The Dawn of Great Civilizations Heralding the Return of the Mother Principle

The Dawn of Great Civilizationsby Dr. Hilarion M. Henares Jr.Era of Darkness and Coming of the Light 3The Dawn of Great Civilizations 9The Greatness that was Egypt 13The Glory that was Greece 17The Grandeur that was Rome 23The Wonder that was China 27The Rise of Judaism 35The Rise of Christianity 39The Rise of Islam 43Armageddon and the end of the world 47Mary, the greatest celebrity of all time 51Of Women Leaders 55The First Citizens of the World 61A Woman of Islam 79A Woman of the Jewish Race 85The Summing Up 91 + + + + + + Era of Darkness and Coming of the LightMeet the prophet of the Era of Darkness and the Coming of the Light. In a sense he proclaimsthe idea of Death and Renewal, Crucifixion and Resurrection, End and Beginning that the NewYear following our EDSA revolution, symbolizes to the Filipino of today. In his mind theascendancy of President Cory Aquino represents in our country the re-affirmation of the MotherPrinciple, a sign that we may be emerging from darkness into the light.His name is Michael Adams, and his very name evokes the passage of eons past since thebeginning of time --- when Michael the Archangel battled the forces of darkness, when Jehovahtook molecules of dust on the seventh day of Creation and shook them till their name was Adam.Michael Adams is an iconoclast, which means he is a destroyer of graven images, the annihilatorof cherished traditions --- much like most great men of the human race, like Jesus who brokewith Judaism, like Gandhi who broke with the gods of wrath, like Martin Luther King andRolando Olalia. So Michael expects to suffer their fate. He will die, not of old age, but of abullet in the brain. Michael Adams is an Englishman, a self-proclaimed genius who got hismaster's degree in history and law from Cambridge University at the age of 20, is married to aFilipina, made the Philippines his home, invested a fortune in Wise & Co. and BenguetExploration, writes poetry, supports a community of artists, is 38 years of age and looks 70, withthe added qualification that he is a dead ringer for Sidney Greenstreet dying of cirrhosis of theliver.To Michael Adams, the Holy Trinity (God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) is somethingcommon to most great religions. In Egypt there was the trinity of Isis the mother-creator, Osiristhe consort, and Horus the son. In India, there is the trinity of Vishnu the creator, Shiva thedestroyer and Kali the female principle. To Michael, the Ten Commandments of Moses ispractically a direct copy of the Basic Precepts of Isis as enunciated in the Egyptian Book of theDead. To Michael, the Immaculate Conception, the unfertilized birth of Jesus, had its parallel inthe birth of Horus, whose father Osiris died with a missing penis, eventually discovered in theNile. Isis then reconstructed the badly damaged Osiris, and had the child Horus with him even ifhe was a corpse. To Michael, even Christmas and Easter were adaptations of ancient traditions.Many scholars studying the position of the moon and stars, specially that of the planet Venusduring the ancient times, concluded that Jesus must have been born sometime in October in theyear 6 BC with Venus the “Evening Star” in its brightest ascendency as the Star of Bethlehem.Why then was Christ's birthday designated December 25th? Because in the ancient calendarDecember 25th was the day of the Winter Solstice (in the new calendar, December 21st) which isthe day when the sun is said to be born again. On that day, daylight is shortest, the night islongest; the days begin to lengthen, and the sun is said to be born again. In ancient religions, themale component of God is represented by the sun (Osiris), while the female is represented by themoon (Isis). In the eyes of the ancients, Christ the Messiah can only be born upon the rebirth ofthe sun. And why was Christ's death designated on Easter, a day with no (MORE INSIDE)