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India. Anyone not present could be forgiven for concluding that Nahtan was a charlatan, but Goodman was not naïve. Whoever he was, he left a lasting impression on her. In- deed, it would be a life-changing experience for her.


Nahtan also had a clear mission: He in- structed Goodman that she should go to the mountains, where she would meet her twin soul. The “Twin Soul” concept is similar to that of “soul mates” but more specific. The definition of twin souls is a pair of souls made from the same soul, halved at the be- ginning of time, who reunite in the flesh during their time on Earth, to become whole again. It is this specific concept that appears time and again in many myths, including the legend of Isis and Osiris, themselves twin souls. In mythology the concept is often pre- sented as “brother and sister, and lovers.” In- deed, their love story is arguably the greatest ever told. It certainly inspired generations of ancient Egyptians. Goodman, who had worked extensively in applying astrology with this concept, subsequently redoubled her ef- forts.


What Goodman left out of the published account (in Star Signs) were the details on how Nahtan had provided information on Hollywood Hill, though the published ac- count does include an oblique reference to it. After Nahtan left, Goodman writes how she sat in the suite of the hotel, “by the window that looked out on the small white cross, planted on the far hill behind Grauman’s Chinese Theatre across Hollywood Boulevard.”


Ever after, whenever Goodman came to Los Angeles, she would ask for the same hotel suite, primarily because of the en- counter there and because there was a clear, unobstructed view to the Hollywood Cross. Today, the latter is no longer the case, as the Hollywood & Highland Center has blocked the view—though from the viewing platform of that complex, you can see how the Holly- wood Cross and the famous Hollywood sign align.


Nahtan told Goodman about a future in which she would meet her twin soul. Isis and Osiris she believed to be the perfect arche- types for twin souls, and she apparently also believed that the Great Pyramid had been built by Osiris, millennia earlier than estab- lished history dates it. In her opinion, Khufu merely restored it. She was, of course, nei- ther the first nor the last who believed that the pyramid predated the Dynastic Era of An- cient Egypt. The Egyptian High Priest Ma- netho produced a King List in which he stated that before the first Dynastic Pharaoh, there were demigods and gods who ruled over Egypt—including Osiris. In fact, for the Ancient Egyptians, Osiris was not considered a mythical figure but a flesh and blood re- ality.


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When Osiris is tricked during a meal, he is killed and his body cut into fourteen parts, which are scattered along the length of the River Nile. Isis goes in search of these pieces, in hope of recovering them all, thus saving Osiris’ soul. Alas, she is unable to find his phallus, which, according to some accounts, was eaten by the fishes that live in the Nile. (This was the reason Egyptian priests were not allowed to eat fish.) She therefore created a phallus from wood and, through magic, was able to conceive the Divine Child, Horus, who would later go on to avenge his father by slaying Seth, Osiris’ brother, who had been responsible for Osiris’ death. Goodman highlighted December 8 as the date linked with the festival of the maimed Osiris and his resurrection through the in- tervention of Isis. Today, in the Christian cal- endar, it marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception. On that day, each year, Goodman would make sure that she was in Los Angeles, so she could trek from her hotel to the Hollywood Cross, often accompanied by a small group who shared her passion. After Goodman died in 1995, her estate ended up in the hands of Crystal Bush. Bush hired a team to go through Goodman’s boxes. Some researchers were intimately aware that Goodman had documents and test results related to the Hollywood Cross hill, but none were found in Bush’s boxes. Their whereabouts remain unknown. The story of Goodman and the Hollywood Cross is therefore—at present—without hard evi- dence. It comes, however, from a remarkable and reputable source. And everyone who had seen Goodman’s accumulated evidence be- lieved her investigation should be continued. The first question, of course, is whether this is all factually possible. For even evi- dence of a subterranean chamber under a hill does not prove that Osiris’ phallus is in- side. But let’s take the problem one step at a time…


When driving around that particular area of Hollywood, specifically around the back streets, it is clear that some of the hills show signs of terracing. Whether ancient or more modern is unclear, but it is largely in line with earthen mounds seen elsewhere in the U.S. and Mexico. It is also known that the area was once sacred to Native Americans, which might explain the terracing, but also begs the question: why did the Native Ameri- cans consider it sacred?


As it happens, Goodman was convinced that it was no coincidence that the so-called eighth art—namely cinematography—had blossomed in the shadow of Osiris’ purported missing phallus. It is indeed a matter of record that the Emerald Tablets, and hence Osiris, were seen as inspiring the arts them- selves (e.g. The availability of the Corpus Hermeticum in fifteenth century Florence is considered one of the cornerstones of the Renaissance as well as an inspiration for painters like Botticelli, Donatello, etc.). Osiris and his magical son Horus are also


heroes par excellence, and Hollywood is, of course, the best-known and biggest hero fac- tory on Planet Earth. Coincidence? For an


astrologer like Linda Goodman, there was no such thing. Coincidence was merely a rela- tionship between two objects which science had not yet fully understood. The reason why Hollywood became what it is, she felt, lay un- derneath a hill next to the 101.


There are some hints that Goodman might not have been the first interested in this piece of land. Curiously, its summit is the only piece of real estate in LA that is cir- cular in shape. Today, it is in private owner- ship, though the property immediately sur- rounding the circle is owned by LA County. An interesting character in the history of the hill is Christine Wetherill Stevenson. In the 1920s, she purchased land across the street from the Hollywood Bowl and built the Pilgrimage Theater, which became the home of the Pilgrimage Play all about the life of Jesus. Jesus and Osiris share much in common, though, of course, one can’t go too far with this comparison, inasmuch as Jesus is at the cornerstone of every Christian’s faith.


The Hollywood Cross (circled) and the Hollywood Sign


Upon her death in 1922, Stevenson was memorialized with the now famous cross, making the hill into something of a modern- day Golgotha, the hill upon which Jesus was crucified. Originally, the cross was only lit during Easter when the play was performed, but soon, it was lit every night and the Cross became one of Hollywood’s many famous landmarks. Of course, the Passion, with the Last Supper and Jesus’ subsequent death, are clear parallels with the story of Osiris who was murdered during a meal. Equally, the parallels between Mary Magdalene weeping at the cross and Isis weeping over her hus- band’s body are apparent.


How did—how could—Osiris’ phallus end up in California? For this, we need to accept that the legend of Isis and Osiris could be a true story. As strange as that is for a twenty- first century mindset, the ancient Egyptians themselves made it clear that they believed that their deities were once physical beings who had lived around 20,000 BC. It is also known that the ancient Egyptians of Dy- nastic times had boats capable of long- distance sailing. There is as yet no hard evi- dence that they crossed the oceans, though there are some indications of this possibility. In the Grand Canyon in Arizona, there are in- dications that the ancient Egyptians came here. Possible Egyptian artifacts and caves with Egyptian mummies have been rumored to exist ever since the Canyon was first explored.


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