ABSTRACT
A r e l i g i o n of the Cross was first of all established in the Mysteries of Memphis as the Cult of Ptah and his son Iu-em-Hetep, otherwise Atum-Horus, who passed into Atum-Ra or Amen-Ra the father in spirit with lusa son of Iusaas as the ever-coming Messianic son. The evidence left on the Pyramid of Medum proves that the dead in Egypt were buried in a faith which was founded on the Mystery of the Cross and scientifically so founded, the Cross being a figure of the fourfold foundation on which heaven itself was built. The Tat Cross is a type of the eternal in Tattu ; it was a figure of all-sustaining, all-revivifying power that was re-erected and religiously besought for hope, encouragement, and succour, when the day was at the darkest and things were at the worst in physical nature. The sun was apparently going out. The life of Egypt in the Nile was running low towards the desert drought. The spirit of vegetation died within itself. The evil elemental powers led by Set and the Sebu were gaining the upper hand in the great fight. At this point began the ten Mysteries grouped together in the Ritual (Ch. 18). The Tat, or Cross, for the time was overthrown. The deity suffered, as was represented, unto death. The heart of life that bled in every wound was pulseless. The god in matter was inert and breathless. Then came the word : “ Make the word of Osiris truth against his enemies. Raise up the Tat which imaged the resurrection of the god, let the mummy type of the eternal be once more erected as the mainstay and divine support of all.”
