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Tracking theAncient Mysteriesfrom Egypt to theFounding of AmericaLecture 2: EgyptAndrew Linnell7/17/20141

Outline Lectures 1 – 5: Conceptual foundations, Egypt, Greece,The Temple Legend, Vanishing of the Mysteries Lectures 6 – 10: Early Christian Mysteries, Faith versusknowledge, Charlemagne, Knights Templars, Cathars,Rosicrucians Lectures 11 – 15: Renaissance, Leonardo, Founding ofAmerica, Freemasonry, Mysteries for the FutureAndrew Linnell7/17/20142

3 Key Insights Tonight1. Story of Osiris and Isis – What it means2. Initiate’s experience of ancestry and evolution3. Hermes Trismegistus; father of AlchemyAndrew Linnell7/17/20143

Review: Process of Initiation High priests could “see” who were candidatesSelection typically from bloodlineBecause of dangers, elects must fully trust their GuruWithin the Holy of the Holies, the Temple Sleepo 3.5 days elect lay as if dead An initiate led the elect through the spiritual worldHierophant called the elect back – new nameCertainty of Spiritual worldPyramid structure high priests to electsAndrew Linnell7/17/20144

Theme of Egyptian Initiation“When released from the body you ascend to the freeaether, you will become an immortal god, escaping death.”-- Empedocles Book of the Dead Book Of EmergingForth Into The Light Magic spells intendedto assist a person'sjourney through theDuat, or underworld,and into the afterlife Osiris & 42 JudgesAndrew Linnell7/17/20145

Details: Process of Initiation Awaken the Osiris, the eternal, within oneselfSoul connected to transitory, but gives birth to EternalElect passes through various Planetary Conditions:Venus Condition: Initial Conditiono Suppress all impulses of egoism and self-loveo Cultivate selflessness – become a being who feels love andsympathy, not for his fellow-men only, but for all existence Mercury Condition: Learning of life before birtho Priest led the candidate for Initiation back as far as theancestor who still possessed characteristics which had beentransmitted, through heredity, to the pupil himselfAndrew Linnell7/17/20146

Details: Process of Initiation Mercury Condition: Guided by a Hermes-priesto Strict submission to every demand of the teachero Resolved to eliminate his own Ego completely, tosubmit to no impulses of his own, and to carry outmeticulously what the Hermes-priest instructed himto do; submit to this dominationo Obedience to the teacher through many years wasnecessary to descend without danger into a deeperlevel of his own inner beingo No possessions, nothing – die to the transitory worldAndrew Linnell7/17/20147

Details: Process of Initiation Mercury Condition:o Then candidate comes to his previous ethericbody – image of snake biting tailo Reincarnation cycle explorations continueback to one’s first incarnation Human body very different back theno Lemurian time: Moon separated from Eartho Conditions of Earth very different – mineraljust becoming – condensing from life e.g. coalo Gods (angels) descended as human-animalsAndrew Linnell7/17/20148

Path (Degrees) of InitiationStart: Tree of Knowledge – an ego is sufficient1. Raven: the messenger from outer world to the temple intermediaries between the emperor under a spell in themountain and the outer world e.g. Ravens of Wotan, theRavens of Elijah, and in the German Barbarossa saga2. Occultist/Disciple: A meditant in the Temple - made theinterests of his community his own3. Warrior: Proclaimed the Truth he had experienced4. Lion: Consciousness has reached the Tribe, firmlygrounded in himself; he not only had the Word, but hepossessed also the magical forces; JudahAndrew Linnell7/17/20149

Paths (Degrees) of Initiation5. True (nation): e.g. “Persian” or “True Israelite” (John1:46-49): “Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is noguile!” he had seen him under the fig tree, refer to aspecial process in initiation, thus Nathanael was aninitiate of the fifth degree; Tree of Life6. Sun Hero: had to be so permeated by lawfulness of thegood and the wise like the sun that it was impossible forhim to stray from the path7. Father: connected with the future development ofmankindAndrew Linnell7/17/201410

