Happy Return of the Sun/Son after Yule
WINTER SOLSTICE AND THE ORIGIN OF RELIGIONS
In the Northern hemisphere, one of the most powerful religious myths tells the story of a son of God
born
from a virgin at the end of December (according to the Gregorian
calendar), worshipped by three kings who had followed a star coming from
the East. He is a teacher at 12 years old, and receives baptism at 30
before he starts his ministry as the saviour of the world. He has 12
disciples and performs miracles. He finally dies on the cross and stays
in the tomb for 3 days before he revives and ascends to the heavens.
This solar myth gave birth, not only to a well-known religion, but to an endless series of religions all over the planet, for example:
- In
Egypt, 5000-year old hieroglyphs tell us that god Horus was born from
virgin Isis around the end of December. His birth was marked by the
arrival of a star in the East. Three kings had followed this star to
locate the new-born Saviour, and to give him presents. He was already a
teacher at 12, he received baptism at 30, and then, he started his
reign. Horus had 12 disciples with whom he travelled about and performed
miracles, such as healing the sick and walking on water. He was known
under various names: "the Truth", "the Light", "God's Anointed Son", the
"Good Shepard", the "Lamb of God", etc. Betrayed by Typhon, Horus was
crucified, buried for 3 days, and then, he resurrected.
Horus is not the sole "pagan god" having those characteristics.
You can find a whole host of the same kind of mythical personage under different names in a number of other cultures. Naming a few:
- Atys in Phrygia,
- Krishna in India,
- Dionysos in Greece,
- Mythra
in Persia,
- Odin in Scandinavia,
- Baal in Phenicia,
- Indra in Tibet,
- Adad
in Assyria,
- Quetzalcoatl in Mexico,
- Ixion and Quirinus in Rome,
- Prometheus in Caucasus,
... and others, all of them born from a virgin in
December, located by a star in the East and Three Kings, baptised at 30,
followed by 12 disciples, and performing miracles... before they died
on the cross, stayed 3 days in the grave, and resurrected. And this is
also the story of Jesus-Christ.
What is this all about? Let us look at
what occurs in the sky, in December, in the Northern hemisphere, amongst
the stars, the constellations, and the Zodiacal signs. A star appears
in the East, it is Sirius, the brightest. In the moment of Solstice, it
falls in alignment with 3 stars in the Orion Belt, which since ancient times were
called "the Three Kings".Continuing the line that goes through those 4 stars, you end up at the place on the horizon where the Sun is about to rise.
The
"virgin" who "gives birth" is the Virgo Constellation. The days around the Solstice are the shortest in the year. We are cold, there is less and less light.
The Sun, which was heading South, seems to stop in its course for three
days; and at that moment, it stands close to the Constellation of the
Southern Cross - the Sun/Son is dying on the Cross !
Then, it moves up one
degree North again: it is resurrected! It is time to be happy and
celebrate, as the days will become longer, there will be more heat and
light, and Springtime will come. The 12 disciples are the 12 constellations through which the Sun travels all along the year, bringing
renewal, flowers and fruits, and crops.
This solar myth, which founded
most of the religions of our planet, is explained with more details in
the web site
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
The date of December 25 was imposed for the needs of a calendar,
firstly a religious one, then market-oriented, which no longer respected cosmic
facts. The true Solstice day varies every year. Ancient people had
means to precisely determine the day and hour of this event: for
instance, in Celtic mounts, the inner chamber receives rays from
the Sun solely in the moment when they are directed at a specific angle, and that's on the Solstice
morning.
In 2015, the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere
will occurred on December 22, 2015, at 04:47mn57 Universal Co-ordinated
Time (UTC). In the Southern hemisphere, this day corresponds to the
Summer Solstice, a moment when days are the longest because of the 23°5
declination of the Earth's axis. In all cultures, the Winter Solstice
was an opportunity for celebration and rituals - Yule, Lenaea,
Saturnalia, etc. - which are now forgotten or hidden behind the
Christmas and New Year holidays.
But the most important thing is to
find again the sacred meaning of this rebirthing of the Light, and of
the Solar Son who takes a new start on his path of return to his Father.
AND HOW WAS CHRISTMAS INVENTED?
Christmas is the time when professing Christians are supposed to focus on Jesus Christ. After all, it is the “Christ-mass” season! ...
Nearly all aspects of Christmas observance have their roots in Roman custom and religion. Consider the following admission from an American mainstream newspaper (The Buffalo News, Nov. 22, 1984):
“The earliest reference to Christmas being marked on Dec. 25 comes from the second century after Jesus' birth. It is considered likely the first Christmas celebrations were in reaction to the Roman Saturnalia, a harvest festival that marked the winter solstice—the return of the sun—and honored Saturn, the god of sowing. Saturnalia was a rowdy time, much opposed by the more austere leaders among the still-minority Christian sect.
"Christmas developed, one scholar says, as a means of replacing worship of the Sun with worship of the Son. By 529 A.D., after Christianity had become the official state religion of the Roman Empire, Emperor Justinian made Christmas a civic holiday.
"The celebration of Christmas reached its peak—some would say its worst moments—in the medieval period when it became a time for conspicuous consumption and unequaled revelry.”
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