The Institute For Spiritual & Curtural Awareness Pastor Ray Hagins, Instructor
The Afrikan Village St. Louis, Missouri
THE HISTORICAL JESUS & THE MYTHICAL CHRIST
Prepared by Pastor Ray Hagins, Ph.D.
The majority of people (in the Christianized Western world) are taught in most schools and
churches that Jesus Christ was an actual historical figure and that the only controversy
regarding him is that some people accept him as the Son of God and the Messiah, while others
do not.
The most enduring and profound controversy in this subject is whether or not a person named
Jesus Christ ever really existed. Although this debate may not be evident from publications
readily found in Christian bookstores, when one examines this issue closely, one will find a
tremendous volume of literature that demonstrates, logically and intelligently, time and again
that Jesus Christ is a mythological character along the same lines as the Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, Sumerian, Phoenician, Indian or other god-men, who are all presently accepted as
myths rather than historical figures.
Upon deeper examination, one uncovers evidence that the Jesus character is based upon much
older myths and heroes from around the globe. One discovers that this story is not, therefore, a
historical representation of a Jewish rebel carpenter who had physical incarnation 2,000 years
ago. In other words, it has been demonstrated continually for centuries that this character,
Jesus Christ, was invented and did not depict a real person who was the “son of God.”
Emperor Julian, who, coming after the reign of the fanatical and murderous “good Christian”
Constantine, stated, “If anyone should wish to know the truth with respect to you Christians, he
will find your impiety to be made up partly of the Jewish audacity, and partly of the indifference
and confusion of the Gentiles, and that you have put together not the best, but the worst
characteristics of them both.”
FORGERIES: Forgery during the first centuries of the Church’s existence was admittedly
rampant, so common in fact that a new phrase was coined to describe it: “pious fraud.” Such
prevarication is confessed to repeatedly in the Catholic Encyclopedia. Some of the “great”
church fathers, such as Eusebius were determined by their own peers to be unbelievable liars
who regularly wrote their own fictions of what “the Lord” (Jesus) said and did during “his” alleged
sojourn upon the earth.
The assertion that Jesus Christ is a myth can be proved not only through the works of
“dissenters and “pagans” who knew the truth, but also through the very statements of Christians
themselves, who continuously disclose that they knew Jesus Christ was a myth founded upon
more ancient deities located throughout the known ancient world. In fact, Pope Leo X, privy to
the truth because of his high rank, made this curious declaration, “What profit has not that fable
of Christ brought us!”
SPECIAL NOTE: Many “dissenters” (those who differed in belief and rejected the doctrines of
the Established Church in England or Scotland) were viciously refuted or murdered for their
battle against the Church and “Church Fathers” who were fooling the masses with their fictions.
Biblical Sources
Firstly, let’s establish the fact that the ONLY literary evidence of the existence of “Jesus Christ”
is in the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the New Testament. Any and all other
references are taken from these writings.
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It is very interesting that the earliest Christian documents, the Epistles attributed to “Paul,” never
discuss a historical background of Jesus but deal exclusively with a spiritual being who was
known to all gnostic sects for hundreds to thousands of years. The few historical references to
an actual life of Jesus cited in the Epistles are interpolations and forgeries, as are the Epistles
themselves, as they were not written by Paul.
It is also very interesting that the Pauline literature does not refer to Pilate or the Romans, or
Caiaphas, or the Sanhedrin, or Herod or Judas, or the holy women, or any person or event in
the gospels’ account of the Passion, and never makes any allusion to them.
It is even more interesting that Paul never quotes from Jesus’ purported sermons and
speeches, parables and prayers, nor does he mention Jesus’ supernatural birth or any of his
alleged wonders and miracles, all which one would presume would be very important to his
followers, had such exploits and sayings been known prior to “Paul.”
In addition, dozens of gospels, that were once considered canonical or genuine, were later
rejected as “apocryphal” or spurious, and vice versa. This confusion exists because the
Christian plagiarists, over the centuries, were attempting to amalgamate and fuse practically
every myth, fairytale, legend, doctrine or bit of wisdom they could from the innumerable different
mystery religions and philosophies that existed at the time. In doing so, they forged,
interpolated, mutilated, changed, and rewrote these texts for centuries.
Non-Biblical Sources
Basically, there are no non-biblical references to a historical Jesus by any known historian of the
time during and after Jesus’ purported advent. No literate person of his (Jesus’) own time
mentioned him in any known writing. The eminent Hellenistic Jewish historian and philosopher
Philo (20 B.C.E. - 50 C.E.), who was alive at the purported time of Jesus, makes no mention of
him. Nor do any of the some 40 other historians who wrote during the first one to two centuries
of the Common Era. Enough of the writings of [these] authors . . . remain to form a library.
