the sun-god was considered the central and original power of creation.” BG emphasizes such a crucial role of the sun in an unmistakable way: each text in the Second through to the Eleventh Gates depicts Ra as the one who illuminates kkw zmꜢw (“the primeval and disorderly darkness”)...
The Outer Darkness And Plato's Cave Of Illusions: Jesus taught that those who fail to put on the Wedding Garment and come to TheCall of the Wedding Feast, are thrown into what the Gospel portrays as the "outer darkness" -- which, when rightly understood, parallels that of the analogy of...