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Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Ancient Mysteries of Amenta
Book by Gerald Massey
125 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Gerald Massey
396 books52 followersGerald Massey was an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt.
Although now largely overlooked, during the mid-Victorian era Massey was considered a significant poet, both in Britain, where he achieved the distinction of being awarded a civil list pension, and in North America, where he was published widely in both books and periodicals.
He wrote poetry which was favorably noticed by established poets such as Browning and Tennyson.
He was born in abject poverty in England and earned a living by working in a factory from the age of eight. He was almost entirely self-taught; yet, he was able to write and lecture about several subjects with tremendous erudition and authority. Despite his lack of formal education, Massey could read several languages.
In his later years he published four large volumes in which he tried to trace the origin of language, symbols, myths, and religions. The work was reminiscent of Godfrey Higgins (1772-1833). His final product was not well received during his lifetime, the idea of Africa as the birthplace of mankind being quite unacceptable in Victorian England. Thus A Book of the Beginnings (1881) and his other texts were largely ignored or ridiculed until later archaeological discoveries provided more solid evidence in support of Massey's themes.
Although now largely overlooked, during the mid-Victorian era Massey was considered a significant poet, both in Britain, where he achieved the distinction of being awarded a civil list pension, and in North America, where he was published widely in both books and periodicals.
He wrote poetry which was favorably noticed by established poets such as Browning and Tennyson.
He was born in abject poverty in England and earned a living by working in a factory from the age of eight. He was almost entirely self-taught; yet, he was able to write and lecture about several subjects with tremendous erudition and authority. Despite his lack of formal education, Massey could read several languages.
In his later years he published four large volumes in which he tried to trace the origin of language, symbols, myths, and religions. The work was reminiscent of Godfrey Higgins (1772-1833). His final product was not well received during his lifetime, the idea of Africa as the birthplace of mankind being quite unacceptable in Victorian England. Thus A Book of the Beginnings (1881) and his other texts were largely ignored or ridiculed until later archaeological discoveries provided more solid evidence in support of Massey's themes.
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February 16, 2022
a really strange writing
that reads like something that was being "channelled"
on the histories and mysteries of ancient egyptian religion
i learned a couple things reading thru this....things i still wonder about in curious heiroglyph
i would reccommend to anyone searching for rarer more lost occult texts
my love brought it home one day after dissappearing for four hours and he said he went into that shop that doesn't open for many hours a day that we had not caught yet and they were selling afrikan incense and some self-published afro-religious and radical texts like this |_(o>/o)_/ so whew, i was p pleased, he also brought an "eleventh book of moses"
that reads like something that was being "channelled"
on the histories and mysteries of ancient egyptian religion
i learned a couple things reading thru this....things i still wonder about in curious heiroglyph
i would reccommend to anyone searching for rarer more lost occult texts
my love brought it home one day after dissappearing for four hours and he said he went into that shop that doesn't open for many hours a day that we had not caught yet and they were selling afrikan incense and some self-published afro-religious and radical texts like this |_(o>/o)_/ so whew, i was p pleased, he also brought an "eleventh book of moses"
January 17, 2018
Good read. Book continues my journey in discovering all matters related to African spirituality.
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