beforebeingplungedintotheirlasttranceofforty—ninehours’duration（astothisday，intheEast），fromwhichtheyaroseasglorifiedadeptsorChristoi。\"IntheClementineRecognitionsitisannouncedthatthefatheranointedhissonwith\"oilthatwastakenfromthewoodoftheTreeofLife，andfromthisanointingheiscalledtheChrist\"：whencetheChristianname。ThisagainisEgyptian。Horuswastheanointedsonofthefather。ThemodeofanointinghimfromtheTreeofLife，portrayedonthemonuments，isveryprimitiveindeed；andtheHorusofEgyptwascontinuedintheGnosticChrist，whoisreproducedupontheGnosticstonesastheintermediatelinkbetwixttheKarestandtheChrist，alsoastheHorusofbothsexes。（\"ThenameandnatureoftheChrist。\"——GeraldMassey）Mr。G。MasseyconnectstheGreekChristosorChristwiththeEgyptianKarest，the\"mummytypeofimmortality，\"andprovesitverythoroughly。HebeginsbysayingthatinEgyptianthe\"WordofTruth\"isMa—Kheru，andthatitisthetitleofHorus。Thusasheshows，HorusprecededChristastheMessengeroftheWordofTruth，theLogosorthemanifestorofthedivinenatureinhumanity。Inthesamepaperhewritesasfollows：TheGnosishadthreephases——astronomical，spiritual，anddoctrinal，andallthreecanbeidentifiedwiththeChristofEgypt。IntheastronomicalphasetheconstellationOrioniscalledtheSahuormummy。ThesoulofHoruswasrepresentedasrisingfromthedeadandascendingtoheaveninthestarsofOrion。Themummy—imagewasthepreservedone，thesaved，thereforeaportraitoftheSavior，asatypeofimmortality。Thiswasthefigureofadeadman，which，asPlutarchandHerodotustellus，wascarriedroundatanEgyptianbanquet，whentheguestswereinvitedtolookonitandeatanddrinkandbehappy，because，whentheydied，theywouldbecomewhattheimagesymbolized——thatis，theyalsowouldbeimmortal！ThistypeofimmortalitywascalledtheKarest，orKarust，anditwastheEgyptianChrist。ToKaresmeanstoembalm，anoint，tomaketheMummyasatypeoftheeternal；
and，whenmade，itwascalledtheKarest；sothatthisisnotmerelyamatterofnameforname，theKarestfortheChrist。ThisimageoftheKarestwasboundupinawoofwithoutaseam，thepropervestureoftheChrist！Nomatterwhatthelengthofthebandagemightbe，andsomeofthemummy—swatheshavebeenunwoundthatwere1，000yardsinlength，thewoofwasfrombeginningtoendwithoutaseam……Now，thisseamlessrobeoftheEgyptianKarestisaverytell—taletypeofthemysticalChrist，whobecomeshistoricintheGospelsasthewearerofacoatorchiton，madewithoutaseam，whichneithertheGreeknortheHebrewfullyexplains，butwhichisexplainedbytheEgyptianKetuforthewoof，andbytheseamlessrobeorswathingwithoutseamthatwasmadeforeternalwear，andwornbytheMummy—Christ，theimageofimmortalityinthetombsofEgypt。Further，JesusisputtodeathinaccordancewiththeinstructionsgivenformakingtheKarest。Notabonemustbebroken。ThetrueKarestmustbeperfectineverymember。\"Thisishewhocomesoutsound；whommenknownotishisname。\"IntheGospelsJesusrisesagainwitheverymembersound，liketheperfectly—preservedKarest，todemonstratethephysicalresurrectionofthemummy。But，intheEgyptianoriginal，themummytransforms。
Thedeceasedsays：\"Iamspiritualized。Iambecomeasoul。IriseasaGod。\"Thistransformationintothespiritualimage，theKa，hasbeenomittedintheGospel。ThisspellingofthenameasChrestorChrestinLatinissupremelyimportant，becauseitenablesmetoprovetheidentitywiththeEgyptianKarestorKarust，thenameoftheChristastheembalmedmummy，whichwastheimageoftheresurrectioninEgyptiantombs，thetypeofimmortality，thelikenessoftheHorus，whoroseagainandmadethepathwayoutofthesepulcherforthosewhowerehisdisciplesorfollowers。Moreover，thistypeoftheKarestorMummy—ChristisreproducedintheCatacombsofRome。NorepresentationofthesupposedhistoricresurrectionofJesushasbeenfoundonanyoftheearlyChristianmonuments。
