The Jesus Mysteries
(Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy)
In the book, The Jesus Mysteries, by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy,
the authors write that they found that, event by event, they were able to construct Jesus?s supposed biography from mystic facts that were previously associated with a godman that existed many centuries before the birth of Jesus.
Religions such as Greek worship of the Olympian gods were mere outer pageantry. The real classical spirituality of the people was embodied in vibrant and mystical Mystery religions that spread and flourished throughout the ancient Mediterranean, and inspired the greatest minds of the Pagan world.
At the heart of the Mystery religions were myths concerning a dying and resurrecting godman, who was known as Osiris in Egypt, Dionysus in Greece, Attis in Asia Minor, Adonis in Syria, Bacchus in Italy, and Mithras in Persia. But all these godmen were fundamentally the same mythical being, and from as early as the third century B.C. has been known by the combined name, Osiris-Dionysus, which name was used to denote his universal and composite nature.
As was the case with Jesus, who came onto the scene several years after Osiris-Dionysus, the myths that were associated with these godmen are that Osiris-Dionysus is God made flesh, the saviour and Son of God; whose father is God and his mother a mortal vigin; he was born in a cave or humble cowshed on 25 December before three shepherds; he offers his followers the chance to be born again through the rites of baptism; he miraculously turns water into wine at a marriage ceremony; rides triumphantly into town on a donkey while people wave palm leaves to honour him; he dies at Eastertime as a sacrifice for the sins of the world; after his death he descends to hell, then on the third day he rises from the dead and ascends to heaven in glory; his followers await his return as the judge during the Last Days; his death and resurrection are celebrated by a ritual meal of bread and wine which symbolizes his body and blood.
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