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 A reprint of Kersey Graves' classic and rare 1875 book on Christianity before Christ, and the 15 messiahs or saviors who are known in recorded history before Christ. Includes a foreword written by
Acharya S.
Over a century and a quarter ago, Kersey Graves wrote "The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors," which has since become a freethought classic. Graves' book was a seminal work in revealing the hidden history of religion in general and Christianity in particular. Graves outlines hundreds of correspondences between the lives and teachings of some of the world's best-known gods, saviors
and avatars, demonstrating an archetype that is not confined to one particular place, time or culture—an archetype that predates the Christian era by centuries if not millennia! Graves' extraordinary compilation of the research of a number of erudite and important scholars whose works have not been widely accessible to the masses, and who have exposed a deliberate suppression of critical information, has proved to be invaluable in the study of religion and mythology.
Table of Contents
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Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Address to the Clergy
I. Rival Claims of the Savior
II. Messianic Prophecies
III. Prophecies by the Figure of a Serpent
IV. Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods
V. Virgin Mothers and Virgin-Born Gods
VI. Stars Point out the Time and the Saviors' Birth-Place
VII. Angels, Shepherds, and Magi Visit the Infant Saviors
VIII. The Twenty-Fifth of December the Birthday of the Gods
IX. Titles of the Saviors
X. The Saviors of Royal Descent, but Humble Birth
XI. Christ's Genealogy
XII. The World's Saviors Saved from Destruction in Infancy
XIII. The Saviors Exhibit Early Proofs of Divinity
XIV. The Saviors' Kingdoms not of this World
XV. The Saviors are Real Personages
XVI. Sixteen Saviors Crucified
XVII. The Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Crucifixion
XVIII. Descent of the Saviors into Hell
XIX. Resurrection of the Saviors
XX. Reappearance and Ascension of the Saviors
XXI. The Atonement: Its Oriental or Heathen Origin
XXII. The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin
XXIII. The Divine "Word" of Oriental Origin
XXIV. The Trinity Very Anciently a Current Heathen Doctrine
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XXV. Absolution, or the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin
XXVI. Origin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost
XXVII. The Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen Origin
XXVIII. Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin
XXIX. How Men, Including Jesus Christ, Came to be Worshipped as Gods
XXX. Sacred Cycles Explaining the Advent of the Gods, the Master-Key to the Divinity of Jesus Christ
XXXI. Christianity Derived from Heathen and Oriental Sources
XXXII. Three Hundred and Forty-Six Striking Analogies between Christ and Chrishna
XXXIII. Appolonius, Osiris, and Magus as Gods
XXXIV. The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith—Miracles, Prophecies, and Precepts
XXXV. Logical or Common-Sense View of the Doctrine of Divine Incarnation
XXXVI. Philosophical Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation
XXXVII. Physiological Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation
XXXVIII. A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ
XXXIX. The Scriptural View of Christ's Divinity
XL. A Metonymic View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ
XLI. The Precepts and Practical Life of Jesus Christ
XLII. Christ as a Spiritual Medium
XLIII. Conversion, Repentance, and "Getting Religion" of Heathen Origin
XLIV. The Moral Lessons of Religious History
XLV. Conclusion and Review
Note of Explanation
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