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ALL QUOTES TAKEN FROM EGYPT & INDIA and The Origins of Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism and Dharma
“There seems to be sufficient evidence to indicate that Indians in good number had
started visiting Egypt in the Ptolemaic period and even before it-from the third century,
BC onwards. Athenaeus refers to the presence of Indian women, Indian cows and
camels, and Indian hunting dogs in the royal processions of Ptolemy Philadelphus in
Egypt.227 An Indian colony probably existed in Egypt even earlier at Memphis. The
excavations at Memphis have yielded some terracotta fragments and figurines228 which
from their facial features and costume, appear to be Indian.229 Some of them have been
identified as the representations of Panchika, a Buddhist divinity.230
Again, indicative of the close contact during Ptolemaic times is a gravestone which bears
an Indian symbol of the trident and wheel, and the infant deity Horus is shown sitting in
Indian attitude on a lotus.”2
----
Interestingly, it is stated that the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy IV, Philopator, lined a part of
his yacht with Indian stones. The presence of Indians in Egypt in the third century BC
has been attested by Athenaeus who observes that the processions of Ptolemy II
Philadelphus also included women, cows, and hunting dogs from India.23
----
The important factor here is that there is ample evidence in the writings of
the time about Apollonius and his life. He was said to have performed miracles, healed
the sick and foretold the future. He studied philosophy and the teachings of the Gnostic
mystery schools of Greece and then traveled to India and Egypt where he was instructed
by Sages. He returned to Rome and preached salvation and resistance against injustice.”
-The Life of Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratus {220 A.C.E.
----
“Apollonius traveled to India in the first century A.C.E. and was told in the course of his
visit that Ethiopians had lived in India when Ethiopia was a part of Ancient Egypt”
-Flavius Philostratus238
----
"Some Hindus claim the Nile to be one of their sacred rivers; they also regard as sacred
the Mountains of the Moon (in Uganda-Congo) and Mount Meru (in Tanzania). Both in
India and in the Indianized Kingdoms, Southern Mount Meru was regarded as the
mythical dwelling place of the Gods. Each of these statements reflect millennia old
relationships between the blacks of Africa and South Asia. The Ethiopian Kebra Negast
regarded Western India as a portion of the Ethiopian Empire. "Murugan, the God of
mountains", the son of the mother Goddess is a prominent and typical deity of the
Dravidian India. It is interesting to note that at least 25 tribes in East Africa worship
"Murungu" as supreme God, and like the Dravidian God Murugan, the African Murungu
resides in sacred mountains."
-From: U.P. Upadhyaya
"Dravidian and Negro-African International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics"
v.5,No 1 January 1976, p 39
----
Murungu cannot be seen, but is manifested in the sun, moon, thunder and lightning, stars, rain, the
rainbow and in the great fig trees that serve as places of worship and sacrifice. These attributes of
Murungu are closely related to the supreme divinity, Ra, in Ancient Kamit. Especially notable is the
philosophy of understanding the Divine as supreme and transcendental, and yet manifesting as Creation
itself, but especially through the sun and moon. In Kamitan Anunian mysticism (based on the God Ra,
whose main symbol is the sun) and Atonian (based on the divinity Aton, whose main symbol is the
sundisk) mysticism, the Spirit is understood as manifesting through the sun and moon, not as being the
object itself. This is an advanced understanding that there is a subtle essence beyond Creation, and
therefore this conceptualization takes the religious philosophy outside the realm of idolatry. In the aspect
as the god of thunder and lightning, Murungu may be likened to Indra in the Vedic pantheon of Indian
gods and goddesses. Indra was known to be the god of war among other attributes.
----
Muntju of Ancient Egypt
The Kamitan God Ra has a warrior aspect by the name of Muntju (Montu, Monthu). The worship of Montu
was prominent in the 11th Dynasty Period. Montu is related to Heru-Behded who is the warrior aspect of
the god Heru, who is also an aspect of Ra.