In the entire works of the Jewish historian Josephus, which constitute many volumes, there are
only two paragraphs that purport to refer to Jesus. Although much has been made of these
“references,” they have been dismissed by all scholars and even by Christian apologists as
forgeries. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof; yet, no proof of any kind for the
historicity of Jesus has ever existed.
THE CHARACTERS
It is evident that THERE WAS NO SINGLE HISTORICAL PERSON UPON WHOM THE
CHRISTIAN RELIGION WAS FOUNDED, and that “Jesus Christ” is a compilation of legends,
heroes, gods and god-men. Time will not permit us to go into detail about each god or god-man
that plagiarists and copyists used to contribute to the formation of the Jewish Jesus character;
however, there is plenty of documentation to show that this issue is not a question of “faith” or
“belief.” In actuality, the legend of Jesus nearly identically parallels the story of Krishna, for
example, even in detail, as was presented by noted mythologist and scholar Gerald Massey
over 100 years ago, as well as by Rev. Robert Taylor 160 years ago, among others.
The Krishna tale as told in the Hindu Vedas has been dated to at least as far back as 1400
B.C.E. The same can be said of the well, documented Horus of Ancient Egypt, which also is
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practically identical, in detail, to the Jesus story, but which predates the Christian version by
thousands of years.
The Jesus story incorporated elements from the documented accounts of other deities, such as
many of the following world saviors and “sons of God,” most or all of whom predate the
Christian story, and a number of whom were crucified or executed. I have listed these other
“saviors” and “sons of God” below.
PLEASE NOTE: The following are listed in ALPHABETICAL order, NOT CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDER. The first or original account would be that of Osiris/Horus of ancient Kemet (Egypt)
which dates back to ca. 10,000 B.C.
1. Adad of Assyria
2. Adonis, Apollo, Heracles (“Hercules”) and Zeus of Greece
3. Alcides of Thebes
4. Attis of Phrygia
5. Baal of Phoenicia
6. Bali of Afghanistan
7. Beddru of Japan
8. Buddha of India
9. Crite of Chaldea
10. Deva Tat of Siam
11. Hesus of the Druids
11. Horus, Osiris, and Serapis of Egypt (whose long-haired, bearded appearance was
adopted for the Christ character)
12. Indra of Tibet/India
13. Jao of Nepal
14. Krishna of India
15. Mikado of the Sintoos
16. Mithra of Persia
17. Odin of the Scandinavians
18. Prometheus of Caucasus/Greece
19. Quetzalcoatl of Mexico
20. Salivahana of Bermuda
21. Tammuz of Syria (who was, in a typical mythmaking move, later turned into the disciple
Thomas)
22. Thor of the Gauls
23. Universal Monarch of the Sibyls
24. Wittoba of the Bilingonese
25. Xamolxis of Thrace
26. Zarathustra/Zoroaster of Persia
27. Zoar of the Bonzes
THE MAJOR PLAYERS
Horus (Heru) of Egypt
The stories of Jesus and Horus are VERY similar, with Horus even contributing to the name of
Jesus Christ. Horus and his once-and-future Father, Osiris, are frequently interchangeable in
the mythos (“I and my Father are one”). The legends of Horus go back thousands of years, and
he shares the following in common with Jesus:
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1. Horus was born of the virgin Isis-Meri on December 25th in a cave/manger, with his birth
being announced by a star in the East and attended by three wise men.
2. He was a child teacher in the Temple and was baptized when he was 30 years old.
3. Horus was also baptized by “Anup the Baptizer,” who becomes “John the Baptist” in the
Bible.
4. He had 12 disciples.
5. He performed miracles and raised one man from the dead. The man’s name was El-
Azar-Us (who becomes “Lazarus” in the Bible).
6. He walked on water.
7. Horus was transfigured on the Mount.
8. He was crucified, buried in a tomb and resurrected.
9. He was also the “Way, the Truth, the Light, the Messiah, God’s Anointed Son, the Son of
Man, the Good Shepherd, the Lamb of God, the Word” etc.
10. He was “the Fisher,” and was associated with the Lamb, Lion and Fish (“Ichthys”).
11. Horus’s personal epithet was “Iusa,” the “ever-becoming son” of “Ptah,” the “Father.”
12. Horus was called “the KRST,” or “Anointed One,” long before the Roman Catholic
Church duplicated the story.
