For my recently published radical religious history To Be or Not To Be...brahman or Abrahman / The World Turned Upside-Down :
T his vol u m e be g i n s wi t h t he theory t h at A br a h am , t he Fat h er of J u d a i sm , Chr istia n i t y a n d I s lam, wa s an a po state Hi ndu , o rig inall y deri ved f rom th e S a n s kr i t " A br a h m a n , " a nd t h at the J ud eo -C h r i s tia n " Y a hw e h " i s a r e figu ra t ion o f D eva Ya ma, H i n du L o rd of D eath a n d H e l l , Ju dg e o f t h e D ea d and Lord o f t h e heaven r ealm kn own as the P i tra h-L oka (f at her s'/a n c es t o rs' re a l m), i n con c er t with h i s pries t a nd frie nd Ya hv a Agni, the Go d o f F ir e , " t he sa cri f ic e r ." A rc her t h en pro p ose s t h e e q ua l ly r a d ic al the o ry t ha t J e sus Chri st w as an Av ata r o f Aa dhi Ma ha S h asta , the H indu Pr o te ctor o f C rea te d B eing s, t h e "o nl y b eg ot t e n Son " o f L o r d Shiv a , Go d t he D e str o y e r , a nd Lor d Vi shn u , Go d th e M a i n t ai n er w ho is par a m atma, the " S pi r it o f G od" t hat abid es i n ev er yo ne' s hea r t , whet h er t h ey r e al iz e it or n o. Sh a st a w as bor n this one time wh en V ishn u m ed i t ate d in t en s el y upon Shak t i , the G od des s, t o be en a bl e d t o t u rn in to a Di v i n e an d fer ti l e tr ans sex u al n a m e d M oh in i in o rd e r to i nf il t rate th e c ou rt of a demo n t h at t hreat ene d t he w o r ld. When Mah a deva ("G r ea t G o d") S hiva and Mohi n i (Vishnu ma n i fe st a s a Go d des s ) m e t , the t wo e n d ed up h ooking u p and L or d Sha st a w a s co ns e que nt l y b orn, th e f i rst incar n a ti o n o f m an y Av a t ars of D ev a A a dhi Ma ha S hast a , o n e o f whom m ay we l l ha v e be e n Jes u s C hr is t. Be y o nd t h e s e a s t o u n d in g conten ti ons , t hi s vo l u me pro v ide s str o ng e vi d e n ce that t he an cient his tor y of th e m o ve me n ts of pe op les , an d e s p e cial l y in r eg ard to the p eop l i n g of th e Amer i cas, i s a ve r y d ifferent sto r y th an th e s t i l l t o o Eu roc e nt ric and Colo ni a list - minde d estab li s h m e nt t e l ls. Ind e ed, by th e se re adi ngs of an c i e nt histor y a n d r e ligi on , t h e par a d i g m p ro ff e re d by th e A b r ah a mi c r el igi o ns h as inde e d t u r ned t he worl d " up s id e- d o w n " in rel at io n t o t he u nd e rs t an dings of t he anci ents, under s tan di ng s t he a ut h o r du bs "th e O l d W ays."


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