During the third Egyptian Dynasty and at least 1,000 years before the Exodus, the priest Imhotep served as the vizier of the Pharaoh Zoser. Imhotep was an engineering genius and built the first-known massive stone structures, including the great Step-Pyramid (still standing) at Saqquara. From history we learn that Imhotep's well-founded distinction as a builder was surpassed only by his talent as a skilled magician and healer. When the Egyptians suffered under a seven-year famine which occured during the reign of Zoser, the king appealed to Imhotep, who in turn consulted the sacred books. After several days Imhotep emerged from isolation and announced to the king "the hidden wonders, the way to which had
been shown to no king for unimaginable ages."  Zoser, impressed with Imhotep's discernment, obeyed the divinations.  Simultaneously, Egypt withdrew from the famine and Imhotep was decreed the chief Kheri-heb priest ("son of Ptah") of Egypt.

But the popularity of Imhotep's life eventually gave way to the fame that followed his death, as later he was elevated, deified, and transformed into a healing god.  By the time of the reign of the Pharaoh Menkaure (BC 2600), temples throughout Egypt were dedicated to the god Imhotep.  Such temples contained incubation or "sleeping" chambers used in the convalescence of the sick and the mentally diseased.  The same became acknowledged as the most potent healing alchemies of Egypt.  The incubation-temple of Imhotep at Memphis, for instance, proved to be so popular that the Greeks identified Imhotep with Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, and affirmed his divine membership within the powerful Egyptian "trinity" composed of Imhotep, Ptah, and Sekhmet the lion-headed goddess.

It's said that Imhotep convinced the Egyptians that premature forms of sickness and disease could be ultimately avoided if the proper aspects of healing-magic were carefully employed.  The magicians of Imhotep used the magic crystals and incantations of Isis to call upon Sekhmet--the goddess-sovereign of epidemics and diseases--to work with the positive energies of Serapis in the administration of the healing needs of the Egyptians.   Such rituals were often accompanied with
burnt offerings (sometimes human), and the ashes of the same were sprinkled into the air as a health-blessing for the Egyptians.  At other times the diagnosis called for an extended stay in the temple of Serapis where the sick or injured person was placed under the mystical spell of the katoche. The katoche supposedly provided the internal coercion of the god and ultimately led to the proper diagnosis, and divine assimilation, of the transmissible and healing energies of the god.  The katoche, affiliated with Imhotep's sleep-wizardry, was linked to the mystical crystals of Isis.  These, in turn, were joined with Sekhmet's administration of the overall life-giving energies of Ptah and Osiris. Combined, they provided
the Egyptian magicians with the powerful and esoteric tools necessary for the overall health of the people. Such magic was indeed powerful, and the fame of such men and magic (Jannes and Jambres) continued up until the times of the New Testament. (2 Tim. 3:8)

YAHWEH JUDGED IMHOTEP IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

While actor Brendan Fraser charms the young ladies and causes viewers of the remake to cheer his triumphs against the evil Imhotep, a deeper truth can be found just beneath The Mummy's wrap. When the Hebrew God attacked the divine health of the Egyptians in Exodus (see Exodus 9:8-9) by placing a filthy, eruptive disease of boils upon the population, He was accomplishing what no other surrounding power had attempted to do-- send the respected Egyptian magicians of Imhotep fleeing powerless before Moses--unclean and unable to perform their priestly duties. Yahweh simultaneously illustrated the inferiority of the Egyptian high gods--Ptah and Osiris--and denounced them as helpless demons. He judged the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet and demonstrated her impotence at regulating diseases. He altered the Imhotep ritual of "casting ashes" and made the ashes a cursing instead of a blessing. He mocked the temples of Imhotep and Serapis, and thereby notified the surrounding nations that neither crystals, nor psychic dreams, nor positive energies, nor yet coercions of men and their gods, can defy the incontestable will of Yahweh.
 

by Thomas R. Horn

Researcher for RAIDERS NEWS UPDATE
tomhorn@pacifier.com