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Occult Meanings of Winter Solstice and Christmas | AstroTheology,
Alchemy, Roman Solstice Practices, Occult Symbolism, Santa Claus,
Reincarnation
The roots of Astrotheology
date back to the times of Atlantis, and were once used as an
allegorical Science for Self Discovery. This became the basis for
Alchemy, Kabbalah, Astrology, Religion and the Ancient Mystery
schools. Later it was used to manipulate the masses, by hiding knowledge
of consciousness from the people; known today as Occultism either Light or Dark. An entire host of Exoteric Religions, containing deep Esoteric Allegories, have an Astrotheological basis and are Pandemic throughout Civilizations on Earth.
Note about the Value of a "Religious Experience":
While I do contend that Religion in general holds humanity back and is
used as a "box" for consciousness, the application of concepts and ideas
which are embedded in religion can be of value. The effect that
Prayer, Worship and Medication, Mysticism and alike have
on consciousness can not be overlooked, and often involves an image of
Christ, Buddha, Krishna, Mecca, etc.
As we discussed in Decoding Fiction - Science of Meaning | As Above So Below (Fractal) Symbolism in Once Upon A Time TV Series,
we give meaning to images in this case, as a result of our knowledge
and choices. If the Bible for example has a feeling of 'spirit' for you,
then this reveals the 'charge' of meaning you have given it. The
knowledge presented below does not deture in the least the genuine
spiritualizing effects of a authentic Religious experience. Whether it
is the Christian Cross or a tree in nature, the effect is the same. The
real value can be detected in the quality of one's actions as a result
of the experiences they have in their lives. As the adage goes:
"by their deeds you shall know them"
The following is a compilation of posts discussing these topics in detail.
- Justin
Astro-Theology
“Many have heard of Astrology and
Astronomy. But few there are in the west today that have heard of their
parent subject AstroTheology. We insist that this is not by chance.”
Michael Tsarion, “Astrotheology and Sidereal Mythology”
“Official
history has been changed to hide the fact that the world has been
controlled by the same interbreeding tribe for thousands of years. This
is never more so than with the major religions. They all have inner and
outer levels of knowledge. The inner level carries the secrets going
back to the ancient Mystery schools of places like Sumer, Babylon and
Egypt. These include the secrets of the bloodline and only the chosen
few are initiated into this awareness. The outer level is where the
secrets are hidden in code and allegory and sold, with a deity, to the
masses as the 'truth'. Rosciusianism
The New Testament Gospel stories
are based on the initiation ceremonies and esoteric secrets including
astrology and Sun worship that were performed and communicated in the
Mystery schools. But they are presented as a literal story to fool the
people; not least Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
The religions, not least
Christianity, Judaism and Islam (all spawned from the same source) are
carriers of the secrets (inner) and controllers of the people by hiding
the secrets with allegedly 'literal' stories (outer). The same basic
'Jesus' tale of the Son of God who died for humanity was told around the
world thousands of years before Christianity.”
There are actually in total 15 preChristian Gods had traits and stories exactly like Jesus Christ.
For example, In 900 BC Krishna was born of a virgin with a star in the
East signaling his coming. A tyrant slaughtered thousands of infants
trying to kill the new born king. He was a teacher in the temple and a
healer who performed miracles, was crucified between two thieves and
resurrected from death. Around the same time period in Greece lived the God Attis, born of a virgin on December 25th .
He was martyred on a crucifix, died for 3 days and was resurrected.
Mithra was a Persian God circa
1200 BC who was born of a virgin on December 25th, traveled around with
12 disciples, performed miracles, died for 3 days and was resurrected.
He was called the truth, the light, and was worshipped on Sunday.
The very same basic storyline that came out of Constantine’s Council of Nicea in 325 AD already existed for thousands of years.
