Audiobook The Evolution of the Dragon

The work investigates the profound influence of ancient Egyptian mummification and mortuary customs on the development of human thought, religion, and civilization. The author poses the central problem of how seemingly irrational practices, such as incense burning, libations, and ancestor worship, originated and spread globally. Through a detailed analysis of early texts and artifacts, the argument develops by showing that the desire to preserve the physical body and ensure a continuation of existence after death led to the invention of mummification, portrait statues, and monumental stone architecture. The text covers key storylines including the genesis of the water-god Osiris, the evolution of the Great Mother and sky deities, and the symbolism of the cow and the moon. The author demonstrates how these specific biological and physiological theories of vitality were transmitted from Egypt and Mesopotamia to Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas. The work concludes by emphasizing that these complex religious systems and rituals were not independently invented everywhere, but were historically connected and diffused from ancient centers of civilization, fundamentally shaping the intellectual history of humankind.