In fact, in the catacombs at Rome are pictures of the baby Horus being held by the virgin mother
Isis - the original “Madonna and Child” - and the Vatican itself is built upon the papacy of Mithra,
who shares many qualities with Jesus and who existed as a deity long before the Jesus
character was formalized.
The Christian hierarchy is nearly identical to the Mithraic version it replaced. Virtually all of the
elements of the Catholic ritual, from miter to wafer to water to altar to doxology, are directly
taken from earlier mystery religions.
The Buddha
Although most people think of the Buddha as being a person who lived around 500 B.C.E., the
character commonly portrayed as Buddha can also be demonstrated to be a compilation of god-
men, legends and sayings of various holy men both preceding and succeeding the period
attributed to the Buddha.
The Buddha character has the following in common with the Jesus:
1. Buddha was born of the virgin Maya, who was considered the “Queen of Heaven.”
2. He was of royal descent.
3. He crushed a serpent’s head.
4. He performed miracles and wonders, healed the sick, fed 500 men from a “small basket
of cakes,” and walked on water.
5. He abolished idolatry, was a “sower of the word,” and preached “the establishment of a
kingdom of righteousness.
6. He taught chastity, temperance, tolerance, compassion, love, and the equality of all.
7. He was transfigured on a mount.
8. Sakya Buddha was crucified in a sin-atonement, suffered for three days in hell, and was
resurrected.
9. He ascended to Nirvana or “heaven.”
10. Buddha was considered the “Good Shepherd”, the “Carpenter”, the “Infinite and
Everlasting.”
11. He was called the “Savior of the World” and the “Light of the World.”
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Mithra, Sun-god of Persia
The story of Mithra precedes the Christian story by at least 600 years. Shortly before the
Christian era, the cult of Mithra was the most popular and widely spread religion of the times.
Mithra has the following in common with the Jesus character:
1. Mithra was born of a virgin on December 25th.
2. He was considered a great traveling teacher and master.
3. He had 12 companions or disciples.
4. He performed miracles.
5. He was buried in a tomb.
6. After three days he rose again.
7. His resurrection was celebrated every year.
8. Mithra was called “the Good Shepherd.”
9. He was considered “the Way, the Truth and the Light, the Redeemer, the Savior, the
Messiah.”
10. He was identified with both the Lion and the Lamb. His sacred day was Sunday, “the
Lord’s Day,” hundreds of years before the appearance of Jesus.
11. Mithra had his principal festival on what was later to become Easter, at which time he
was resurrected.
12. His religion had a Eucharist or “Lord’s Supper.”
Krishna of India
The similarities between the Christian character (called Jesus) and the Indian messiah are
many. Gerald Massey finds over 100 similarities between the Hindu and Christian saviors, and
Kersey Graves, who includes the various non-canonical gospels in his analysis, lists over 300
likenesses. It should be noted that a common earlier English spelling of Krishna was “Christna,”
which reveals its relation to ‘”Christ.” It should also be noted that, like the Jewish god-man,
many people have believed in a historical, incarnated Krishna.
1. Krishna was born of the Virgin Devaki (“Divine One”)
2. His father was a carpenter.
3. His birth was attended by angels, wise men and shepherds, and he was presented with
gold, frankincense and myrrh.
4. He was persecuted by a tyrant who ordered the slaughter of thousands of infants.
5. He was of royal descent.
6. He was baptized in the River Ganges.
7. He worked miracles and wonders.
8. He raised the dead and healed lepers, the deaf and the blind.
9. Krishna used parables to teach the people about charity and love.
10. “He lived poor and he loved the poor.”
11. He was transfigured in front of his disciples.
12. He died on a tree and was crucified between two thieves.
13. He rose from the dead and ascended to heaven.
14. Krishna is called the “Shepherd God” and “Lord of lords,” and was considered “the
Redeemer, Firstborn, Sin Bearer, Liberator, Universal Word.”
15. He is the second person of the Trinity, and proclaimed himself the “Resurrection” and
the “way to the Father.”
16. He was considered the “Beginning, the Middle and the End,” (“Alpha and Omega”), as
well as being omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent.
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17. His disciples bestowed upon him the title “Jezeus,” meaning “pure essence.”
18. Krishna is to return to do battle with the “Prince of Evil,” who will desolate the earth.
Prometheus of Greece
The Greek god Prometheus has been claimed to have come from Egypt, but his drama took
place in the Caucasus mountains. Prometheus shares a number of striking similarities with the
Christ character.