Murugan of India
In India the worship of Murugan, also known as Skanda, was prominent among the south of the
country in ancient times as a Tamil (segment of Indian Dravidian culture) God, and continues to be
worshipped in modern times. The Tamil divinity, Murugan is known as : “war god,” “god of victory,”
“Lord of the World,” “god of beauty,” and “god of divine freedom.” Murugan was “aryanized” and
renamed Subrahmania (Subramanja, Subramanya) in the Sangam Period (1st Century B.C.E.).248 Thus, in
the south of India Murugan is known to the Dravidians as Murugan and Subrahmania, and in the north of
India Murugan is known among Hindus as Karttikeya. Karttikeya is also a god of war but now with the
attribute of being the son of the God Shiva, one of the primary gods in the Hindu pantheon. Karttikeya is
represented as having six heads, holding a bow and riding on a peacock and holding various other
weapons like Heru-Behded. In addition to the common attributes just mentioned, the familiar avian
attribute (the hawk in the case of Montu-the peacock in the case of Murugan-Subrahmania-Karttikeya) is
also present.
----
“The earliest evidence of the cosmetic use of henna is from ancient Egypt. It was
common practice among the Egyptians to dye their fingernails a reddish hue with henna,
and it was considered ill mannered not to do so. Traces of henna have been found on the
hands of Egyptian mummies up to five thousand years old.
There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that the henna plant was a gift from Egypt
to India. Mehndi has been practiced in India for many centuries, as can be seen in the
cave paintings of Aianta and Allora, wherein a reclining princess is surrounded by
women who paint her hands and feet with elaborate henna designs.”
- Mehndi: The Timeless Art of Henna Painting by Loretta Roome252
----
In the Hindu epic “Ramayana” or “Story of Rama,” there is an episode where a haggardly old woman
twists the mind of one of Rama’s mother and caused her to have him dethroned and banished. In the same
manner, in Kamitan myth called “The Story of Two Brothers,” there was an old woman who twisted the
mind of the virtuous man’s wife, causing her to turn on him and forsake him.
In the Hindu epic, the queen beguiles the king to get promises that he cannot refuse. These she uses to
force him to banish Rama. In the Kamitan, story the virtuous man’s wife becomes queen and beguiles the
king to get promises which he cannot refuse. She forces him to take actions that will do away with the
virtuous man’s (her previous husband’s) way to return.
Thus, both stories contain the ideas of banishment, the old and bitter woman who influences the mind
of a young woman, beguiling of the king, extracting promises from a king, who, out of lustful desire,
unrighteously makes promises he will not be able to break later, etc. All of these points exhibit an uncanny
similarity. Further, the theme of both of the stories is the same, which is that to be triumphant in life is to
act with righteousness.
Also, it may be noted here that the epics in Ancient Egyptian myth were already in existence at
beginning of Dynastic Period and into the Middle Kingdom era (5000-2500 B.C.E.). The Hindu epics are
introduced with the commencement of the epic literature period in the Hindu period, which is much later
(900 – 700 B.C.E.).
----
“This is also confirmed by the most learned of Greeks such as Solon, Thales, Plato,
Eudoxus, Pythagoras, and as some say, even Lycurgus going to Egypt and conversing
with the priests; of whom they say Euxodus was a hearer of Chonuphis of Memphis,268
Solon of Sonchis of Sais,269 and Pythagoras of Oenuphis of Heliopolis.270”
-Plutarch, Morals, 10
(c. 46-120 AD),
Greek author/Initiate of Isis.
----
For the earliest known evidences
of Yoga appear on a half-dozen or so of the Indus Valley seals, an example of which
appears here. (see above) Two attendant serpents elevate their giant forms behind a pair
of worshipers kneeling at either hand of an enthroned figure seated in what appears to be
a posture of Yoga. And the fact that the elevation of the so-called Serpent Power is one
of the leading motifs of Yogic symbolism suggests that we may have here an explicit
pictorial reference not only to the legend of some prehistoric Yogi, but also to the concept
of the unfoldment through Yoga of this subtle spiritual force
.....
However, in Ancient Egypt we see almost an exact
reproduction (see below) of the scene from the Indus Valley (above) in the Serpent Power system of
Ancient Egypt.
Figure 52: The God Asar (Osiris) with the goddess Aset (Isis) at the foot of the bed and
goddess Nebethet (Nephthys) at the head.
