Originally posted by markusjharper
ML,
I'm not disagreeing with with you but calling it the "Eye of Horus" is essentially still correct.
No argument there. I only wanted to note that the symbol is almost certainly older than the Egyptians, predating even the Hyksos, as the Eye is
mentioned several times in the Rig Veda.
In fact, if you really want to get into deep history, one could say that the origins go back to before the time of the sage Manu and in fact,
originated in China when the first pagan mysteries were taught.
I am not of the opinion that the first mysteries were practiced in China; instead, they were actually very limited in China, being more progressive
throughout northern Africa, the middle east, and central and eastern Europe. However, that's a whole different story.
Francis Bacon was a student of the Atlantian mysteries and so the symbol has more symbolic meaning then only an Egyptian "Eye of Horus", I
agree.
"Atlantian mysteries", however, do not exist outside of the Theosophical Society. Therefore, Bacon could not have been a student of them. The Greek
philosopher Plato, who seems to have invented Atlantis, mentioned nothing about these "mysteries": instead, they seem to have originated with
Blavatsky's "spirit guides" many centuries later.
And personally, I put much more faith in the wisdom of Plato than in Blavatsky's invisible friends.