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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Reason for season Spring Goddess Eostre
In 1934, Disney made movie called The Goddess of Spring with bunnies, shroom gnomes
Pagan Origins of Easter: Forbidden Truth
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Jewish superiority? (Rabbi Chaim Rich man)
(Our World History Channel) March 24, 2024: Easter transcends its religious origins to embody themes of rebirth, fertility, spring, renewal, and the cyclical nature of life on this plane.
God made me and sent me to kill. Mwah ha ha!
Easter draws from the Hebrew (Jewish) term Pesach, meaning "Passover" [as in, "Pass over this house, God, and send your Angel of Death elsewhere, so that your killer does not kill the blood-sealed Jews inside"] commemorating the freeing of the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery.
This ancient festival, which is much older than Judaism, marked by the horrific Jewish slaughter ("sacrifice") of an innocent lamb and the black magic practice of smearing its blood on doorposts for protection and as a covenant to their tribal god, laying the groundwork for what would become a pivotal moment in later Christian observance.
[Who was God's only begotten "Angel of Death"? Azrael, Mot (the god), Marduk; the Buddhist "angel" (deva) personifying Death, the ogre (yakkha chief), the Tempter, the Cupid/Eros/Kama-deva figure called Mara?]
Roman psyops (Joseph Atwill)
The transformation of these blood rituals in 325 A.D., under Roman Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea, merged Judaic and Christian traditions in alignment with imperial Roman practices, adapting "Easter" into a pagan-friendly celebration of Caesar's Messiah, Jewish Jesus Christ, his [attempted] murder, magical resurrection, a cornerstone of faith that symbolizes triumph over his imperial death sentence and the carrot promising eternal life if subjects obey the emperor, the Roman pope ("father," infallible king), as if he were their all-seeing and all-powerful sky god king.
Let's honor the Goddess of Spring
Hindu of gods and goddesses and one rebel anti-Veda wandering ascetic (Creative Market)
However, the origins of Easter go back much further, as they meander through the verdant fields of pagan mythology, particularly in the tales of Ostara(Ēostre, Esther, Estrous from Latin oestrus or sexual "frenzy"), the Norse and Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring.
Associated with renewal, vitality, and the harmonious balance of day and night, Ostara's legends breathe life into the Easter symbols of bunnies and eggs.
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring
One enchanting myth recounts Ostara transforming a bird into a hare (bunny rabbit) that could lay colorful eggs [spring mushrooms in the grass], blending themes of transformation, generosity, and the celebratory essence of spring.
This intertwining of pagan and Christian symbols enriches Easter's tapestry, illustrating the shared human longing for reincarnation, youthful renewal, and the rebirth of the Earth after the dormant dead of winter.
The mysterious Moon (Luna) grows bigger and brighter and affects all on Earth.
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Rabbits and hares carry profound symbolic meanings across cultures.
[In Buddhist countries the Moon is a rabbit or hare because of the Rabbit on the Moon, that large eared shadow on its wheel turning face as it rolls across the sky.]
Mysterious cycle of the Moon (Chandra, Soma)
Viewed as embodiments of fertility, lunar mystique, and the duality of existence, these creatures represent the fertile embrace of the Earth, the mysterious cycles of the Moon, and the delicate balance between life and death.
The biblical flat earth with firmament dome
Their depiction in mythology and folklore as emissaries of the divine, bridging earthly and celestial realms, underscores the universal reverence for life's regenerative powers.
Easter, therefore, stands as a testament to humanity's enduring fascination with the [samsaric] cycles of life, death, and rebirth.
I'm going to roll on this egg in the grass, Eostre
It invites reflection on the spiritual and natural world's interconnectedness, urging individuals and communities to embrace renewal's promise.
Whether through solemn remembrance of one rebel godman's escape from the Roman cross after bribes were paid after too few hours to kill anybody or keeping the Goddess in mind Easter encapsulates the profound cycles of transformation that define our human experience.
Spring's rich tapestry of pagan and Judeo-Christian traditions offers a multi-dimensional perspective on this time of reflection and renaissance (rebirth, re-nascent) renewal, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the intricate dance of existence that continues to inspire and uplift the human spirit.
The Roman cross torture, known as "crucifixion," was a slow, humiliating display reserved for high political crimes like insurrection and rabble rousing, as one does when claiming to be a messiah or rebel leader to throw Roman imperial forces out of insignificant Judea (Dr. Reza Aslan, Zealot). It took between 3 to 9 hours, according to contradictory gospels of the Bible, for the "king of the Jews" to die, when it actually usually takes at least 72 hours to succumb to Death by crucifixion. This is not a way to kill someone but rather a way to publicly torture and dissuade others from such acts. In the end the victim will die of suffocation as his lungs fill with fluid, unless someone is bribed to spear him on the side to drain that fluid so as to prevent death or discomfort from those fluids. Jesus did not die on the cross, according to Russian Christian scholar Nicolas Notovitch. He was taken down, after bribes were paid, and quietly rushed out of Judea by back to India (Leh, Ladakh). The "resurrection" story was a cover so people who saw him tortured by the imposition of this penalty could realize he was still around, somewhere, trying to finish the work of a Jewish Messiah or kind of Buddhist Maitreya. The Buddha lived to the age of 80, and so did Jesus/St. Issa, passing away and being buried in Kashmir, in the Himalayas. His gravesite is well known to locals and can be visited by anyone. A Christian psychic should go there to confirm it, not that anyone will believe or take that as "evidence").
Goddess Lakshmi/Laxmi, 1896
After just a few token hours on a Roman symbol of imperial power, the gospel writers -- who were not the illiterate apostles credited who might have witnessed the events -- writing much later spun a way to promote a message, the conquest of death, when in fact everyone conquers death in this way: spring comes again in a natural cycle, and rebirth happens whether we like it or not. A cross, which might kill a person in three days or a week, did not fell the great Jesus of Nazareth. He did not suffocate but was spared by a corrupt and greedy centurion on the take. He endured 3 or at most 9 hours, according to the Bible, and for it, billions celebrate spring as Easter with its pagan roots as a conquest of death when, in fact, it's the same old astrotheology (Jordan Maxwell). Even the Romans followed when they worship Mithra on the Vatican grounds previously devoted to his worship (because he was born of a virgin on Dec. 25 and many more shocking similarities to the current Roman poster boy for the empire, Caeser's Messiah). "We all have our cross to bear," everyone is not told in Christendom. See the work of Joseph Atwill.
Spring's rich tapestry of pagan and Judeo-Christian traditions offers a multi-dimensional perspective on this time of reflection and renaissance (rebirth, re-nascent) renewal, encouraging a deeper appreciation for the intricate dance of existence that continues to inspire and uplift the human spirit.
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