17. The Idea of Christ in Egyptian Spiritual Life
GA 87/1902-03-01/p036
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The Osiris myth knows Osiris on the one side and Seth-Typhon on the other. Both are a kind of brother and sister. They are hostile to each other. They are both descended from heaven. They are sons of heaven. They are presented as incarnate deities. Next to Osiris we have Seth-Typhon. You also have this pair of brothers in Genesis as Cain and Abel.
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