The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: The Redemption of the Peacock Angel

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Summary: An iconoclastic, and highly recommended study
Review: The Truth Behind The Christ Myth: The Redemption Of The Peacock Angel by Mark Amaru Pinkham, offers the original, iconoclastic hypothesis that the origins of belief in Jesus Christ lie in a Son of God myth from India concerning Murrugan, the Peacock angel. Numerous similarities in the belief are historically traced, as well as other circumstantial evidence that Murrugan's legend influenced the story told and believed by the first Christians. Pinkham goes even further to provocatively propose that the Peacock angel is indeed a real entity, and is known under other names in different cultures -- perhaps even by the stigmatized name "Lucifer" in the West, though his ultimate role is surely far different from the unmitigated wickedness that Western tradition has been known to ascribe the chief of the fallen angels. A welcome and original contribution to metaphysical studies, The Truth Behind The Christ Myth is an iconoclastic, and highly recommended study blending historical evidence and new age thinking.