“Christianity resembled certain
elements of Roman belief, particularly the worship of Mithra, or
Mithraism. As ‘Protector of the Empire,’ Mithra was closely tied to the
sun gods, Helios and Apollo. Mithra's birthday on December 25, close to
the winter solstice, became Jesus's birthday. Shepherds were to have
witnessed Mithra's birth and were to have partaken in a last supper with
Mithra before he returned to heaven. Mithra's ascension, correlating to
the sun's return to prominence around the spring equinox, became the
Christian holiday of Easter.
Christians
took over a cave-temple dedicated to Mithra in Rome on the Vatican
Hill, making it the seat of the Catholic Church. The Mithraic high
priest's title, Pater Patrum, soon became the title for the bishop of
Rome, Papa or Pope. The fathers of Christianity explained the remarkable
similarities of Mithraism as the work of the devil, declaring the much
older legends of Mithraism to be an insidious imitation of the one true
faith.”
Helen Ellerbe, “The Dark Side of Christian History” (223)
“Everything
Christians believe about Jesus, the Romans and Persians believed about
Mithra. Sunday was the sacred day for Mithraists because he was a
Sun God and they called this The Lord’s Day … The writer, H. G. Wells,
pointed out that many of the phrases used by Paul for Jesus were the
same as those used by the followers of Mithra. The Liturgy of Mithra is
the Liturgy of Jesus.
When Paul says: ‘They drank from
the spiritual rock and that rock was Christ’ (I Corinthians 10:4), he
was using exactly the same words found in the scriptures of Mithra. Only
the names were changed. In the Gospels, Peter became the Christian
‘rock’ on whom the new church would be built. The Vatican Hill in Rome
was said to be sacred to Peter, but this place was also claimed, much
earlier, to be sacred to Mithra and many Mithric remains have been found
there!”
All the following preChristian deities shared the myth of a virgin birth on December 25th, crucifixion and resurrection:
Chrishna of Hindostand, Budha Sakia
of India, Salivahana of Bermuda, Zulis and Osiris of Egypt, Odin of the
Scandinavians, Crite of Chaldea, Zoroaster and Mithra of Persia, Baal
and Taut of Phoenecia, Indra of Tibet, Bali of Afghanistan, Jao of
Nepal, Wittoba of the Bilingonese, Thammuz of Syria, Atys of Phrygia,
Xamolxis of Thrace, Zoar of the Bonzes, Adad of Assyria, Deva Tat and
Sammonocadam of Siam, Alcides of Thebes, Mikado of the Sintoos, Beddru
of Japan, Hesus, Eros, and Bremrillah of the Druids, Thor of the Gauls,
Cadmus of Greece, Hill and Feta of the Mandaites, Gentaut and Quexalcote
of Mexico, Universal Monarch of the Sibyls, Ischy of the island of
Formosa, Divine Teacher of Plato, Holy One of Xaca, Fohi and Tien of
China, Adonis of Greece, Prometheus of Caucasus, and Ixion and Quirinus
of Rome.
(For more info read: “The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors – Christianity Before Christ” by Kersey Graves)
“Were you aware that there were
fifteen major religions that had the same identical teachings of
Christianity? Most people aren't. And I'm very suspect of a sixteenth
religion which is copied off of fifteen previous religions, and I am
told that this one is the truth.”
Jordan Maxwell, “Matrix of Power”
“OK, a little quiz. Who am I
talking about? He was born to a virgin by immaculate conception through
the intervention of a holy spirit. This fulfilled an ancient prophecy.
When he was born the ruling tyrant wanted to kill him. His parents had
to flee to safety. All male children under the age of two were slain by
the ruler as he sought to kill the child. Angels and shepherds were at
his birth and he was given gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. He was
worshipped as the savior of men and led a moral and humble life.
He performed miracles which
included healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, casting out devils
and raising the dead. He was put to death on the cross between two
thieves. He descended to hell and rose from the dead to ascend back to
heaven. Sounds exactly like Jesus doesn’t it? But it’s not. That is how
they described the Eastern savior god known as Virishna 1,200 years
before Jesus is claimed to have been born.”
