1. The world
Is pagan
the days and months of the
gods and all religious sacred
festivals are pagan
hugh colmer
the crosscircle group• new york
It’s A Pagan World 1
4. Days and Months of the Gods
The Roman’s adopted the Greek Gods named for Months of the Year
God’s giving them Latin names:
The original Roman year had ten named months
Zeus (King of the Gods) became Jupiter. Martius "March", Aprilis "April", Maius "May",
Junius "June", Quintilis "July", Sextilis "August",
Poseidon (King of the Sea) became Neptune. September ", October ", November ", and “De-
cember ".
Ares (God of War) regarded as the father of
the Roman people because he was the father of January: Janus is the Roman god of gates and
Romulus, cofounder of Rome (850 B.C.) with doorways, depicted with two faces looking in op-
Remus, became Mars. posite directions. His festival month in January.
Hermes (messenger of the Gods) became Mer- February: Februa is the Roman festival of purifi-
cury. cation, held on February fifteenth. It is possibly of
Sabine origin.
Aphrodite (Goddess of Love) became Venus.
March: Martius was the time for the resumption
of war. Mars is the Roman god of war. He is iden-
tified with the Greek god Ares.
Gods named for Days of the Week
April: Aprilis is the month of Aphrodite the Greek
The following Days of the Week are after Greco- goddess of love and beauty. She is identified with
Roman, Norse, and Germanic Gods: the Roman goddess Venus.
Sunday – Day of the Sun.
May: Maia (meaning "the great one") is the Italic
Monday – Day of the Moon. goddess of spring, the daughter of Faunus, and
wife of Vulcan.
Tuesday - Tyr or Tiw was the Norse God of War.
Also known as Martius Roman God of War.
June: Junius or Juno is the principle goddess of the
Wednesday - Mercury the messenger God. Also Roman Pantheon. She is the goddess of marriage
known as the Norse God Odin, and Woden or and the well-being of women. She is the wife and
Wotan to the Germanic Tribes. sister of Jupiter. She is identified with the Greek
goddess Hera.
Thursday - Thor was the Norse God of Thunder.
And Jupiter also chief of the Gods. July: After the first Roman Emperor Julius Caesar
Friday - Frigga Norse God (in this case a god- (100-44 B.C.), who was regarded as a God.
dess). She was believed to be the wife of Odin
and was the goddess of marriage and the hearth. August: After the second great Roman Emperor
The Roman's had named this day for Venus their Augustus Caesar (63 B.C.-14 A.D.), who like all
goddess of beauty. Emperors up until Constantine (274-337 A.D., the
first Christian Emperor) was also regarded as a
Saturday - Saturn Roman God of Time and the God.
Harvest.
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5. Wednesday is the Day of Our Creator
Thoth Odin,
Quetzalcoatl,
Hemes
E very Wednesday—the day of the Germanic
god Wodan later known as Óðin and equiva-
lent with Thoth —should be celebrated because
the souls of the dead; both were known for their
wisdom cunning and trickery; and both, for ob-
vious reasons, had their roots as gods of fertility.
it is truly the day of the creator. Why? Because Thoth/Hermes/Mercury/Woden/Odin/Quetzal-
Thoth, under his Sumerian name Ningishz- coatl, were messenger gods whose divine fore-
idda, literally created the human race with his sight created the Emerald Tablets, the Tarot, the
father Enki. His Latin name, Mercury is based Runes and the Mayan Calender. Quetzalcoatl
on Dies Mercurii, “Day of Mercury”; compare: was known in Peru as Amaru the origin of the
French Mercredi, Spanish Miércoles, Roma- word America. Amaruca is, literally translated,
nian Miercuri and Italian Mercoledì. Wodan ‘Land of the Plumed Serpent.’Thoth as Quet-
and Mercury were considered psychopomps, or zalcoatl, is the Savior of the Americas. Perhaps
leaders of souls, The Romans found numerous Wednesday should be renamed Quetzalday in
similaries between Woden/Odin and Mercury as America!
both, like Jesus, acted as psychopomps guiding
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8. Paganism = Cosmic or Wisdom Religion
Glenn Beck has accomplished what neither Oprah Against Heresies, an attack on the doctrines of
Winfrey nor Shirley MacLaine could. Miracu- the Gnostics. In this work Irenæus declared upon
lously he persuaded leaders of the religious right the authority of the Apostles themselves that Je-
and evangelical leaders that it is acceptable for sus lived to old age. Godfrey Higgins observed
millions of "Christians" to embrace humanistic that. "All the ancient Mythologies of the world,
spirituality and paganism for the purpose of social which, however varied, and corrupted in recent
activism and social change. He constantly directs times, were originally one, and that one founded
his listeners to the founders of the American Con- on principles sublime, beautiful, and true." This
stitution and his slogan Faith, Hope and Charity. review would become Anacalypsis. He notes
He could of course go even further and say that that the doctrine of the crucifixion was a vexata
there is nothing new under the sun in Christianity questio among Christians even during the sec-
as all its rituals are pagan. Every Christian since ond century. "The evidence of Irenæus," he says,
the council of Nicea has been indoctrinated with "cannot be touched. On every principle of sound
the belief that Christianity was completely new, criticism, and of the doctrine of probabilities, it is
and the first true, religion in world history; that unimpeachable."