1. Prometheus descended from heaven as God incarnate as man, to save mankind.
2. He was crucified, suffered and rose from the dead.
3. He was called the Logos or Word.
Five centuries before the Christian era, esteemed Greek poet Aeschylus wrote Prometheus
Bound, which, was presented in the theater in Athens. In the play Prometheus is crucified “on a
fatal tree” and the sky goes dark. The darkness which closed the scene on the suffering
Prometheus, was easily exhibited on the stage, by putting out the lamps; but when the tragedy
was to become history, and the fiction to be turned into fact, the lamp of day could not be so
easily disposed of. This remarkable occurrence is not recorded in history but is only explainable
within the Mythos and as part of a recurring play.
The “Son” of God is the “Sun” of God
The reason why all these narratives are so similar, with a god-man who is crucified and
resurrected, who does miracles and has 12 disciples, is that these stories were based on the
movements of the sun through the heavens, an astro-theological development that can be found
throughout the planet because the sun and the 12 zodiac signs can be observed around the
globe. In other words, Jesus Christ and all the others upon whom this character is predicated
are personifications of the sun, and the Gospel story is an account of a mythological formula
revolving around the movements of the sun through the heavens.
For instance, most of the world’s crucified god-men have their traditional birthday on December
25th (“Christmas”). This is because the ancients recognized that (from an earth-centric
perspective) the sun makes an annual descent southward until December 21st or 22nd . This is
known as the “Winter Solstice.” It is at this time that the sun stops moving southerly for three
days and then starts to move northward again. During this time, the ancients declared that
“God’s sun” had “died” for three days and was “born again” on December 25th. The ancients
realized that they needed the sun to return every day and that they would be in big trouble if the
sun continued to move southward and did not stop and reverse its direction. Thus, these many
different cultures celebrated the birthday of the “sun of God” on December 25th. The following
are the characteristics of the “sun of God”:
1. The sun “dies” for three days on December 22nd, the winter solstice, when it stops in its
movement south, to be born again or resurrected on December 25th, when it resumes its
movement north.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The first stellar calendar began in the constellation of Virgo (The
Virgin). Therefore, the sun would be “born of a Virgin.”
2. The sun is the “Light of the World.”
3. The sun “cometh on clouds, and every eye shall see him.”
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4. The sun rising in the morning is the “Savior of mankind.” The sun wears a corona,
“crown of thorns” or halo.
5. The sun “walks on water.”
6. The sun’s “followers,” “helpers” or “disciples” are the 12 months and the 12 signs of the
zodiac or constellations, through which the sun must pass. The sun at 12 noon is in the
house or temple of the “Most High”; thus, “he” begins “his Father’s work” at “age” 12.
7. The sun enters into each sign of the zodiac at 30°; hence, the “Sun of God” begins his
ministry at “age” 30.
8. The sun is hung on a cross or “crucified,” which represents its passing through the
equinoxes, the vernal equinox being Easter, at which time it is then resurrected.
Contrary to popular belief, the ancient Africans were not an ignorant and superstitious lot who
actually believed their deities to be literal characters. Indeed, this slanderous propaganda has
been part of the conspiracy of the psychopathic racism and cultural supremacy that has been
instrumental in making the ancient Africans appear as if they were truly the “dark and dumb
savages” that was in need of the “light of Jesus.”
The reality is that the ancient Africans were no less advanced in their morals and spiritual
practices, and were far more advanced, than the Euro-Gentile Christians in their own supposed
morality and ideology, which, in its very attempt at historicity, is in actuality a degradation of the
ancient mysteries. Indeed, unlike the “superior” Euro-Gentile-Greco-Roman Christians, the true
intelligentsia amongst the ancient Africans were well aware that their gods were astronomical
and atmospheric in nature. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle surely knew that Zeus, the sky god
father figure who was kidnapped into Greece from Egypt, was never a real person.
Bibliographical References:
“The Historical Evidence for Jesus” by G. A. Wells
“Ancient History of the God Jesus” by Robert Dujardin
“The Secret Teachings of All The Ages” by Manly P. Hall
“The Diegesis” by Rev. Robert Taylor
“Gospel Fictions” by Randel Helms
“The Origin and Evolution of Religion” by Albert Churchward.
“Forgery in Christianity” by Joseph Wheless
The Catholic Encyclopedia
“Ecclesiastical History Vol. 1” by Mangasarian
“The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets” by Barbara Walker
“The Gospels and the Gospel” by Mead
“Did Jesus Live 100 Years B.C.” by Mead
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