have a basis in historical fact, and when
there is something supernatural about it it always comes from the one true
god. there are similar stories from the druids and other groups as well.
Paul preaching at Mars hill, about the unknown god is another such example..
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
This ancient document, dating from at least 250 BC, shows that in the
earliest times the Egyptians worshiped only one god, Ra. All the others were
kings that were added at a later time. We can even see Osiris' father,
called Anom in the book of Jasher, being added to Ra, making it Amon-Ra. The
following is a partial description about Ra.
"president of all the gods ... Lord of the heavens ... Lord of Truth ...
maker of men; creator of beasts ... Ra, whose word is truth, the Governor of
the world, the mighty one of valour, the chief who made the world as he made
himself. ... Maker of the Gods, who hast stretched out the heavens and
founded the earth! ... Lord of eternity, maker of the everlastingness ...
creator of light ... "
taken from the Egyptian book of the dead - Hymn To Amen-Ra
Facts taken from church fathers Arnobius (Against the Heathen, Ad Nations
2.9) and Lactantius 1.18,21 and Jasher 7-27 |