David Icke, “The Biggest Secret” (89)
Why do the same stories, dates,
numbers, and symbols show up repeatedly in religious myths and texts all
across the ancient world?
“This is related to the winter
solstice or midwinter festival when the Sun is at the least powerful
point in its cycle in the northern hemisphere. They said that on the
solstice, our December 21/22nd, the Sun had 'died'. Three days later the
25th they said the Sun was born or born again. Thus we have a long line
of Sun gods given the 'birthday' of December 25th. The Jesus of the
Gospels is a symbol of the Sun and the stories include a host of other
Mystery school knowledge and esoteric concepts.”
David Icke, “Tales from the Time Loop”
“For three days, December 22nd ,
23rd, and 24th, the Sun rises on the exact same latitudinal
(declinations) degree. This is the only time in the year that the Sun
actually stops its movement northward or Southward in our sky. On the
morning of December 25th the Sun moves one degree northward beginning
its annual journey back to us in the Northern Hemisphere, ultimately
bringing our spring. Anything steadily moving all year long that
suddenly stops moving for three days was considered to have died.
Therefore, God’s Sun who was dead for three days, moves one degree
northward on December 25th and is symbolically born again!”
Sirius, the brightest star in the
night sky, is the star in the East. On Dec. 24th it aligns with the
three brightest stars in Orion’s belt which are called (and have been
called since ancient times) the “three kings.”
The three kings line up perfectly with
Sirius pointing to the exact spot in which the Sun will rise the next
morning. The larger constellation in which this takes place was known to
the ancients as the “manger” or the “cradle” which is visible just
before dawn on Dec. 25th . So the three kings or three magi effectually
“follow” the star in the East to the manger, the birthplace of God’s Sun at the Winter Solstice. “Easter” also derives from the Eastern Star Sirius.
The three gifts of the magi are
Frankincense, Myrrh, and Gold. Frankincense is an amber resin that was
burned at solar temples, Myrrh was known as “tears of the Sun,” and Gold
too long represented the Sun in the ancient world.
The recurrent
“virgin” theme represents the constellation Virgo, which is Latin for
virgin. “The ancient glyph for Virgo looks like an M which explains the M
names of “virgin mothers” like Jesus’ mother Mary, Adonis’
mother Myrra, Buddha’s mother Maya, and Horus’ mother IsisMeri. Virgo is
also called the House of Bread and the zodiacal symbol shows a woman
holding a chaff of wheat, representing the August/September time of
harvest.
Bethlehem also means “House of Bread”
and is a reference to the constellation Virgo, not a place on Earth. At
its lowest point the sky on Dec. 22nd the Sun resides in the Southern
Cross or the Crux, a cross formed by stars symbolizing the crucifixion.
After steadily traveling downward
since the last solstice, the Sun stops movement at the Southern Crux for
3 days then rises again the Son dies on the cross and after 3 days is
resurrected.
“No people of the ancient world
believed the Sun to be God. That belongs in the disinformation file. In
point of fact, every ancient culture and nation on Earth have all used
the Sun as the most logically appropriate symbol to represent the glory
of the unseen Creator of the heavens. Here it is 
important to remember two points.
First, with the exception of Japan,
the ancient world mythologies always understood the Sun to be masculine
in qualities, and the moon feminine. Second, the English language is
derived from the German. In the Germanic, the word Sun is
spelled Sonne (Son). The two words can (and have been) used
interchangeably … Ancient man saw in his male offspring his own image
and likeness, and his own existence as a father was proved by the person
of his son.
Thus, it was assumed that God’s Sun
was but a visible representative of the unseen Creator in heaven. So it
was said, ‘when you have seen the Son, you have seen the Father.’ Said
another way is ‘The Father is glorified in His Son’ … The ancient
peoples reasoned that no one on Earth could ever lay claim of ownership
to the Sun. Such a magnificent heavenly body must belong to the unseen
Creator of the universe. It became, figuratively speaking, not man’s
but God’s Sun.