it was given to the world by God himself which
flashed out of Pagan darkness as the first ray of It should further be noted that Irenæus prepared
true light to illumine the pathway of evolution. this statement to contradict another apparently
current in his time to the effect that the ministry
St. Augustine, the greatest Church Father ever of Jesus lasted but one year. Of all the early Fa-
shatters this illusion. From remote antiquity, he thers, Irenæus, writing within eighty years after
asserts, there has always existed in the world the the death of St. John the Evangelist, should have
true religion which Hindu’s call Sanatana Dhar- had reasonably accurate information. If the dis-
ma. “That which is known as the Christian reli- ciples themselves related that Jesus lived to ad-
gion existed among the ancients, and never did not vanced age in the body, why has the mysterious
exist; from the beginning of the human race until number 33 been arbitrarily chosen to symbolize
the time when Christ came in the flesh, at which the duration of His life? Were the incidents in the
time the true religion, which already existed be- life of Jesus purposely altered so that His actions
gan to be called Christianity.” (Retractt. I, xiii, would fit more closely into the pattern established
cited by Dr. Alvin Boyd Kuhn in his Shadow of by the numerous Savior-Gods who preceded
The Third Century, He was speaking of the Egyp- Him? That these analogies were recognized and
tian religion which was a mixture of the Mysti- used as leverage in converting the Greeks and Ro-
cal and Mythical representations of Divine Truth mans is evident from a perusal of the writings of
given to the earliest of mankind on this planet. Justin Martyr, another second-century authority.
Nowhere in this "TRUE REGION FROM THE In his Apology, Justin addresses the pagans thus:
BEGINNING" was there ever a "Karast/Christ" "And when we say also that the Word, who is the
who was to come in "the flesh" for they waited for first-birth of God, was produced without sexual
a new zodiacal age and obeyed Natural Law. union, and that He, Jesus Christ, Our Teacher, was
According to conventional wisdom, Jesus was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended
crucified during the thirty-third year of His life into heaven, we propound nothing different from
and in the third year of His ministry following His what you believe regarding those whom you es-
baptism. About A.D. 180, St. Irenæus, Bishop of teem sons of Jupiter. * * * And if we assert that
Lyons, a pre-council of Nicea theologian, wrote the Word of God was born of God in a peculiar
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manner, different from ordinary generation, let in Canaan under Abraham (b. Babylon,18th cent.
this, as said above, be no extraordinary thing to BC), and the Law of Moses. They are part of the
you, who say that Mercury is the angelic word world's sacred scriptures, preceded by Hindu,
of God. But if any one objects that He was cruci- Mazdean, Egyptian, Sumerian, and Chaldean re-
fied, in this also He is on a par with those reputed ligions; which have reached us in a very confused
sons of Jupiter of yours, who suffered as we have and altered form. The Pentateuch is, exoterically,
now enumerated." From this it is evident that the a collection of allegorical legends; but, in the light
first missionaries of the Christian Church were of the Zohar, the main book of the modern Jewish
far more willing to admit the similarities between Cabala, the first four chapters at least of Genesis
their faith and the faiths of the pagans than were are a fragment of a highly philosophical page in
their successors in later centuries. ancient cosmogony. Hebrews probably adopted
the "bulrushes" story from tales of Sargon the
Moses comes from the ancient Hebrew blood- Great of Akkad (Babylon). The mother of Sargon
line whose roots go back to creation. His belief was a princess who placed her babe in an ark of
in Monotheism —one God—shows him as Pha- rushes, sealing the ark with bitumen and setting
raoh Akhenaton and Zoroaster. This dates back it adrift on the river. The ark was found by a wa-
to the teachings of the ancient Egyptian Priests ter carrier, Akki, who brought up the child as his
and the Mystery School Teachings which were own.
about creation based in the cycles of time. In the
3rd century BC, Manetho, a Hellenistic Egyptian Pre-Vedic Brahmanism and Buddhism are the
chronicler and priest, alleged that Moses was not double source from which all religions sprang;
a Jew, but an Egyptian renegade priest, called Os- Cabalism, Judaism, and our present Christianity
arseph. It has been suggested that he may have included—sprang from the two main branches of
been an Egyptian nobleman or prince influenced that one the once universal religion, which ante-
by the religion of Aten, or simply sympathetic to dated the Vedic ages—we speak of that prehistoric
Hebrew culture. Moses is an Egyptian name-el- Buddhism which merged later into Brahmanism.
