"The Sun God Must Die" is a common story in all ancient mythologies, and is rooted in the cycles of the seasons.
The “Sun God” was always a powerful and sensual god of fertility. He was conceived each year by the Goddess....born in the spring.....reigned supreme in his prime during the summer months.....grew old and feeble during the fall.....and died each winter. This cycle was not only a celebration of the seasons, but was also an integral survival adaptation pertinent to the success of agriculture, hunting, harvesting, etc. The ancient societies did not believe in the ”Sun God" as a literal being, He was merely a symbolic representation of the seasons. The death of the Sun God was a normal aspect of the life cycle, and not viewed as a finality. The following spring he would be reborn again, plant his seed in the Goddess (Earth), his light and radiant heat warming the fecund womb of Mother Earth protecting and enabling all life to grow.
The root of the Christian “Savior God” and trinity myths can be traced back to ancient Egypt; in the "Isis...Horus...Osiris" mythology; one of the oldest and most fascinating trinity "Savior God" myths based on fertility and seasonal cycles for survival.
The early Christians practiced a philosophy rooted
in "Gnosis"....inner spiritual knowledge. The ancient writings
of the early Christians were not about a literal being, or a "Savior God" voluntarily born from the heavens for the sole purpose of sacrificing
his life in order to save humanity from itself. This belief system evolved
much later in history, a belief system born out of generations of
hopelessness, fear and frustration as a suppressed people. It's a natural psychological reaction for
any race of people born into slavery and servitude to begin imagining a powerful
being that will deliver them from tyranny. One need only worship and serve
this powerful being above all others. However, once this "Savior God" takes on
human form he cannot live forever. He will eventually become
infertile, old, and feeble. It then becomes necessary to kill the
"Savior God" while in his prime; for only when he
sheds the shackles of human form can he truly be all powerful. Killing the
“Savior God” elicits powerful deep seated feelings of guilt; hence the centuries
of worship and begging forgiveness from the crucified “Savior God”.
In the Nazareth Gallery, I have taken the dead “Savior God” down from the eternal suffering, sorrow and guilt of the Christian cross. I have portrayed him 'in fortis' (in strength)....fertile and powerful......reigning supreme in his prime.....the summer of life.
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