The nature of consciousness and the relationship between the mind and brain have become the most hotly debated topics in philosophy. This book explains and argues for a new approach called enactivism. Enactivism maintains that consciousness and all subjective thoughts and feelings arise from an organism's attempts to use its environment in the service of purposeful action. The authors admit that their perspective presents many problems: How does one distinguish real action from reaction? Is it scientifically acceptable to say that the whole organism can use its parts, instead of being a mere summation of their separate mechanical reactions? What about the danger that this analysis will imply that physical systems fail to be "causally closed"? How the Mind Uses the Brain tries to answer these questions and represents a sharp break with tradition, arguing that consciousness and emotions are aspects of an organism's ongoing self-organizational activity, driving information-processing rather than merely responding to it.

How the Mind Uses the Brain: To Move the Body and Image the Universe

Politics & Social Sciences

Ellis, Ralph

Newton, Natika

Philosophy

Open Court

*** Jesus was descended from the Egyptian royal line *** The exodus of the Hyksos pharaohs from Egypt to Jerusalem is an incredibly similar event to the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to Jerusalem. Classical historians will not entertain any connection between the two, because this infers that the Israelite leaders were actually pharaohs of Egypt. However, Ralph Ellis has taken this obvious comparison and demonstrated the royal Egyptian ancestry of the Judaic patriarchs and also of Jesus. Ralph has also uncovered evidence for the New Testament Saul (St Paul) in the historical record, a discovery that brings with it several new accounts of the life of Jesus. Saul, the inventor of Christianity, was actually Josephus Flavius, a well-known historian. Jesus was the governor of Tiberias and owned a castle there; and he may have died during the siege of Jerusalem in about AD70, rather than AD 33. This is the first book in this "Egyptian Testament" series. This book followed by "Tempest &amp; Exodus" or "Cleopatra to Christ".

Jesus: Last of the Pharaohs

Adventures Unlimited Press

The megalithic monuments of the world, including Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid, can be understood as maps of the Earth. While researching the metrology of the megalithic monuments of Britain and Egypt, the author made this important and previously unnoticed observation: these monuments are, in fact, maps! Many of these maps include within their structure the latitudes of specific topographical features on the surface of the vEarth. Some specific discoveries: • The Avebury Henge is a map of the Earth • Stonehenge is a map of Earth's orbit • The Great Pyramid is a map of the continents • The Imperial Measurement System is based on the Great Pyramid: the mile measures 1760 yards and the pyramid, 1760 cubits

Thoth: Architect of the Universe

Ellis, R.

Arts & Photography

.This book narrates the dramatic discovery of a large biblical quotation on an ancient Egyptian stele. When compared to its biblical equivalent, this text appears to be two separate accounts -both Egyptian and Israelite - of a conference about how the Biblical exodus should be organized. . The quotation on this stele has fundamental implications for both history and theology because it explains: • why the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant were constructed;• why the biblical exodus started ; where Mt. Sinai was really located;• who the God of the Israelites was;• who the Israelites really were; and• why the Torah, Bible and Koran were written. . The true location of Mt Sinai is particularly revealing and revelationary. . This is the sequel to "Jesus, Last of the Pharaohs", and is followed by "Eden in Egypt".

Tempest & Exodus

.*** This book has been superceeded by the book "Solomon, Pharaoh of Egypt" ***...Ralph Ellis has discovered indisputable links and comparisons between the Egyptian and Judaic royal lines, that demonstrate that King David and King Solomon were actually pharaohs of Egypt. This is why there is no evidence for these monarchs in the archaeology of modern Israel; for the evidence, including the tombs, sarcophagi and death-masks of these famous monarchs, are actually located in the north eastern Nile Delta. The Queen of Sheba was also related to this royal line and, as befitting the great 'Queen of the South', her sarcophagus was discovered at Deir el Bahri in Luxor. The book also shows the location of King Solomon's Mines and the true historical identity of Hiram Abif, the hero of the Masonic 3rd degree.

Solomon: Falcon of Sheba: The Tombs of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Discovered

History

Ancient Civilizations

Counter Culture*

K2 : Quest of the Gods

Amolibros

New revised and expanded 2015 edition. *** Jesus was the great grandson of Queen Cleopatra *** Why was the birth of a poor ‘carpenter’ in the first century AD attended by the Persian Magi: the Persian king-makers? Why was Jesus later known as the ‘King of the Jews’? There is a great deal of evidence within the New Testament that demonstrates that Jesus was actually of royal blood. But if this is so, then from which royal family was he descended? Using many strands of contemporary evidence, Ralph Ellis has pieced together a historical jigsaw puzzle demonstrating that the biblical Jesus was directly descended from Cleopatra VII, the most famous queen of Egypt. But this is not all, for, in piecing this story together, it would seem that Jesus also had an aristocratic Roman and royal Persian ancestry too; and it is the latter bloodline element that explains the appearance of Persian Magi at his birth. But why should the New Testament authors obscure the ancestry of such an illustrious prince? Well, the gospel writers were looking for an ideal family as their role model, but this particular royal family hid a dark, unmentionable secret. Join Ralph on the incredible untold story of a king and queen who were exiled to Judaea in AD 4 – just a couple of years before the Roman taxation of Judaea, when Jesus is said to have been born. Followed by: 'King Jesus'. V 6.5

Cleopatra to Christ: Jesus: the great-grandson of Cleopatra. (The King Jesus Trilogy)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

