Gerald Massey's Lectures - Society in evolution - Awardspace

person, whenever I sought him out amongst the Mummies and
"In a corner found the toys,
Of the old Egyptian boys,"
or got my verification direct from the monuments, including the hieroglyphic texts and
pictures in his own copy of the Book of the Dead.
And now for Mr. Coleman.
He has been trying to discredit my work for over three years past. His assumption of
superiority is immense, and might prove imposing if his methods of attack were not so
verminously mean. His latest labour-in-vain has been to try and rear a pyramid on its
apex--the sole point of a single fact--which can be sent toppling over with a single kick.
Where it suits his purpose he uses an imperfect report of a Lecture so that he may convict
me of errors which are not to be found in the Book that he seeks to discredit, and
industriously essays to damn.
In the article referred to he says: "In recent numbers of the London Medium and
Daybreak there has appeared Mr. Gerald Massey's lecture on 'The Historical Jesus and
the Mythical Christ,' as revised and corrected by the author, and as delivered by him in
London not long since. In this lecture, which attempts to establish that the Jesus and the
Disciples of the New Testament had no existence in the flesh, but were only
personifications of Egyptian myths, we find a large number of asserted parallels between
the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and certain portions of the Osirian and other
myths of Egypt."
The opening paragraph contains two positive, provable, falsehoods. The version of my
lecture made use of by him was a reprint from an imperfect report in the New Zealand
"Rationalist," which was not revised by the author. If it had been he could only have
assumed to know what he asserted without knowing. But it is not true! It is also false that
in this lecture, or in my book, I try to "establish that Jesus and the disciples of the New
Testament had no existence in the flesh, but were only personifications of ancient
Egyptian myths"--whatever that may mean!
On the contrary, I demonstrate the existence of the only possible historic Jesus known to
Celsus, to Irenæus, to the Jews, who allow that he had twelve disciples, whom they call
the "twelve god ess runagates."
What I do also demonstrate is that the mythical twelve were the followers of Har-Khuti in
Egypt ages earlier.
This is a prime specimen of his mode of working, and one it is well to keep in mind all
along. This is the mode of demolition which Professor Sayce endorses, warrants,
glorifies; and Mr. --- declares to be "quite right."
Again, I have used the Hebrew word ,vlw (Natural Genesis ii. 419), on which our learned
Hebraist remarks, "This asserted Hebrew word Shiloam is a fabrication. There is no such
Hebrew word in existence as Shiloam--in unpointed Hebrew Sh, L, O, M"!! "To identify
Salem, or Shalem, with Siloam in Hebrew, the letter 'm' was required. There being no 'm'
in the correct word, Shiloach, Mr. Massey manufactured a Hebrew word and printed it in
Hebrew letters, as if to deceive the very elect."
Now, look at that for a lie! with no room left for the least little wriggle out of it!
As Mr. Coleman obviously knows nothing of Hebrew beyond the names of letters,
perhaps Mr. Sayce, or Mr. --- will look it out for him in Fuerst, at page 1388, Col. 2,
where the word appears with the meaning of "well" in health; and on page 1376, Col. 1,
where it means Peace. It is used for the Prince of peace (Is. ix. 6). And Fuerst further says
"Shiloah is cognate with ,vlw (Shlom). It is quite impossible that Mr. Sayce should not
have known this at the time he gave his sanction to Mr. Coleman's falsehoods and
consummate effrontery; and it was cruel not to arrest him as he was careering round in
this wild way instead of tickling the poor creature's vanity with insincere applause.
The lie and libel were so unnecessary that I am compelled to regret the wanton waste of