Why the Pyramid?Gold leafing on the peakCaused reflection of the sunAndrew Linnell7/17/201411

Indian Oneness, Brahman As in the expulsion from Eden, they felt Gods pushedthem; thus prove worthiness to rejoin, ascend, religion 7 Holy Rishiis Vedas come laterAndrew Linnell7/17/201412

Persian Duality: Powers of Light versus Powers of Darkness Sun-aura, Ahura Mazdao (or Ormuzd), versus theprinciple of darkness, Angramainyush (or Ahriman) Zarathustrao Transform what comes from Ahriman (physical world)o Unite with the good gods, and overcome Ahriman Work on the earth to transform it, to redeem ito Glorify Ahura Mazdao by redeeming the earth Feet planted firmly on the groundAndrew Linnell7/17/201413

Egyptian - Chaldean Trinity: Powers Sun, Moon, and Earth Search for time when Sun, Moon, and Earth were united Reincarnation – Book of the Deado “Weighing” the soul Empedocles on Egyptian Mysteries teachings: “Whenreleased from the body you ascend to the free aether,you will become an immortal god, escaping death.” Hermes Trismegistuso Alchemyo MagicAndrew Linnell7/17/201414

Greek Cultural Age Four-fold Human Being shown in the Sphinx at GazaooooBullLionEagle/VultureHuman Compare to vision of Ezekiel, signs of the Gospels Historical significanceAndrew Linnell7/17/201415

Egyptian Pyramid Texts Pyramid Texts: collection of ancient Egyptian religioustexts from the time of the Old Kingdom, 2400 BC Possibly the oldest known religious texts in the world Written in Old Egyptian Carved on the walls and sarcophagi of the pyramids atSaqqara, 5th and 6th Dynasties Reserved only for the pharaoh Not illustrated Mention OsirisAndrew Linnell7/17/201416

Story of Osiris, Isis, and Horus22 Dynasty, 870 BCLouvreAndrew Linnell7/17/201417

Story of Osiris and IsisSun-god Ged had son and daughter IsisPrimal unity of the son splits into Osiris and SetOsiris marries Isis and rules over Egypt (and Earth)Set desires Osiris' throne, builds chest exactly to fit OsirisAt a banquet the chest is presented – Osiris gets in itSet closes the chest and throws it into the seaWhen Isis hears the news, she wanders in despairEventually she finds the chest but Set takes it againNow Set splits it into 14 pieces and places these inscattered tombsAndrew Linnell7/17/201418

Story of Osiris and IsisIsis finds and joins the fragmented pieces of Osiris, butone body part missing was the phallusIsis fashions a golden phallus, and briefly brings Osirisback to life by use of a spell that she learned from theirfather GedThis spell gives her time to become pregnant by a sunray from Osiris before he dies againIsis later gives birth to HorusAndrew Linnell7/17/201419

Cult of Osiris and Isis Festival of Osiris was celebrated on January 6th Told in the Book of the Dead The cult of Isis and Osiris continued up until the 6thcentury CE on the island of Philae in Upper Nile. TheTheodosian decree (in about 380 CE) to destroy allpagan temples was not enforced there until the time ofJustinian who sent Narses to destroy the sanctuaries,arrest the priests, and transport the divine images toConstantinople. Philae was the last of the ancientEgyptian temples to be closed.Andrew Linnell7/17/201420

Meaning of Osiris and Isis Osiris influence of the sun upon the earth inolden timeso Mists and vapors then – no air as we know it What was Set?o Unity of Osiris-Set split aparto Typhon separated himself from the light of the sun,while Osiris worked only as the light of the suno Set or Typhon caused the breath to enter into us Moment when birth & death entered into our beingAndrew Linnell7/17/201421

EvolutionCosmologicalCultural Epochs of Earth Old Saturn SystemOld Sun SystemOld Moon SystemEarth (Current)Jupiter SystemVenus SystemVulcan SystemAndrew LinnellPolarianHyper-Borean Recapitulate:Old SaturnLemurianOld SunOld MoonAtlanteanCurrent: manCurrent Age7/17/201422