The goddesses are known as the two sisters and as the Arati, serpents sisters. Thus, even the serpents
are present in the image in a subtle way. Further, the Kamitan word “Arat” (©), means goddess and the
serpent sign is part of the names S© Nebethet Arat and ‘© Aset Arat of the two goddesses (see below).
In the Asarian Resurrection Myth, one of the oldest myths of Ancient Egypt, we are informed that the
goddess in her dual form, Aset and Nebethet, are the engineers of the resurrection of Asar. As we learn
from the science of Kundalini Yoga as practiced in modern India, Kundalini is a goddess who manifests in
a dual form, Ida and Pingala. They join and move up the subtle spine of the Aspirant (Yogi) and cause the
raising of consciousness to cosmic levels as represented by the Chakras or psycho-spiritual energy centers.
The point between the eyebrows (brow) signifies the attainment of dual vision (Cosmic consciousness
{what the Indian Yoga systems refers to as Jiva Mukti or Buddhists Enlightenment} and phenomenal
awareness). The seventh chakra signifies the attainment of transcendental consciousness. These teachings
are compatible between Ancient Egypt and India. Along with this motif from Ancient Egypt, we can see
not just the iconography of the Serpent Power, but also the “technical specifications” and “facts” related
to the Kamitan Yoga practices and the “concept of the unfoldment through Yoga of this subtle spiritual
force.”
"The seven Uraeuses are my body... my image is now eternal."
These seven Uraeuses are described as the "seven souls of Ra" and "the seven arms of the balance
(Maat)." These designations of course refer to the seven spheres of the balance scales of Maat which
correspond to the seven Chakras of the Indian Kundalini system.2
Figure 54: Below- Ancient Egyptian depiction of the god Asar with the two serpent
goddesses in the form of a Caduceus, symbolizing the Serpent Power (Kundalini Yoga).
Plate 14: Below left-The Hindu god Shiva, “the Master Yogi,” sitting in meditation on
the tiger skin. This iconography is thought to be a late development of the “the Indus
Yogi” (above)
Plate 15: Below right- an Ancient Egyptian man in the Lotus Posture27
Kamitan Yogic mysticism, the “leonine bed” (feline motif) symbolizes the sleep of death from which
the awakening of enlightenment will occur as the feline Life Force essence, termed Sekhem in Ancient
Egypt, is cultivated. The avian motif symbolizes the rising of consciousness, metaphorically referred to as
“resurrection.” In Indian Yogic mysticism, the lotus posture on the bedding of the tiger (again a feline
motif) skin has assumed the same role. Therefore, the feline motif is maintained throughout both the
Kamitan and Indian systems and they are therefore compatible in class, gender, function and mythic
metaphor.
the word “Yoga” is a
Sanskrit term meaning to unite the individual with the Cosmic. The term has been used ease of
communication since the word “Yoga” has received wide popularity, especially in Western countries in
recent years. The Ancient Egyptian equivalent term to the Sanskrit word Yoga is: “Sma, Sema or Smai.”
The Kamitan language did not record vowels, so there is no way to know the exact spelling or
pronunciation that would have been used. It could have been Sma, Sema, Sama, or Soma. We will use the
terms Sema or Smai (the Ancient Egyptian terms) interchangeably throughout this text to refer to Kamitan
Yoga. Sema or Smai mean union, and the following determinative terms give it a spiritual significance, at
once equating it with the term “Yoga” as it is used in India. When used in conjunction with the Ancient
Egyptian symbol which means land, “Ta,” the term “union of the two lands” arises.
he two lands refer to the two main districts of
the country (North and South). In ancient times, Egypt was divided into two sections or land areas. These
were known as Lower and Upper Egypt. In Ancient Egyptian mystical philosophy, the land of Upper
Egypt relates to the divinity Heru (Horus), who represents the Higher Self, and the land of Lower Egypt
relates to Set, the divinity of the lower self. So Sema (Smai) Taui means “the union of the two lands” or
the “Union of the lower self with the Higher Self
Thus, we also have the Ancient Egyptian term Sema (Smai) Heru-
Set, or the union of Heru and Set. So Sema (Smai) Taui or Sema (Smai) Heru-Set are the Ancient Egyptian
words which are to be translated as “Egyptian Yoga.
