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THE BLACK GODS: ETHIOPIA AND THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION PART 4 – BY JOHN G. JACKSON (1939)
One universal fact, that can't be reversed is this; as you stand here today and look back on the things of yesterday; especially on people in general, the structure of humanity remains exactly the same in form. We learn from Hellenic tradition that Zeus, king of the Grecian gods, so cherished the friendship of the Ethiopians that he traveled to their country twice a year to attend banquets. “All thegods and goddesses of Greece were black,” asserts Sir Godfrey Higgins, “at least this was the case with Jupiter. **** So far we have given little or no attention to the evidence of comparative religion. The study of ancient religious history is important, for religion, like philosophy, changes but slowly. Institutional religion, being conservative and static in its outlook, has preserved much ancient lore that would have otherwise been lost to the modern student.