Oliblish and Amun
This is part 2 in our study of Facsimile 2 from the Book of Abraham! We’re looking at the translation of Joseph Smith’s hypocephalus and comparing it with the translations of Egyptologists.
We’ve listed Smith’s translation first in black font and our findings second with red font.
2. Stands next to Kolob, called by the Egyptians Oliblish, which is the next grand governing creation near to the celestial or the place where God resides; holding the key of power also, pertaining to other planets; as revealed from God to Abraham, as he offered sacrifice upon an altar, which he had built unto the Lord.
First of all, there is no Egyptian word “Oliblish”.
As shown here on the left, part of this section was missing from Joseph’s hypocephalus.
This hieroglyph is actually Amun, Ammon-Re or Ammon-Ra depicting him with two human heads one of which represents the sun (Ra) and the other the invisible principle of Ammon.
The Egyptian gods were typically a personification of nature or animals. People then and now could see images of him carved and drawn upon Egyptian temple walls depicting him with a human body and at times with a ram’s head. Since rams were a symbol of virility he was also looked upon as a god of fertility.
He was self created and supposedly married to Amaunet and collectively they represented the invisibility of air or wind and became the wind deity.
In Jeremiah 46:25 (Amun – also spelled amn) mentions Amon god of Thebes when God told Israel He was about to bring punishment upon him and Pharaoh.
In Egypt’s eighteenth dynasty (1353-1334 BC), he was replaced with the god Aten by the Pharaoh Akhenaten because of pharaoh’s dislike for Amun. There was such uproar to the change that eventually this god became Amun-Ra at the pharaoh’s death.
A curator for the British Museum’s hypocephalus with a similar inscription describes this figure simply as a two-headed deity holding a jackal headed god of Wepwawet scepter. He’s located on the center top row of their hypocephalus.
Question: It’s known that Smith copied some of the Freemasonry symbols on the temple, etc., Did Smith use or copy and of the Egyptian symbols also?
Well he did w/ the Left Eye of Horus found on the Nauvoo Temple. Using symbols of the stars on the SLC temple would be indicative of Egyptian mythology as well but Smith was also very much into astrology because of his background and practice in witchcraft.
The sunstones, moonstones and half moons w/ faces are all parts of Witchcraft and Ancient Egyptology.
Anything personifying nature typically points back to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Carving faces on the moons and suns on the temples are indicative of his worshipping idols.
Bees are considered a highly exalted god in Egyptology and they’re personified all over Utah and the temple door handles no less.
The clouds, stars, earth and bulls plastered all over the outside and inside the temples are all hallmark indicators of Egyptian mythology and idol worship.
The list is endless.
I have an article about this you can access here:
http://lifeafterministry.com/2010/12/15/inverted-stain-glass-pentagrams
If I stop to think of all the symbols I get a headache. 😉
My daughter Axi and I are working on a small book for the blog and site that compares the furniture of the Old Testament furniture and the symbolism with the furniture and engravings in Mormon temples. The project should be complete by summer.
Also –
In Egyptology the circle is regarded as a sign of eternity – these are depicted in the many hieroglyphics with the round sun disk sitting atop the heads of various animals or people.
The upside down pentagrams encased w/ a circle on the Nauvoo temple are an attempt to replicate the circle in Egyptology.
Bees were a symbol not only for working “busy as a bee”, but they were worshipped in Ancient Egypt for their reproductive capabilities. They breed faster than rabbits so it was a sign of virility and power. Sexual prowess was a sign of eternal life and power.
Many of the Greek and Roman gods were adopted from their earlier counterparts in Egyptian mythology.
Another indicator of the tie between Mormon and Egyptian symbology can be found in the many rituals they go through in order to obtain secret knowledge.
Many of the Masonic rituals and symbols were built upon Egyptian mythology – thus we see so much of this w/ Smith and Mormonism.
As for stars…Ancient Egyptians believed each star was the spirit of a deceased person.
See what I mean? It never ends!!! Idolatry everywhere you look… Icky, icky, icky!!!
Wow! Very interesting but I don’t want to learn or delve into this too deeply. I see the influences Smith had better now, though. It adds to the info that I read on Smith and the Freemasonry.