“There seems to be sufficient evidence to indicate that Indians in good number had
started visiting Egypt in the Ptolemaic period and even before it-from the third century,
BC onwards. Athenaeus refers to the presence of Indian women, Indian cows and
camels, and Indian hunting dogs in the royal processions of Ptolemy Philadelphus in
Egypt.227 An Indian colony probably existed in Egypt even earlier at Memphis. The
excavations at Memphis have yielded some terracotta fragments and figurines228 which
from their facial features and costume, appear to be Indian.229 Some of them have been
identified as the representations of Panchika, a Buddhist divinity.230
Again, indicative of the close contact during Ptolemaic times is a gravestone which bears
an Indian symbol of the trident and wheel, and the infant deity Horus is shown sitting in
Indian attitude on a lotus.”2
----
Interestingly, it is stated that the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy IV, Philopator, lined a part of
his yacht with Indian stones. The presence of Indians in Egypt in the third century BC
has been attested by Athenaeus who observes that the processions of Ptolemy II
Philadelphus also included women, cows, and hunting dogs from India.23
----
The important factor here is that there is ample evidence in the writings of
the time about Apollonius and his life. He was said to have performed miracles, healed
the sick and foretold the future. He studied philosophy and the teachings of the Gnostic
mystery schools of Greece and then traveled to India and Egypt where he was instructed
by Sages. He returned to Rome and preached salvation and resistance against injustice.”
-The Life of Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratus {220 A.C.E.
----
“Apollonius traveled to India in the first century A.C.E. and was told in the course of his
visit that Ethiopians had lived in India when Ethiopia was a part of Ancient Egypt”
-Flavius Philostratus238
----
"Some Hindus claim the Nile to be one of their sacred rivers; they also regard as sacred
the Mountains of the Moon (in Uganda-Congo) and Mount Meru (in Tanzania). Both in
India and in the Indianized Kingdoms, Southern Mount Meru was regarded as the
mythical dwelling place of the Gods. Each of these statements reflect millennia old
relationships between the blacks of Africa and South Asia. The Ethiopian Kebra Negast
regarded Western India as a portion of the Ethiopian Empire. "Murugan, the God of
mountains", the son of the mother Goddess is a prominent and typical deity of the
Dravidian India. It is interesting to note that at least 25 tribes in East Africa worship
"Murungu" as supreme God, and like the Dravidian God Murugan, the African Murungu
resides in sacred mountains."
-From: U.P. Upadhyaya
"Dravidian and Negro-African International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics"
v.5,No 1 January 1976, p 39
----
Murungu cannot be seen, but is manifested in the sun, moon, thunder and lightning, stars, rain, the
rainbow and in the great fig trees that serve as places of worship and sacrifice. These attributes of
Murungu are closely related to the supreme divinity, Ra, in Ancient Kamit. Especially notable is the
philosophy of understanding the Divine as supreme and transcendental, and yet manifesting as Creation
itself, but especially through the sun and moon. In Kamitan Anunian mysticism (based on the God Ra,
whose main symbol is the sun) and Atonian (based on the divinity Aton, whose main symbol is the
sundisk) mysticism, the Spirit is understood as manifesting through the sun and moon, not as being the
object itself. This is an advanced understanding that there is a subtle essence beyond Creation, and
therefore this conceptualization takes the religious philosophy outside the realm of idolatry. In the aspect
as the god of thunder and lightning, Murungu may be likened to Indra in the Vedic pantheon of Indian
gods and goddesses. Indra was known to be the god of war among other attributes.
----
Muntju of Ancient Egypt
The Kamitan God Ra has a warrior aspect by the name of Muntju (Montu, Monthu). The worship of Montu
was prominent in the 11th Dynasty Period. Montu is related to Heru-Behded who is the warrior aspect of
the god Heru, who is also an aspect of Ra.