ement meaning "-gave birth to him" or "-formed It is not against the primitive Vedas that Gautama
him as in "Ramose" which had the meaning "child protests. It is against the official state religion of
of Ra" or "Ra formed him". Many scholars from his country; and the Brahmans who intended to
Sigmund Freud to Joseph Campbell suggest that prove that the castes were predetermined by the
Moses may have fled Egypt after Akhenaton’s Creator by the very fact that each class of men
death (ca. 1358 BC) when much of the pharaoh's was issued from a more or less noble limb of
monotheistic reforms were being violently re- Brahma. Gautama-Buddha's philosophy was that
versed. Egyptologist Ahmed Osman) proposes taught from the beginning of time in the inner
that Moses and Akhenaton is the same person sanctuaries of the pagodas. The metaphysics of
(Moses and Akhenaton, Dec. 2002). Brahmanism and Buddhism are incorporated in
all the fundamental dogmas of the Gnostics. The
It is alleged that the Pentateuch was written by Gnostics held that the Old Testament was the rev-
Moses, and yet it contains the account of his own elation of an inferior god, without a single sen-
death (Deut. 34:6); The Pentateuch, the first five tence of their Sophia, the Divine Wisdom. As to
books of the Bible; contains stories of creation, a the New Testament, it had lost its purity when the
flood, the formation of the State of Israel which compilers became guilty of the errors and inac-
traces its ancestry to the settlement of the Hebrews curacies which tend to arise during hand copying,
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10. Paganism = Cosmic or Wisdom Religion
especially over long periods of time. The revela- instrumental role; He was the one we had to have
tion of divine truth was sacrificed by them to pro- faith in. George Washington said: "It is the duty
mote endless conflict between the proponents of of all nations to acknowledge the providence of
circumcision and the "Law," and the apostles who Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for
had given up Judaism. His benefits, and humbly to implore His protec-
tion and favor."
Although "Allah" has become known as the prop-
er name for the Muslim god, Allah is not a name, The American philosopher Manly Palmer Hall,
but a means literally, "the god". All pagan cultures wrote of the secret destiny of the United States,
have generic terms that refer to their "supreme laid down by Masonic Founding Fathers, as be-
god" as "the God". "Allah" was originally no ing a country where religious conflict would not
more a proper name for the Muslim God, than the prevail. He said, "European mysticism was not
word Hebrew "elohim" (god) or Greek "theos" dead at the time the United States of America was
(god) are proper names of the one true God of the founded. The hand of the mysteries controlled in
Bible. "Jehovah" is the only revealed proper name the establishment of the new government for the
for the "Elohim" of the Old Testament ( Ex 3:13; signature of the mysteries may still be seen on the
6:3) and "Jesus" is the only revealed proper name Great Seal of the United States of America. Care-
of "Theos" in the New Testament. (Acts 4:12) ful analysis of the seal discloses the American
Jesus is called "The God" many times in the New eagle upon the Great Seal is but a conventional-
Testament: John 20:28; Heb 1:8. The mere fact that ized phoenix... and the all-seeing-eye on the dol-
"Allah" is equivalent to "elohim" and "ho theos" lar bill above the pyramid with the words: "Novus
does not mean they correspond. Allah is the same Ordo Seclorum," translates as: "A new order of
god as the Buddhist god, for Buddhists also refer the ages.” Symbols and some of it's mysteries de-
to their god as "the god". There is one religion scended from ancient Egypt and Babylon.
under different names: 'Christianity,' 'Buddhism,'
'Hebrew Religion,' 'Muslim Religion,' etc take off During the 2000 election Robert Roth’s bril-
these names and you will find that there is one liant and provocative book, “A Reason to Vote”,
religion, Paganism. showed that religion and politics are not strange
bedfellows for when the Founding Fathers creat-
John Adams called ‘Natural Law’ the Great legis- ed the American Constitution it reflected a deep-
lator of the Universe and it pervaded the thinking seated belief in the order of the universe and our
of our founders as they located the source of all place within it. John Dickinson, a delegate from
our rights in natural law and thought of natural Delaware to the Federal Convention in Philadel-
law as the supreme government. Our individual phia that drafted the U.S. Constitution, told his
right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness fellow delegates to let our government be like that
don’t come from man-made law or from the tra- of the solar system; “Let the general government
dition of customs and practices known as com- be like the Sun and the states the planets, repelled
mon law but belong naturally to all individuals yet attracted, and the whole moving regularly and
by virtue of their participation in a universe ruled harmoniously in their several orbits”. This was
by eternal principles of order and universal con- more than a metaphor for Federalism; it reflected
sciousness...God. a deep seated belief among the founders in the or-
der of the universe and our place in it.