Meaning of Osiris and Isis Describes Ancestry, Evolutiono With sun forces withdrawing, mankind dived down intolower nature, becoming conscious of self for the 1st timeo Osiris contained the force of the sunlight in such a waythat, when the moon later departs, he accompanies itand receives the task of reflecting the sunlight from themoon to the eartho Osiris ancient influence of the sun upon the earth –moves to moono Isis love within the soulo Horus inner activity to become an eternal beingo Yahweh remains with earth until the moon splits offAndrew Linnell7/17/201423

Osiris and Isis in the Human Reflected light of the sun is in a different form every day Osiris takes on 14 forms to guide the sun’s light to us 14 waxing (Osiris) & 14 (Isis) waning phases of moono Only when this phenomenon was fully established in theheavens was man able to breatheo 28 attachments of nerves to spinal cord Egyptian Mythology: Osiris ruled the earth in past timeso Then arose Typhon, the wind (this is the time when the waterssink so far that the air appears, through which man becomes anair-breather)o Typhon overcame the Osiris-consciousness, killed Osiris, laidhim in a chest, and placed him in the seaAndrew Linnell7/17/201424

Horus and the Human Isis, human love, gathered his parts, cherishedthem – a ray of sunlight falls on her and sheconceives Horus Horus takes over the earthly tasks from Osiris –becomes 2nd Osiris Horus is imperfect but progressing – the newMan – to become the Eternal Osiris is in the human soul w/Isis – the transitorywill give birth to the Eternal The human body is the tomb of Osiris Typhon is our lower natureAndrew Linnell7/17/201425

Madonna Isis Raphael’s SistineMadonna Look closely at theclouds Where does this childcome from? Compare to IsisAndrew Linnell7/17/201426

The Cult of Isis Isis “tricked” Ra into telling her his "secret name" by causing a snaketo bite him, the antidote to whose venom only Isis possessedKnowing his secret name thus gave her power over himUse of secret names was central to late Egyptian magic spellsAfter the occupations by the Greeks and the Romans, Isis becamethe most important and most powerful deity of the Egyptianpantheon because of her magical skillsIsis had a central role in Egyptian magic spells and ritual, especiallythose of protection and healingIn many spells her powers are merged with those of her son HorusIsis has to flee with Horus to escape the wrath of SetYoung Horus faced many dangers including a lethal scorpion stinghealed by IsisIn Egyptian history the image of a wounded Horus became astandard feature of Isis's healing spells, which typically invoked thecurative powers of Isis' milkAndrew Linnell7/17/201427

Osiris and Isis Summary Sun-god Osiris reigns. No duality of sexes.Set cuts Osiris into 14 pieces and buries him in 14 gravesCosmic Event: Osiris is driven out with the moonMoon is the chest that is pushed out into the ocean of cosmicspaceThereafter Osiris is in cosmic space; mankind is divided intosexesIsis uses her magical skills to restore him to lifeWhen Isis re-members Osiris, he arises again in cosmicspace, appearing in 14 successive formsThe complete Osiris is the whole moon-diskThe 14 aspects of the moon the dismembered OsirisAndrew Linnell7/17/201428

After Atlantis Cultural EpochsIndianPersianEgyptian, Chaldean,Babylonian, Assyrian Greek, Roman Current (5th) 2 more to goAndrew Linnell AgesGolden, Krita or Satya YugaSilver, Treta YugaBronze, Dvapara YugaDark, Kali YugaNoah (Hebrew)India: ManuEgypt: MenesCrete: MinosAmerica: Manitu7/17/201429

Hermes TrismegistusFloor mosaic in theCathedral of Siena.Plato's Timaeus andCritias state that in thetemple of Neith atSais, there were secrethalls containinghistorical recordswhich had been keptfor 9,000 yearsClement of Alexandriaclaimed the Egyptianshad 42 sacred writingsby Hermes,encapsulating all thetraining of EgyptianpriestsAndrew Linnell7/17/201430