Murugan of India
In India the worship of Murugan, also known as Skanda, was prominent among the south of the
country in ancient times as a Tamil (segment of Indian Dravidian culture) God, and continues to be
worshipped in modern times. The Tamil divinity, Murugan is known as : “war god,” “god of victory,”
“Lord of the World,” “god of beauty,” and “god of divine freedom.” Murugan was “aryanized” and
renamed Subrahmania (Subramanja, Subramanya) in the Sangam Period (1st Century B.C.E.).248 Thus, in
the south of India Murugan is known to the Dravidians as Murugan and Subrahmania, and in the north of
India Murugan is known among Hindus as Karttikeya. Karttikeya is also a god of war but now with the
attribute of being the son of the God Shiva, one of the primary gods in the Hindu pantheon. Karttikeya is
represented as having six heads, holding a bow and riding on a peacock and holding various other
weapons like Heru-Behded. In addition to the common attributes just mentioned, the familiar avian
attribute (the hawk in the case of Montu-the peacock in the case of Murugan-Subrahmania-Karttikeya) is
also present.
----
“The earliest evidence of the cosmetic use of henna is from ancient Egypt. It was
common practice among the Egyptians to dye their fingernails a reddish hue with henna,
and it was considered ill mannered not to do so. Traces of henna have been found on the
hands of Egyptian mummies up to five thousand years old.
There is a great deal of evidence to suggest that the henna plant was a gift from Egypt
to India. Mehndi has been practiced in India for many centuries, as can be seen in the
cave paintings of Aianta and Allora, wherein a reclining princess is surrounded by
women who paint her hands and feet with elaborate henna designs.”
- Mehndi: The Timeless Art of Henna Painting by Loretta Roome252
----
In the Hindu epic “Ramayana” or “Story of Rama,” there is an episode where a haggardly old woman
twists the mind of one of Rama’s mother and caused her to have him dethroned and banished. In the same
manner, in Kamitan myth called “The Story of Two Brothers,” there was an old woman who twisted the
mind of the virtuous man’s wife, causing her to turn on him and forsake him.
In the Hindu epic, the queen beguiles the king to get promises that he cannot refuse. These she uses to
force him to banish Rama. In the Kamitan, story the virtuous man’s wife becomes queen and beguiles the
king to get promises which he cannot refuse. She forces him to take actions that will do away with the
virtuous man’s (her previous husband’s) way to return.
Thus, both stories contain the ideas of banishment, the old and bitter woman who influences the mind
of a young woman, beguiling of the king, extracting promises from a king, who, out of lustful desire,
unrighteously makes promises he will not be able to break later, etc. All of these points exhibit an uncanny
similarity. Further, the theme of both of the stories is the same, which is that to be triumphant in life is to
act with righteousness.
Also, it may be noted here that the epics in Ancient Egyptian myth were already in existence at
beginning of Dynastic Period and into the Middle Kingdom era (5000-2500 B.C.E.). The Hindu epics are
introduced with the commencement of the epic literature period in the Hindu period, which is much later
(900 – 700 B.C.E.).
----
“This is also confirmed by the most learned of Greeks such as Solon, Thales, Plato,
Eudoxus, Pythagoras, and as some say, even Lycurgus going to Egypt and conversing
with the priests; of whom they say Euxodus was a hearer of Chonuphis of Memphis,268
Solon of Sonchis of Sais,269 and Pythagoras of Oenuphis of Heliopolis.270”
-Plutarch, Morals, 10
(c. 46-120 AD),
Greek author/Initiate of Isis.
----
For the earliest known evidences
of Yoga appear on a half-dozen or so of the Indus Valley seals, an example of which
appears here. (see above) Two attendant serpents elevate their giant forms behind a pair
of worshipers kneeling at either hand of an enthroned figure seated in what appears to be
a posture of Yoga. And the fact that the elevation of the so-called Serpent Power is one
of the leading motifs of Yogic symbolism suggests that we may have here an explicit
pictorial reference not only to the legend of some prehistoric Yogi, but also to the concept
of the unfoldment through Yoga of this subtle spiritual force
.....
However, in Ancient Egypt we see almost an exact
reproduction (see below) of the scene from the Indus Valley (above) in the Serpent Power system of
Ancient Egypt.
Figure 52: The God Asar (Osiris) with the goddess Aset (Isis) at the foot of the bed and
goddess Nebethet (Nephthys) at the head.