Samuel Adams and the founders felt America was
put together by divine providence God played an This is essentially what Thoth Hermes’s ‘Cosmic’
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11. Paganism = Cosmic or Wisdom Religion
religion encoded in “The Book of Thoth” taught Christianity is tantamount to erasing Christianity
before it was suppressed by the Roman Church. itself. The Vatican is obviously aware that the
The cosmic aspect of politics and religion is this— majority of myths and religions have a common
humanity is a Cosmic Entity associated with the origin yet they have not acknowledged this fact.
function of this planet as a unit in the Solar Sys- Colonel James Churchward expounds on this idea
tem: that System being a still larger cosmic unit in his book “The Sacred Symbols of Mu” in which
whose life-history is represented by the spiritual he discusses the Sacred Inspired Writings of Mu.
Sun. It was always the intention of cosmic reli- (Lemuria) including: The teachings of Thoth,
gion to teach us about our god-like nature if the Osiris, Moses, and Jesus which Sri Aurobindo
whole planet is to be transformed. Mankind, like came from the Overmind. He notes how Moses
everything else in the Cosmos, must return to the condensed the forty-two questions of the Osirian
Source, God. When our ‘Founders’ referred to Mysteries into the Ten Commandments and how
the ‘Sun’ they were actually referring to, the ‘The Jesus condensed the texts to suit the language of
Galactic Central Sun’ the principle of intelligent his day.
energy that pervades the whole universe. Cosmic
religion envisions a transformation of the whole The power of the Vicars of Christ was built on the
planet through instructing humanity about its in- doctrine of being the successors of St. Peter as
herent divinity. Socrates, Pythagoras, Plato, Zoro- the first Bishop of Rome. History, however, does
aster, &c., and all those initiated in the most secret not show Peter to have been in Rome, or to have
mysteries, acknowledged one supreme God, the ever been a bishop, anywhere. The first bishop of
Lord and First Cause of all. Rome was listed as Linus. “Peter of Rome” took
the place of the Pet-Roma, the “Book of Stone”
Cosmic religion is encoded in our Holy Day cel- which played a major part in initiation into the
ebrations. Every year people go about their busi- Eleusinian Mysteries. The statue of Jupiter (Jo-
ness and then are happy to take the day off on Peter) in Rome came to be worshiped as the im-
these festivals oblivious to the pagan meaning age of Peter, with the claim that it always had been
which is the basis of Judeo-Christian religion. the image of Peter. An effective unification of all
When families gather at Christmas time, and cel- of Rome’s religions had to not only include the
ebrate the festival of lights, roll eggs at Easter, or major gods of those religions, but to make them
traditional dances, they are unaware of the rea- subordinate to Jesus. The names of the disciples,
sons. The revelry during these holy days is a then, corresponded to the names of those gods.
distraction. Wisdom is not invited to the party as Matthew was Mithras, Thomas - Tammuz, Mark -
it would spoil the fun. The earliest books of our Mars, John - Oannes, Peter - Jupiter, Paul - Apol-
Bible are astrological, and are filled with priceless lo. Even the Virgin Mary was a variation on older
ancient wisdom told in myth, fable, and allegory myths. The name “Jesus Christ” was actually a
- E. Valentia Straiton (The Celestial Ship of the contraction on “Hesus” and “Christos”. The use
North). of crosses, as symbols, was almost non-existent
before. This was generally regarded as a violation
Many investigators have pointed out that Vatican- of the second commandment, and the reminder of
style Christianity is replete with pagan symbol- Christ’s suffering was usually deemed inappro-
ism. Protestant preachers have tried to sanitize priate.
their version of Christianity by eliminating more
obvious pagan elements. However, they have not There is not a single element of Judeo-Christian
succeeded— for to erase the pagan elements from doctrine that did not originate in the pagan world.
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12. Cosmic Religion and Natural Law
When Christians bend their knees before their that the words "religion" and "dharma" denote
"Lord," for example, they are unaware they follow two entirely different concepts and perspectives.
a ritual sacred to Thoth, Egyptian God Of Wis- Religion is comprised of rituals, customs, and
dom. When Christians bury their dead beneath the dogmas surviving on the basis of fear and blind
ground they emulate the rites of the Osirian priest-faith. Dharma—a word, unfortunately, with no
hood who believed the soul can transcend to high- English equivalent—encapsulates those great
er planes of existence after traversing the "Under- laws and disciplines that uphold, sustain, and
world" (known as Duat, Amenta or Nekya). ultimately lead humanity to the sublime heights
of worldly and spiritual glory. Established in the
Sri Aurobindo, an Avatar of The Supreme, the name of God, a religion is an institution that re-
liberator of India from British rule, came here to quires a growing number of adherents for its ex-
transcend the Overmind consciousness that has pansion and future existence. A religion discrimi-
been the highest spiritual influence until now, and nates against human beings who do not belong
cause the descent of the Supramental Conscious- to its particular order and condemns their way of
ness. Sri Aurobindo observes that the Over- mind living and being, whereas dharma is eternal, look-
has produced Rama, Cristna, Buddha, Jesus and ing for no followers for its propagation. With no
all the highest creative forces, and we have lived discrimination whatsoever, it leads a human be-
under their auspices — sometimes through the ing beyond the realms of man-made, institution-
voices of our prophets and religions, sometimes alized dictums. Instead of creating fear of God,
through the voices of our poets, musicians and it makes God manifest in the human heart, not in
artists. Yet none of them have transformed the an anthropomorphic form, but as the absolute and
world. universal One in whom all diversities reside in
perfect harmony.