New 2015 edition. ** King Jesus was King Izas ** This book finally confirms that the gospel's St Paul (Saul) was actually Josephus Flavius the historian. However, this novel identification has exposed new information and new perspectives on the life of Jesus, who was actually a real king of Judaea. Quote: "Priests and kings were anointed ... hence the title 'christ' or 'messiah' often signified the same as 'king'." (Commentary on the Bible, Adam Clarke 1832.) Contrary to orthodox perceptions, King Jesus and Queen Mary Magdalene were the richest couple in Syrio-Judaea. The Romans wanted to impose taxes on Jesus and Mary, an imposition that provoked the Jewish Revolt. King Jesus fought and lost that war, and so he was crucified, reprieved and sent into exile in a Roman prison in England. In those remote lands, King Jesus became known as 'King Arthur and his twelve disciple-knights of the Round Last Supper Table'. This identification of Jesus as a wealthy, royal, warrior-hero of first century Judaea may sound bizarre, but that is what the texts say. All research and quotations are from original sources, including the New Testament, Tanakh, Talmud, Josephus, Origen, Eusebius, Irenaeus, Herodian, Suetonius, Tacitus, Clement and many others besides. This is a secret history that has been deliberately concealed from us for two millennia – for those feet, in ancient times, did indeed walk upon England's mountains green! Sequel to: 'Cleopatra to Christ'. Followed by: 'Jesus, King of Edessa'. v 9.9

King Jesus: Prince of Judaea and Rome (The King Jesus Trilogy)

Middle East

. *** Jesus discovered in the historical record *** ** New revised and expanded 2017 edition ** This is the book that the Catholic Church has been dreading for the last 1700 years. This is the book that will rock the foundations of Christianity as we know it - for the biblical Jesus has at last been found in the historical record. We now know who Jesus was, where he lived, and who his family were. Visit his city, see the ruins of his citadel, gaze upon his statue, handle his coins. In reality, Jesus was a son of King Abgarus V of Edessa, a princeling with a small realm, a large treasury, and even bigger ambitions. But the wise prince of northern Syria came up against an intractable Rome and his many plans for revolution crumbled to dust. As readers might imagine, the true history of this region undermines much of the biblical fairy-story that the gospel authors crafted, and so Christianity will never be the same again. The jacket image shows Jesus wearing his Crown of Thorns, the ceremonial crown of the Edessan monarchy. Jesus was crucified wearing this same crown, because he was a king of Edessa. In fact, Jesus was crucified in the Kidron Valley along with two other leaders of the revolt, but was taken down early and survived, just as the history of Josephus Flavius relates. This is a scholarly study of all the available historical evidence, including the Tanakh, Talmud, Josephus Flavius, the Roman historians, and venerable Syriac historians like Moses of Chorene and Yohannes Drasxanakertci. This is the final book in a trilogy, and so we suggest that readers start with 'Cleopatra to Christ' and then 'King Jesus'. The wait before arriving at the last episode in the trilogy will be worthwhile, for if a book could be valued on its 'eureka moments' then this final book would be priceless. Sequel to: 'King Jesus' v 11.2 . A message to readers from the author: A review of this book by a critic is now on many web-pages. Please note that this individual is not an academic, he is a failed student with a religious axe to grind. He has admitted that he has not even read this book, and created his poor review from hearsay and rumour. Some of his many errors include: He says that Ellis absurdly conflates four kings into one. Yet in reality, the book does not even mention two of the kings that he cites. He says that Ellis does not realize and does mention, the fact that Adiabene and Edessa are two separate locations. Yet in reality, the juxtaposition between Adiabene and Edessa is the central topic of the entire book. He says that Queen Helena was never the Queen of the Jews. Yet Queen Helena was a Jewess who saved Judaea from famine, furnished the Temple of Jerusalem, and owned the largest palace and tomb in Jerusalem. Was she not, perforce, the defacto Queen of Judaea? He says that King Abgar bar Manu VI could not be the biblical Jesus, as Ellis claims, because he lived in the wrong era. Yet in reality, Ellis never mentions King Abgar bar Manu VI - not once. As readers can probably see, the so-called review of 'Jesus, King of Edessa' by this critic is a travesty, designed to undermine scholarly research into the life of Jesus. The reality is very different, for 'Jesus, King of Edessa' can and does prove that the biblical Jesus was actually a well-known monarch of Edessa, whose real life and times have been effectively erased from history by Josephus Flavius and a succession of later Christian chroniclers.

Jesus, King of Edessa: Jesus discovered in the historical record (The King Jesus Trilogy)

New revised and expanded 2015 edition.   *** The biblical Exodus was the Hyksos Exodus ***  The Tempest Stele of Pharaoh Ahmose I contains a quotation from the biblical account of the plagues and a description of the building of the Tabernacle. This again demonstrates that the Israelite leaders were the Hyksos pharaohs of Lower Egypt, and so the biblical Jacob was probably the Hyksos pharaoh Jacoba.  This earlier date for the exodus means that the biblical plagues were a real event, caused by the island of Thera (Santorini) exploding; and the fallout from this natural catastrophe caused a historically documented civil war and great exodus of the Hyksos-Israelite people from Egypt. However, if these links between Egyptian and Israelite history are true, then it is possible that Mt Sinai was actually the Israelite name for the Great Pyramid of Giza.  Sequel to:  'Jesus, Last of the Pharaohs'. Followed by:  'Eden in Egypt'.  v4.4

Tempest & Exodus: The biblical Exodus was the Hyksos Exodus (Egyptian Testament Series)

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