It was only a short hop and skip to
the understanding that God’s Sun was ‘The Light of the World’ …
Logically even if man himself dies, as long as the Sun comes up each
day, life on Earth will continue forever. Therefore, it was said in the
ancient texts that everlasting life was ‘the gift’ that the Father gives
through his Sun.”
To ancient man the most dangerous,
feared enemy was the unknown darkness of night, thereby making the Sun,
the light, heaven’s gift to the world. Without its light we cannot see,
without its warmth we cannot move, without its energy our food cannot
grow. Our very lives depend on the energy emitting from the Sun, making
it our life and savior. God so loves the world that he has given his only begotten Sun so that we may have everlasting life.
That is why in Deut 4:24 and Heb 12:29 God is “consuming fire in heaven.”
The Prince of Darkness is the Dark Evil, the Devil, Devil. God is the Good; God’s
Sun is the Light of the World, and the Prince of Peace. The Peace he
brings is Solace – Solace again from the word Solar, meaning Sun. In the
Egyptian personification, the Prince of Darkness was known as “Set” and
the Sun was known as “Horus.” So every night at SunSet the Dark Prince overtakes the world. But every morning the Sun is born again at Sun Rise, Horus is risen on the Horizon.
This is where we get the word “Hero,” the cheer “Hooray!” and also why an interpretation of the zodiac is a Horoscope.
“At daybreak this wonderful newborn
child, God’s Sun is Born Again, Horus is Risen. Even today when the Sun
comes up we see it on the ‘HorusRisen’ or ‘Horizon.’ His life was also
divided into 12 parts or steps across Heaven each day: 12 Horus = 12
Hours. This is the origin of the modern 12 Step Program. Horus is the
(newborn) Sun, or the Bringer of the Light. In Latin, Light Bringer is
Lucis, or Lucifer, or Luke … God’s Sun brought His wonderful light to
the world, and distributed it over 12 months.
So it was said, God’s Sun had 12
companions, or helpers, that assisted His lifesaving work. So it
was, God’s Sun had 12 apostles (or months) that followed Him religiously
through His life. Incidentally, now you know why the American jury
system has 12 jurors who help bring the truth to light, with the ‘Light
of Truth’ ... Keep in mind God’s Sun symbolically represented the light
of truth, but was condemned by His enemies who could not endure the
light of truth in their life. When we are confronted with the harsh
realities of life, the light of truth, which we do not wish to face, and
which runs counter to our views, such truth is judged in your mind, or
judged in the temple area of your brain, and put to death in your head!
Therefore God’s Sun –The Truth and
The Light – is put to death at Golgotha, or Place of the Skull, located
somewhere between your ears! This putting to death of the light of truth
in your mind is always accompanied by two thieves: Regret for the past
and Fear of the future. And of course God’s Sun goes to His death
wearing a corona – Latin for Crown of Thorns.”
So your “temples” or at the Golgatha (which means Place of the Skull), God’s Sun, the light of truth, is judged and crucified along with the two thieves of past and future.
The Sun’s corona, the plasma
atmosphere around the Sun, is then allegorically used as the Son’s
(Latin translation) Crown of Thorns.
Cultures all over the
ancient world kept track of time and seasons based on the movement of
the Sun. They invented circular sundials and sun calendars which
recorded daily and yearly time (lunar calendars recorded months). This
method of circular solar based time keeping was used by the ancient
Mexicans, Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians,
Egyptians, Celtics, Aryans and more. (JM.com)
Out of these circular, pictorial Sun
calendars developed the Holy cross. The Sun is portrayed on a cross – a
circle with perpendicular lines intersecting in the middle, the
horizontal axis representing the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, the
vertical axis representing the Summer and Winter Solstices.
