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John the Baptist's attributes from the Catholic Encyclopedia online -

"saying that baptism was good, not so much to free one from certain sins [cf. St. Thomas, "Summ. Theol.", III, A. xxxviii, a. 2 and 3] as to purify the body, the soul being already cleansed from its defilements by justice " (Josephus, "Antiq.", XVIII, vii).

Would this relate to Anubis (John) being the God of mummification (Bodily purifying / preparation for eternity)?

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John's head is removed then placed on a plate, to be presented to the royalty ... Could this be related to Anubis' role as embalmer / mummifier. In such a role would he not 'remove the head', ie remove the brain (including pineal gland!) through the nostrils.

I dont know a lot about the mummification procedure ... what was do with the brain? One imagines it was not simply discarded ... could it have been placed on a ceremonial plate and presented to someone / something? Could this role of brain removal explain Anubis' mysterious attribute of holding a stick with blooded cattle hide hanging from it??

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He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above, is above all. He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh" ( John 3:27-36 ).

Could this relate to Anubis' role as the worker / preparer of the 'flesh', while the spirit of the person has gone on its journey? (Probably nonsense this one.)

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'Nephthys, weary of being childless through her husband, took or maybe seduced Osiris to be a lover.' Found this on the internet. A direct parallel with Elizabeth being baron then concieving late.

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So am I writing absolute rubbish, or could some of these ideas have substance??

Here's a good place to start concerning Jesus and John's birthdays:

http://forums.truthbeknown.com/viewtopic.php?t=2327

If you haven't read through "Christ in Egypt" yet, then you may enjoy getting a copy and reading through some of the scholarship Acharya provides concerning the many links between John the Baptist and Anubis. I find them rather interesting myself.

As for issue of John's head being cut off in the allegory, it's pretty well established that we're looking at a reference to the constellation of Aquarius having it's head appearing below the horizon around August 29th as is discussed by Acharya in her works. Here's a link concerning the entire gospel stories allegorical structure and if you click on "John the Baptist's stars" in the month of January when Jesus' ministry begins you can see a few illustrations of the astrological meaning of John's conception, birth, and beheading:

http://www.usbible.com/astrology/gospel_zodiac.htm

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