A study of the rituals of the Incas and Mayas that go back to the more profound religious views of their distant ancestors convinces one that the most venerated object of their worship was undoubtedly light, embodied by the sun.

ГЛАВА ХII.

Текст: ГЛАВА О ВХОДЕ И ВЫХОДЕ ИЗ ДУАТА

Великий Ра! Ты, страж тайных врат на челе бога: (Раскрыто в приложении 4)

Солнечный диск, поднимаемый Нут из глубин Дуата. Фрагменты росписи.

In the world view of Ancient Egypt the sun-god Ra was the first - the father and creator of all the other gods, the creator of all that exists, indivisible and uncreated. The race that originated from the "first time" (Tep Zepi) considered light the closest substance to God in this crude material world.

The Book of Genesis says that in the beginning God created light - the element without which further creation is impossible.