Gerald Massey
THE NATURAL GENESIS:
OR SECOND PART OF A BOOK OF THE BEGINNINGS, CONTAINING AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER AND RECONSTITUTE THE LOST ORIGINS OF THE MYTHS AND MYSTERIES, TYPES AND SYMBOLS, RELIGION AND LANGUAGE, WITH EGYPT FOR THE MOUTHPIECE AND AFRICA AS THE BIRTHPLACE.
BY GERALD MASSEY
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN TWO VOLUMES, LONDON, 1883
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DEDICATORY
At times I had to tread
Where not a Star was found
To lead or light me, overhead;
Nor footprint on the ground.
I toiled among the sands
And stumbled with my feet;
Or crawled and climbed with knees and hands
Some future path to beat.
I had to feel the flow
Of waters whelming me:
No foothold to be touched below,
No shore around to see.
Yet, in my darkest night,
And farthest drift from land,
There dawned within the guiding light;
I felt the unseen hand.
Year after year went by,
And watchers wondered when
The diver, to their welcoming cry
Of joy, would rise again.
And still rolled on Time's wave
That whitened as it passed:
The ground is getting toward the grave
That I have reached at last.
Child after child would say—
'Ah, when his work is done,
Father will come with us and play—'
'Tis done. But Play-time's gone.
A willing slave for years,
I strove to set men free;
Mine were the Labours, Hopes, and Fears,
Be theirs the Victory.
EGYPTIAN PLANISPHERE OF ZODIACAL AND NORTHERN SIGNS
(According to Kircher)
The Underneath is also taken from Natural Genesis by Gerald Massey
“In the customs and institutions of schools, academies, colleges, and similar bodies destined for the abode of learned men and the cultivation of learning, everything is found adverse to the progress of science. For the lectures and exercises there are so ordered, that to think or speculate on anything out of the common way can hardly occur in any man. And if one or two have the boldness to use any liberty of judgement, they must undertake the task all by themselves: they can have no advantage from the company of otherts. And if they can endure this also, they will find their industry and largeness of mind no slight hindrance to their fortune. For the studies of men in these places are confined and as it were imprisoned in the writings of certain authors, from whom if any man dissent he is straightaway arraigned as a turbulent person and an innovator.”—BACON.
They needs must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken
Authority for truth.
The Shadows of the past, substantialized,
Environ us; we are built about from birth
With life-long shutting out of light from heaven.
“The few who had the courage to call the child by its right name, the few that knew something of it, who foolishly opened their hearts and revealed their vision to the many, were always burnt or crucified.”—GOETHE.
’Tis a truth, howe’er unheeded
Work least wanted is most needed.
There is, however, an incredible tendency in human nature, however few may cultivate it at one time in the same direction, never to rest short of the attainable; and however minimized its value may appear in the process of attainment, we cannot rest until we have the truth.
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This is a wonderful book, I came across it via Kenneth (Kenaz) Grant(Gebo)
Who refers to it constantly in his Typhonian works.
This book as well as it companion 2nd volume are available online.
Freya
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