After the death of the Master and his direct dis-
ciples, the ‘Truth’ of their teaching becomes dis- Cosmic or Wisdom religion is encoded in our
torted. For centuries we have been on the quest Holy Day celebrations. Every year people go
for the grail but we have found only half of the about their business and then are happy to take
Secret. The other half, according to Sri Aurob- the day off on these festivals oblivious to the pa-
indo, is to be found in the depths of Death and gan meaning which is the basis of Judeo-Chris-
Unconsciousness, and in the very heart of ‘Evil’. tian religion. Many investigators have pointed
The key to divine life is to transform the darkness out that Vatican-style Christianity is replete with
within ourselves. It is essential that we make our pagan symbolism. Protestant preachers have
peace with the gods and goddesses and disconnect tried to sanitize their version of Christianity by
from them and our religions so that our minds are eliminating more obvious pagan elements. How-
free to experience Sanatana Dharma. ever, they have not succeeded— for to erase the
Sanatana Dharma means: pagan elements from Christianity is tantamount
Eternal Path to erasing Christianity itself.
Never Beginning nor Ending Way
Perennial Philosophy The regalia of Vatican priests was worn before
Universal Tradition by pagan priests. Phoenician priests wore sur-
All-Pervading Truth plices. Lambskin was worn by Persian priests.
Natural Flow The custom of canons wearing fur coats is a
Sri Aurobindo and the great sages of India teach throwback to animal sacrifice. Russian bishops
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13. Cosmic Religion
suspended small silver bells which were also Catholicism is pulsating with Paganism.
worn on the robes of the priests of Persia. The One of the common elements of Pagans is their
Pope’s mitre is adopted from the headdress of common symbol for eternal life, evergreen,
the priests of Oannes/Dagon, the fish head god. trees and bushes and the Pine Cone is revered
Like an Assyrian king, he carries a pine cone because it is the “seed” for more evergreens as
mounted on his staff. This same pine cone staff it is a powerful, and ancient symbol of Eternal
is a symbol of the solar god Osiris, the Egyptian Life.
Messiah, who died for the good of his people,
and whose wife, Isis, was worshipped as the Vir-
The Vatican is obviously aware that the major-
gin Mother. Osiris was the Egyptian counterpartity of myths and religions have a common ori-
of Jesus Christ! gin. Colonel James Churchward expounds on this
idea in his book “The Sacred Symbols of Mu”
Investigators believe the pine cone represent- in which he discusses the Sacred Inspired Writ-
ings of Mu. (Lemuria) including: The teachings
of Thoth, Osiris, Moses, and Jesus. He notes how
Moses condensed the forty-two questions of the
Osirian Mysteries into the Ten Commandments
and how Jesus condensed the texts to suit the lan-
guage of his day.
There is not a single element of Judeo-Christian
doctrine that did not originate in the pagan world.
When Christians bend their knees before their
"Lord," for example, they are unaware they fol-
low a ritual sacred to Thoth, the ibis-headed god
of the moon. When Christians bury their dead
beneath the ground they emulate the rites of the
Osirian priesthood who believed the soul can
transcend to higher planes of existence after tra-
versing the "Underworld"
When families gather at Christmas time, and cel-
ebrate the festival of lights, roll eggs at Easter, or
traditional dances, they are unaware of the rea-
sons. Astrology, Sabeanism, and Uranography
mean nothing to them. The revelry during these
ed the third eye and spiritual enlightenment. It holy days are a distraction. Wisdom is not invited
denoted Dionysus, and “messiahs” (anointed to the party as it would spoil the fun. The earliest
kings). It represented virility and potency. As an books of our Bible are astrological, and are filled
“eye” symbol it would have been the equivalent with priceless ancient wisdom told in myth, fable,
of the “Eye of Horus.” and allegory - E. Valentia Straiton (The Celestial
Ship of the North).
