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a dead person’s soul into a new body, existed not only in Indian
religions, but also in the ancient Egyptian religions. The best
known of the Egyptian deities is (Amonra). His symbol is the sun.
He was believed to have created this world with his will and
speech. (Osiris), his assistant, is their second deity. Osiris came
down to earth, underwent various afflictions, and was killed. He
resurrected and ascended to heaven with the help of (Isis), their
third deity. Thus Osiris became the god of the dead. Also, in
ancient Egypt, kings, or Pharaohs, were believed to be the sons of
Amonra (the sun).
Ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died he was
called to account by Osiris.]
The inventor of the doctrine of three hypostases in the west is
the philosopher Time (Timaios), who lived in the city of Lokres
some five hundred years before the Christian Era. He was one of
the pupils of Pythagoras. He learned this doctrine of three
hypostases [beings, bases]. [Pythagoras was born on the Island of
Samos in 580 B.C. It is narrated that he died in Metaponte in 500
B.C. There are differing narratives as to the dates of his birth and
death. He came to the Kroton city of Italy when he was young yet.
Thence he travelled to various places, having long stays in Egypt
and the Middle East. During his stay in Egypt he acquired
extensive knowledge about the ancient Egyptian religions and
cults. Learning the belief in three gods and metempsychosis from
the Egyptians, he accepted them. Another thing he learned in
Egypt was Hendese (geometry). The theorem known as
Pythagoras’ proposition (theorem) today was known
pragmatically in Egypt in those days. They (such pieces of
information as this theorem) had come to Egypt from Babylon,
which was at that time very advanced in ’ilm-i-nujûm
(astronomy), mathematics and astrology. And Babyloneans, in
their turn, had been taught these branches of knowledge by the
great Prophet Idris [1] ‘alaihis-salâm’. Pythagoras went to Babylon
and learned them well. On his returning to the city of Kroton he
opened a school, and established a new way, or a new sect, named
after him. His votaries have fabled many myths about him and
claimed that he was a prophet, and some of them have professed
his deity.
Pythagoras said that the essence of being was numbers
[1] The name of this great Prophet is mentioned in Qur’ân al-kerîm.
Christian scholars mostly equate his name with Enoch.
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