ZEITGEIST: THE MOVIE

Concerning the general relationship between Orion, Sirius and the Egyptian deities, Egyptologist Dr.
Bojana Mojsov states:
The constellation of Orion was linked with Osiris: ―He has come as Orion. Osiris has come as
Orion,‖ proclaim the Pyramid Texts. Sirius and Orion, Isis and Osiris, inseparable in heaven as on
earth, heralded the inundation and the rebirth of life. Their appearance in the sky was a measure
of time and a portent of great magnitude. In historic times, both occasions were always marked
by celebrations. 65
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for Orion,
with three-looped string and star
(Budge, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic
Dictionary, 638)
The ―three kings‖ approaching the baby in a manger can also be seen in the ritual of the baby falcon god
Sokar, who was brought out of the temple at the winter solstice and who has been identified with Horus. 66
The baby Sokar approached by Ptah-Sokar-Osiris at the winter solstice
(Wilkinson, Manner and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, III, 18;
Murdock, The 2010 Astrotheology Calendar, 34)
15. At the age of 12, he was a prodigal child teacher, and at the age of 30 he was
baptized by a figure known as Anup and thus began his ministry.
Child Teacher: Regarding Horus‘s role as a ―child teacher in the temple,‖ Murdock relates:
…In the first place, Horus was commonly viewed as the rising sun, during which time, it could be
said, ―He dwelt on earth as mortal Horus in the house of Seb (earth) until he was twelve years of
age.‖ In the solar mythos, the ―age‖ of 12 refers to the sun at high noon, the twelfth hour of the
day, when the ―God Sun‖ is doing his ―heavenly father‘s work‖ in the ―temple‖ or ―tabernacle‖ of
the ―most high.‖ In the Egyptian myth, the child Horus—the rising sun—becomes Re at the ―age‖
of 12 noon, when he moves into his ―Father‘s house,‖ in other words, that of Re and/or Osiris,
who are interchangeable, as we have seen. Indeed, while the sun gods or solar epithets are
interchangeable in and of themselves, in certain texts…Re is specifically named as Horus‘s
father; hence, the relationship here is doubly appropriate. The fact of Horus attaining so quickly to
such maturity certainly may impress his elders, the older suns, as he literally becomes them. To
64 Allen, J., 107.
65 Mojsov, 7.
66 For more information, see Murdock, CIE, 107ff.