The Roman Catholic Church utilizes the Pine
Cone which is even more evidence that Roman
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14. Amaruca: Land of the Winged Serpent
I n a world filled with holy days and holiday tradi-
tions few seek to understand their origin. Most
generally accept common religious practices with-
the sun, creating a period of sultry weather. They
named this period of time, from 20 days before
the conjunction to 20 days after, “dog days” after
out question so that they are accepted in Christian the Dog Star.
society. This defect has created great conflicts be-
tween those of different faiths especially in the “When Marduk [now called Ra], returned to Egypt
observance of Christmas, Easter, New Year’s, he found Ningishzidda [called Thoth in Egypt]
Halloween, Valentine’s Day and other supposed as its master. With the aid of the offspring of the
Christian holidays. Millions honor these days Anunnaki [astronauts from Nibiru] who Earth-
without knowing why—or where they originated. lings espoused did Ningishzidda the land oversee,
Many believe that they are “found in the Bible” what Marduk had once planned and instructed by
because millions of Christians observe them and Ningishzidda was overturned.” [Sitchin, Z., 2002,
cannot be wrong even though they themselves do The Lost Book of Enki, page 284]. When Thoth-
not really know the significance of them. July 4th, Hermes leaves Egypt, he arrives in Mexico un-
is a good day to read the Declaration of Indepen- der the name of Quetzalcoatl, he is said to have
dence, signed by our Founding Fathers on July 4, come out of the sea, bringing with him a mys-
1776. We hold these truths to be self- evident, that terious cross. On his garments were embellished
all men are created equal, that they are endowed clouds and red crosses. In his honor, great ser-
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights pents carved from stone were placed in different
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit parts of Mexico.
of Happiness. That supposedly is the reason why
Governments are instituted yet religious institu-
The cross of Quetzalcoatl became a Mayan sa-
tions have taken these unalienable rights away
cred symbol, and Maya Indian angels had crosses
from us. The most important being that of know-
of various pigments painted on their foreheads.
ing our own divinity. Similar crosses were placed over the eyes of those
initiated into their Mysteries. When Cortez ar-
Yet perhaps when you have read rived in Mexico, he brought with him the cross.
the following August the 13th, Recognizing this, the natives believed that he was
the day when Quetzalcoatl the Quetzalcoatl, for He had promised to come back
winged serpent was born, will
in the future and redeem his people.
be even more appropriate to cel-
ebrate the birthday of America
In his epic book, Anacalypsis, Godfrey Hig-
(Amaruca).
gins sheds light on the cross and its symbolism
in America: “The Incas had a cross of very fine
This day also has a Venus-Sirius connection marble or beautiful highly polished jasper wor-
which was important to the Egyptians. The bright- shiped in a sacred chamber of a palace. The Span-
est of the stars in Canis Major (the big dog) is iards decorated this cross with gold and jewels,
Sirius, which is coincidently the brightest star in and placed it in the cathedral of Cuzco. Mexican
the night sky. In fact, it is so bright that the an- temples are in the form of a cross, and face the
cient Romans thought that the earth received heat four cardinal points.
from it. In the summer, however, Sirius, the “dog
star,” rises and sets with the sun. During late July quetzalcoatl is represented in
Sirius is in conjunction with the sun, and the an- the paintings of the Codex Bor-
cients believed that its heat added to the heat of gianus nailed to the cross.
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15. Amaruca: Land of the Winged Serpent
breath. The great spiritual masters of Central
America long for the return of Quetzalcoatl
when the feathered-serpent will replace the
Christian Cross. Quetzal is the name of the
paradise bird and coatl, the word for serpent.
Its Maya equivalent is Kukul-Can, and Gu-
cumatz for the Quiche in the Popol Vuh. No
one knows exactly when the winged serpent
colonized the Americas but H.P. Blavatsky
says the Mayas existed in Plato’s Atlantis.
The Maya civilization arrived in the Americas
as a mature culture with art, architecture, re-
ligion, and a system hieroglyphics which be-
came phonetics. Thoth-Hermes migrated from
Egypt and became known in the Americas as
Quetzalcoatl, the first ruler of the Toltecs, and
Mayans. In Peru he was called Amaru Lord
S ometimes even the two thieves are there cru-
cified with Quetzalcoatl. In Vol. II. Plate 75,
the God is crucified in the Heavens, in a circle of
of Amaruca, literally translated as ‘Land of
the Plumed Serpent. The origin of the name
America is commonly attributed to the Ital-
nineteen figures, the number of the Metonic cycle, ian explorer Amerigo Vespucci and not Ama-
the Moon’s 19 year cycle where the Moon returns ruca. Quetzalcoatl is said to have been born
to exactly the same place (at the same longitude on August 13th. So perhaps now that Land of
and against the same constellation) in the sky with the Great Plumed Serpent, is finally gaining
the same phase. A serpent is depriving him of the more credibility among scholars, it is time to
his sexual organs. In the Codex Borgianus, (pp. restore the name Amaruca to its rightful place
4, 72, 73, 75,) the Mexican God is represented and celebrate the birthday of America then.