The goddesses are known as the two sisters and as the Arati, serpents sisters. Thus, even the serpents
are present in the image in a subtle way. Further, the Kamitan word “Arat” (©), means goddess and the
serpent sign is part of the names S© Nebethet Arat and ‘© Aset Arat of the two goddesses (see below).
In the Asarian Resurrection Myth, one of the oldest myths of Ancient Egypt, we are informed that the
goddess in her dual form, Aset and Nebethet, are the engineers of the resurrection of Asar. As we learn
from the science of Kundalini Yoga as practiced in modern India, Kundalini is a goddess who manifests in
a dual form, Ida and Pingala. They join and move up the subtle spine of the Aspirant (Yogi) and cause the
raising of consciousness to cosmic levels as represented by the Chakras or psycho-spiritual energy centers.
The point between the eyebrows (brow) signifies the attainment of dual vision (Cosmic consciousness
{what the Indian Yoga systems refers to as Jiva Mukti or Buddhists Enlightenment} and phenomenal
awareness). The seventh chakra signifies the attainment of transcendental consciousness. These teachings
are compatible between Ancient Egypt and India. Along with this motif from Ancient Egypt, we can see
not just the iconography of the Serpent Power, but also the “technical specifications” and “facts” related
to the Kamitan Yoga practices and the “concept of the unfoldment through Yoga of this subtle spiritual
force.”
"The seven Uraeuses are my body... my image is now eternal."
These seven Uraeuses are described as the "seven souls of Ra" and "the seven arms of the balance
(Maat)." These designations of course refer to the seven spheres of the balance scales of Maat which
correspond to the seven Chakras of the Indian Kundalini system.2
Figure 54: Below- Ancient Egyptian depiction of the god Asar with the two serpent
goddesses in the form of a Caduceus, symbolizing the Serpent Power (Kundalini Yoga).
Plate 14: Below left-The Hindu god Shiva, “the Master Yogi,” sitting in meditation on
the tiger skin. This iconography is thought to be a late development of the “the Indus
Yogi” (above)
Plate 15: Below right- an Ancient Egyptian man in the Lotus Posture27
Kamitan Yogic mysticism, the “leonine bed” (feline motif) symbolizes the sleep of death from which
the awakening of enlightenment will occur as the feline Life Force essence, termed Sekhem in Ancient
Egypt, is cultivated. The avian motif symbolizes the rising of consciousness, metaphorically referred to as
“resurrection.” In Indian Yogic mysticism, the lotus posture on the bedding of the tiger (again a feline
motif) skin has assumed the same role. Therefore, the feline motif is maintained throughout both the
Kamitan and Indian systems and they are therefore compatible in class, gender, function and mythic
metaphor.
the word “Yoga” is a
Sanskrit term meaning to unite the individual with the Cosmic. The term has been used ease of
communication since the word “Yoga” has received wide popularity, especially in Western countries in
recent years. The Ancient Egyptian equivalent term to the Sanskrit word Yoga is: “Sma, Sema or Smai.”
The Kamitan language did not record vowels, so there is no way to know the exact spelling or
pronunciation that would have been used. It could have been Sma, Sema, Sama, or Soma. We will use the
terms Sema or Smai (the Ancient Egyptian terms) interchangeably throughout this text to refer to Kamitan
Yoga. Sema or Smai mean union, and the following determinative terms give it a spiritual significance, at
once equating it with the term “Yoga” as it is used in India. When used in conjunction with the Ancient
Egyptian symbol which means land, “Ta,” the term “union of the two lands” arises.
he two lands refer to the two main districts of
the country (North and South). In ancient times, Egypt was divided into two sections or land areas. These
were known as Lower and Upper Egypt. In Ancient Egyptian mystical philosophy, the land of Upper
Egypt relates to the divinity Heru (Horus), who represents the Higher Self, and the land of Lower Egypt
relates to Set, the divinity of the lower self. So Sema (Smai) Taui means “the union of the two lands” or
the “Union of the lower self with the Higher Self
Thus, we also have the Ancient Egyptian term Sema (Smai) Heru-
Set, or the union of Heru and Set. So Sema (Smai) Taui or Sema (Smai) Heru-Set are the Ancient Egyptian
words which are to be translated as “Egyptian Yoga.
