NotGuilty as Charged
Anexample of a kind of nasty attacks against the Star of David is an article titled "TheSix-Pointed Star, The Mark Of The Beast, Part II, History Of The Six-Pointed Star",where the author quotes selectively from "Signs and Symbols of PrimordialMan, being an explanation of the Evolution of Religious Doctrines from theEschatology of the Ancient Egyptians" (1910) By Albert Churchward (1852-1925).
Quote:"Six Triangles...is the Egyptian hieroglyphic for the ...Land of theSpirits." (Churchward, p. 177)
In the original text the Six Triangles do not comprise a Star of David, as you may have assumed by thetitle of the article – they are illustrated as 3 pairs of hourglasses.
3 pairs of hourglasses
Quote: "Ancient Egyptian Seal of Solomon"(Churchward, p. 188)
The original text is:
"and has by some been named Seal ofSolomon (see origin of triangles.
The illustration on the left of this sentence is marked as Figure 85. It shows not a Star of David, or a Seal of Solomon (which is another name for thesix pointed star) but a rhomb surrounded by four triangles).
A rhomb surrounded by four triangles
Quote: "This (6-pointed star) was the first sign or hieroglyphic ofAmsu" (p. 65)
The words (6-pointedstar) are an addition of the author. The original phrase is:
"This, as far as we can trace, was the first sign or hieroglyphicof Amsu"
More than that: on page 314 Churchward wrote that the shape of the first two triangles mentioned above as 3 pairs of hourglasses "is much more ancient than the latter" (marked as Fig. 85)
and we can not find any reason for Brother Gould calling it "Solomon's Seal". Solomon was not born when this was first used as a sacred sign, and as far as our researches go we have not been able to trace any facts or reasons to support the assertion that Solomon ever used it as a seal".
This quote does not appear in the Watch.Pair article mentioned above...