crucified and nailed to the cross, and in another
place hanging on it, with a cross in his hands. The Recent discoveries in Peru may lead to more
crucifixion of the Logos in space and the cruci- conclusive evidence concerning the relation-
fixion of the dove are common in pagan religious ships between North and South American in-
symbolism. The digenous Indians. As discoveries continue to
fact that a cross unearth ancient Inca cities, writings pertain-
is formed by the ing to the mysterious origins of Amaruca are
spread wings of sure to be found. The Incas abandoned their
a bird in relation towns and cities and retreated from the trea-
to its body is no sure-hunting Spanish invaders after the Con-
doubt one of the quistadors captured and executed the last Inca
reasons why the leader, Tupac Amaru, in 1572. Some of the
Egyptians used cities have since been rediscovered, but many
a bird to symbolize the immortal nature of man, more are believed to lie hidden in the dense
and often show it hovering over the mummi- jungle.
fied body of the dead and carrying in one of its
claws the sign of life and in the other the sign of The Book of the Quiches of Guatemala is
It’s A Pagan World 15
16. Amaruca: Land of the Winged Serpent
said to have been written by Votan, their name coatl tried to suppress thes atrocities and urged
for Quetzalcoatl. Votans, priests of Quetzalcoatl the substitution of fruit, flowers, treasured pos-
existed for perhaps for thousands of years. Votan sessions, and self sacrifice. The Codex Vaticanus
is the son of a virgin, sent to save mankind; con- A bears so close a resemblance to the Egyptian
nected also with earthquakes, deluge and wind. Pert-Em-Hru that it has been called “The Mexi-
Although there is hardly a single cultural custom can Book of the Dead.” The Pert em Hru is the
whose origin was not from Quetzalcoatl, he is es- oldest book of Scripture in the world. [It’s where
pecially connected with the planet Venus, and the the Bible, Qur’an and Torah comes from]. The
Mayan calendar. As god of the morning star, he Pert is erroneously known as the Egyptian Book
bore the name of Ce Acatl, one of the dates mark- of the Dead because Arab tomb raiders called the
ing the periodical re- copies they found “kitaabi-m-mayyit” (books
turn of Venus. Mex- of the dead men). Like some corpses today are
ican paintings depict buried with Bibles, ancient Egyptians were often
Quetzalcoatl with buried with scrolls of the Pert em Hru. The title is
a wand resembling correctly translated “Coming Forth By Day,” or
the brazen serpent “Becoming Awake.” The above passage indicates
rod of Moses. The that the Muslims knew the 99 names of Allah to
Torah says that Mo- be various attributes of the One God, not separate,
ses lifted a ‘fiery independently existing deities. The Mayan calen-
serpent’ to cure the dar added thirteen days every fifty-two years. At
Israelites from ser- midnight of the closing cycle, determined by the
pent bites. (Book position of the Pleiades, the high priest lit a fire
of Numbers, chapter 21:4-9). The reign of Quet- and the people rejoiced at deliverance of the world
zalcoatl was the golden age of the Toltecs. The from destruction by flood. Perhaps the prophecies
departure of Quetzalcoatl marked the decline of of December 21, 2012 won’t come true but that’s
the Toltecs before the ascension of the aggressive no reason to continue celebrating Christmas as
Aztecs who practiced human sacrifice. Quetzal- usual.
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17. Saturnalian Christmas
R omans celebrated Saturnalia, a feast named for Sat-
urn which was inherited from an earlier Babylonian
priesthood, on December 21, the winter solstice in the
northern hemisphere. They believed the shortest day of
the year was the birthday of the sun. The Christmas sea-
son is the time when the sun enters Capricorn, one of
the houses of Saturn, who is interchangeable with his
feminine counterpart, Virgo/Ceres, who holds a stalk of
grain or corn. Placing grain in the open hearth are an-
cient Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon yuletide rituals.
Chronos, our Father Time, was depicted in Greco-Ro-
man mosaics turning a zodiac wheel and later pictured
as an old man with a hood over the back of his head,
holding a sickle in his hand. Words such as chronology,
chronic, and chronicle derive from Chronos.
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18. Saturnalian Christmas
T he Chrismas holiday season the world cel-
ebrates each year on the 25th of December is
actually thousands of years older than Christian-
T he festival began when Roman authorities
chose “an enemy of the Roman people” to
represent the “Lord of Misrule.” Each Roman
ity itself -- So Why Does There Continue To Be
community selected a victim whom they forced
So Much Controversy Over This Day? Christmas
to indulge in food and other physical pleasures
is one of the biggest events on the Christian cal-
throughout the week. At the festival’s conclusion,
endar, yet the customs we associate with the event
December 25th, Roman authorities believed they
are steeped in Paganism. Pagans designated 25th
were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally
of December as the birthday of the Solar Man. murdering the innocent man or woman who they
They rejoiced, feasted, gathered in processions, chose to represent “the forces of darkness”.
