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Egyptian mythology is framed as unique because its stories center on Ra the life-giving sun god, Osiris the civilizing god, and Horus the stabilizer of kingship.
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Egyptian mythology is framed as unique because its stories center on Ra the life-giving sun god, Osiris the civilizing god, and Horus the stabilizer of kingship.
Ra, Osiris, and Horus are interpreted as three identities for the pharaoh: virtuous hero, passive victim, and vengeful child.
Enhanced interrogation is interpreted as an experiment in learned helplessness intended to transform a Ra-like fighter into an Osiris-like passive victim.
In Jiang's simplified Egyptian creation account, Ra creates life, Osiris gives people civilization, and Horus gives Egypt the institution of kingship.
"...main characters in the mythology. There's Ra, the sun god. There's Osiris, and there's Horus, okay? These are the three main gods that Egyptians..."
"...the Pharaoh into separate identities. All three of these individuals, Ra, Osiris, Horus, represent different identities. Ra represents the virtuous hero, right? Osiris represents..."
"...take someone like Ra, the virtuous hero, and turn him into Osiris through certain techniques. Remember, Ra, the identity, is the virtuous hero who..."
"...his throne to someone else. Okay? And this other god becomes Osiris. Now, Osiris is a great god because he gives people civilization, which..."
"Okay? So, it's Osiris who gives us civilization. Now, here's a brother named Set. And Set is very jealous of the fact that Osiris..."
"Eventually, Set decides to poison Horus. But before he can do so, Horus first poisons him. And Horus becomes king. And he gives Egypt..."
"...Ra will defeat him eventually, okay? Eventually, Ra gives birth to Osiris. Now, Osiris is a great pharaoh, but his brother Seth, it's pronounced..."
"And so Osiris, oh, let me try. So Osiris jumps in the tomb, and he's like, whoa, it's really comfortable. And of course, Seth..."
"...in the religion, the pharaoh is a literal reincarnation of Ra, Osiris, and Horus."
"...for example, with Ra, it might be incense. Okay? But, with Osiris, it might be, I don't know roses who knows okay but so..."
"...ISIS is the name of what? The Egyptian goddess who saved Osiris, right? And who fathered Horus. Do you think it's a coincidence? Maybe..."
"...going to use the psychology to turn Ra, the terrorist, into Osiris, the citizen. But they end up doing the reverse. Osiris became Ra...."
The lecture turns evil into a technology of dissociation: ancient priests allegedly learn to split the pharaoh into identities, modern institutions learn to do it to everyone, and the hard refrain is that social...
Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...
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