But，insteadofthemissingfact，wefindthesceneofLazarusbeingraisedfromthedead。Thisisdepictedoverandoveragainasthetypicalresurrectionwherethereisnorealone！ThesceneisnotexactlyinaccordancewiththerisingfromthegraveintheGospel。ItispurelyEgyptian，andLazarusisanEgyptianmummy！ThusLazarus，ineachrepresentation，isthemummy—typeoftheresurrection；LazarusistheKarest，whowastheEgyptianChrist，andwhoisreproducedbyGnosticartintheCatacombsofRomeasaformoftheGnosticChrist，whowasnotandcouldnotbecomeanhistoricalcharacter。Further，asthethingisEgyptian，itisprobablethatthenameisderivedfromEgyptian。Ifso，Laz（equaltoRas）meanstoberaisedup，whilearuisthemummybyname。WiththeGreekterminalsthisbecomesLazarus。InthecourseofhumanizingthemythosthetypicalrepresentationoftheresurrectionfoundinthetombsofRomeandEgyptwouldbecomethestoryofLazarusbeingraisedfromthedead。ThisKaresttypeoftheChristintheCatacombsisnotlimitedtoLazarus。BymeansoftheKaresttypetheChristandtheChristianscanbothbetracedintheancienttombsofEgypt。ThemummywasmadeinthislikenessoftheChrist。ItwastheChristbyname，identicalwiththeChrestoioftheGreekInscriptions。Thusthehonoreddead，whoroseagainasthefollowersofHorus—Makheru，theWordofTruth，arefoundtobetheChristians，ontheEgyptianmonuments。Ma—Kheruisthetermthatisalwaysappliedtothefaithfuloneswhowinthecrownoflifeandwearitatthefestivalwhichisdesignated’Comethoutome’——aninvitationbyHorustheJustifiertothosewhoarethe’Blessedonesofhisfather，Osiris’——theywho，havingmadetheWordofTruththelawoftheirlives，weretheJustified——[hoichrestoi]，theChristians，onearth。InafifthcenturyrepresentationoftheMadonnaandchildfromthecemeteryofSt。Valentinus，thenew—bornbabelyinginaboxorcribisalsotheKarest，ormummy—type，furtheridentifiedasthedivinebabeofthesolarmythosbythediskofthesunandthecrossoftheequinoxatthebackoftheinfant’shead。Thusthechild—Christofthehistoricfaithisborn，andvisiblybeginsintheKarestimageofthedeadChrist，whichwasthemummy—typeoftheresurrectioninEgyptforthousandsofyearsbeforetheChristianera。ThisdoublestheproofthattheChristoftheChristianCatacombswasasurvivaloftheKarestofEgypt。Moreover，asDidronshows，therewasaportraitoftheChristwhohadhisbodypaintedred！（35）ItwasapopulartraditionthattheChristwasofaredcomplexion。This，too，maybeexplainedasasurvivaloftheMummy—Christ。Itwasanaboriginalmodeofrenderingthingstapubycoloringthemred。Thedeadcorpsewascoatedwithredochre——averyprimitivemodeofmakingthemummy，ortheanointedone。ThustheGodPtahtellsRamesesIIthathehas\"re—fashionedhisfleshinvermilion。\"ThisanointingwithredochreiscalledKurabytheMaori，wholikewisemadetheKarestorChrist。Weseethemummy—imagecontinuedonanotherlineofdescentwhenwelearnthatamongotherperniciousheresiesanddeadlysinswithwhichtheKnightsTemplarswerecharged，wastheimpiouscustomofadoringaMummythathadredeyes。TheirIdol，calledBaphomet，isalsothoughttohavebeenamummy……TheMummywastheearliesthumanimageoftheChrist。IdonotdoubtthattheancientRomanfestivalscalledtheCharistiawereconnectedintheiroriginwiththeKarestandtheEucharistasacelebrationinhonorofthemanesoftheirdepartedkithandkin，forwhosesakestheybecamereconciledatthefriendlygatheringonceayear。Itishere，then，wehavetoseektheessentialconnectionbetweentheEgyptianChrist，theChristians，andtheRomanCatacombs。TheseChristianMysteries，ignorantlyexplainedtobeinexplicable，canbeexplainedbyGnosticismandMythology，butinnootherway。Itisnotthattheyareinsolublebyhumanreason，astheirincompetent，howsoeverhighlypaid，expoundersnow—a—dayspretend。Thatisbutthepuerileapologyoftheunqualifiedfortheirownhelplessignorance——theywhohaveneverbeeninpossessionofthegnosisorscienceoftheMysteriesbywhichalonethesethingscanbeexplainedinaccordancewiththeirnaturalgenesis。InEgyptonlycanwereadthemattertotheroot，oridentifytheoriginoftheChristbynatureandbyname，tofindatlastthattheChristwastheMummy—type，andthatourChristologyismummifiedmythology。\"——AgnosticAnnualTheaboveisanexplanationonpurelyscientificevidence，but，perhaps，alittletoomaterialistic，justbecauseofthatscience，notwithstandingthattheauthorisawell—knownSpiritualist。OccultismpureandsimplefindsthesamemysticelementsintheChristianasinotherfaiths，thoughitrejectsasemphaticallyitsdogmaticandhistoriccharacter。Itisafactthatintheterms[IesoushoChristos]
（SeeActsv。42，ix。34；ICorinth。iii。11，etc。），thearticle[ho]designating\"Christos，\"provesitsimplyasurname，likethatofPhocion，whoisreferredtoas[Phokionhochrestos]（Plut。v。）。