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Ancient Technology The
secret “Mysteries” of the Ancient Egyptians Gods had to do with worship of a dead
man named Nimrod, who had earlier been executed. He became a culture hero and
was deified by the priests. There were ceremonies in these Mysteries that were
designed to scare the worshippers –after which “Nimrod” (under the title of Osiris,
was introduced, to soothe them… so that they would come to revere, or love him. In
these Mysteries, under the seal of secrecy and the sanction of an oath, and by
means of all the fertile resources of magic, men were gradually led back to all
the idolatry that had been publicly suppressed at the time Nimrod was executed.
And new features were added to that idolatry that made it still more brazenly
daring than before. Magic and idolatry were twin sisters, and came into the world
together. Everything
was so contrived as to wind up the minds of the novices to the highest pitch of
excitement, so that after they had surrendered themselves implicitly to the priests,
they would be prepared to receive anything. After
the candidates for initiation had passed through the confessional, and sworn the
required oaths, strange and amazing objects presented themselves. Sometimes the
place they were in seemed to shake around them. Sometimes it appeared bright and
resplendent with light and radiant fire, and then again covered with black darkness,
Sometimes there was thunder and lightning; sometimes frightful noises and bellowings;
and sometimes terrible apparitions astonished the trembling spectators. Then,
at last, the great god, the central object of their worship, Osiris (Nimrod) was
revealed to them in the way most fitted to soothe their feelings and engage their
blind affections. 25
Amazing ancient technology There
was seen on the wall of the temple a mass of light, which appeared at first at
a very great distance. In
the words of one who described what was seen: “It [the light] is transformed, while unfolding itself, into a visage evidently divine and supernatural, of an aspect severe, but with a touch of sweetness. Following the teachings of a mysterious religion, the Alexandrians honour it as Osiris.” The
method the priests employed is known as “phantasmagoria” and was produced by a
type of projector. The projector was arranged to be moved toward and from the
screen (as is done with television cameras today), while at the same time it was
kept in focus. The optical effect was that the figures on a screen appeared to
dwindle into the distance, or to rush toward the observer with enormous increase
of size! In
the hands of crafty, scheming men, this was a powerful means of imposing upon
those who were willing to be imposed upon, and who still hankered for the forbidden
religious system that had been put down. Those
who controlled the Mysteries had access to technological secrets that were then
unknown to the mass of mankind. It was in their interests to carefully preserve
these to their own exclusive keeping. By such means it was then easy to give the worshippers a visible demonstration that Osiris
(Nimrod) who had been slain, and for whom they had mourned, was STILL ALIVE, and
bathed in divine and heavenly glory! The
lips of some unseen priest, speaking in his name from behind the scenes, gave
the impression that Nimrod was speaking. From
the lips of such a powerful god, what teachings could the people not be led to
believe, incredible though some of them were! Thus
the whole system of the sacred mysteries was intended to glorify a dead man. And
once the worship of one dead man was established, the worship of many more was
sure to follow. Jonathan Gray |