John G. Jackson

So, I have a good and bad to share about this book.

The good, is that the author references a lot of older texts, from the 1800's and early 1900's. Unfortunately, it's all too often that writers will limit themselves to books written within the last ten or fifteen years, instead of reaching through the history of human thought as well as drawing from the present.

Unfortunately, the good ends there.

I won't bother to do a full refutation of the majority of the points in the book, but I will show more present 2 key points for you to think about when reading the book:

1) The author presents few if any reference to the actual texts of other religions to justify his claims about their beliefs. While he should also have presented reference to the Bible when making claims about Jesus, the Bible is ubiquitous enough that such references could seemingly be considered common knowledge. Osiris and Horus legends are by no means as common, nor are Mithraic traditions or Buddhist history.

2) Many of the claims about those other beliefs are completely wrong. Again, I'll only list one now for simplicity sake: Horus was not born on December 25. Horus is not claimed to have been born on December 25. Horus' birthday was celebrated during the "Epagomenal Days" in August.

I will let atheist historian Tim O'Neill offer his thoughts on the subject as well:

https://www.quora.com/Was-the-Egyptian-God-Horus-born-on-the-25th-of-December-Wh... show less

Originally published in 1938, this book was written by an atheist who studied many ancient religions and in comparing them found their roots all to be traced to Africa and the kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia). This is a very scholarly work, filled with quotations and cross references, not the ravings of someone with a cause based only on emotion. It raises questions for anyone, regardless of their religion, on the nature and qualities of God. It is also an excellent resource for further show more study. show less

If you are a Christian, Buddhist, Hebrew, Hindi, Muslim, etc, then this small little booklet is for you...it is chalked full in information regarding the early origins of tribal spirituality, and the subsequent development of major religions around the world. You'll marvel at the close similarities, as the author compares the various prophets lives with the Yeshua legends...Under the pagan origins of religion and spirituality the reasons for doing many of the ceremonies are explained. These show more explanations are examples of why the early people performed the ceremonies that they did and why once you read, about them they make so so much sense. You'll really enjoy how astrology fits into our spiritual world and will know that it really is a proven science that's been around for a long long time and was developed by a very intelligent technologically advanced people.... show less

The bottom line of this very scholarly work is that the cradle of civilization lies in Ethiopia, the forbear of Ancient Egypt. Thus Western Civilization, coming then from Greece and Rome, really owes its roots to Ethiopia.