and made offerings in the temples. The darkness
of winter was over and the glorious son of light Saturnalia became one of the most popular Roman
was returning to the Northern Hemisphere. With festivals. It was marked by a reversal of social
his last effort the old Sun God had torn down the roles, in which slaves and masters switched plac-
house of the Philistines (the Spirits of Darkness) es— with masters serving their slaves. Schools
and had cleared the way for the new sun who was and courts were closed, and the whole commu-
born that day from the depths of the earth amidst nity would give itself up to feasting, gambling
the symbolic beasts of the lower world. It’s a trag- and drinking. It was also a time for exchanging
edy that the Easter and Christmas traditions have gifts – particularly of wax candles (also known
lost the transcendental spirit of the festival of hu- as cerei) and earthenware figurines known as sig-
man evolution. Many Christians today believe illaria. Saturnalia continued to be celebrated up
that December 25, is a Christian holiday. The fact until around the end of the fourth century. It was
is that people have been celebrating Christmas, then moved to January, where it was merged into
long before the birth of Christ. The festivity was the festival of the Kalends of January, yet another
known then, as Saturnalia, a festival in which the significant part of the Roman Midwinter celebra-
Romans commemorated the dedication of the tem- tions.
ple of the god Saturn. As winter approached, they
were losing harvest and needed the sun in order In the 4th century The Roman Catholic Church
for their harvest to bear fruit. Saturn, the Greek adopted the Saturnalia festival in an effort to con-
God Chronus, was the Roman god of ‘Time’, ag- vert large numbers of pagans by promising them
riculture and harvest. Saturn could be thought of that they could continue to celebrate Saturnalia as
as Father Christmas and Father Time. “Christmas”. Christians adopted the Roman prac-
tices of Saturnalia for the earliest Christmas holi-
Saturnalia is rooted in pagan and Celtic traditions. days were celebrated by drinking, sexual indul-
They believed that winter was due to a losing gence, singing naked in the streets (a precursor of
battle between the sun god and the god of dark- modern caroling), etc. The problem is that there
ness. Then on December 25, the sun reverses its no relationship between Christianity and Saturna-
power on the darkest night of the year. The Ro- lia. To remedy this, these early Christians adopted
man pagans introduced into law December 17-25 Sol Invictus, the Unconquered Sun, as more ap-
as Saturnalia. During this period, Roman courts propriate to Saturnalia’s final day, December 25th
were closed, and law dictated that no one could as Jesus’ birthday.
be punished for damaging property or injuring
people during the week long celebration.
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19. Sol Invictus
If Christ is born anew in our consciousness
we can have a mass of Christs
all year long.
December 25, is the festival of the unconquered sun.
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20. Sol Invictus
S ol Invictus or Deus Sol Invictus (“the Un-
conquered Sun God”) was created by Roman
emperor Aurelian in the year 274, which contin-
The Great Central Sun of the Cosmos is the source
of all physical-spiritual creation. It is the Nucleus
of the “Cosmic Egg.” The star Sirius is the focus
ued until the abolition of paganism in the Roman of the Great Central Sun in our sector of the Gal-
empire by Theodosius the Great. The title of Sol axy, which magnifies the radiations of a particular
Invictus referred to three distinct divinities; Sol,
constellation for 2,160 years during any particular
Mithras, and El-Gabal. Emperor Constantine, zodiacal age. When Mithras and Theseus slay the
who founded Christianity, worshiped Sol Invic- Bull it signified their Hyper-Cosmic power to end
tus, the Roman Sun God, until the day he died. the Age of Taurus as the spring equinox moved
On his death bed he ordered coins with his image into the constellation of Aries. The power of the
on one side and the Sun God on the other, then Sun is a living power identical with your spiri-
took Catholic communion for the first time in his tual power. All our energy comes from the Sun,
life, and then died. and we in turn must radiate the energy we receive
from it. The Sun rules the intellect and highlights
On December 25th, the Romans held a festival hidden desires that cloud the awareness of Divin-
known as Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, “the birth- ity.
day of the unconquered sun.” By using the title of
Sol Invictus, the Romans could worship several
different solar gods collectively. Under the for-
mer Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar
in 45 BC, the Winter Solstice fell on December
25th, thus it was the day when the Sun was “un-
B
conquerable.” Under the modern-day Gregorian oth Christians and Secularists lose
calendar, the solstice has been moved to Decem- when they miss the spiritual message
ber 21st, although it sometimes occurs on the
22nd. Many scholars believe that the Sol Invic-
of love that can be created if people acted
tus festival is the source of the December 25th in a Christ-like way. The more important
date of Christmas, especially since Jesus Christ question is are you in a deep, devoted
is viewed as “the sun of righteousness” or “the communion with the spirit of Christ at
son of light.” Christmastide?
The Sun for the ancients was the Hyper-Cosmic
Sun and source of consciousness, located at the
center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which our solar
system shares with at least 200 billion other stars
and their planets, and where thousands of clus-
ters and nebula coexist. There are many names
and symbols for the central Sun of the Galaxy:
The Egyptian Eye of Ra or Horus depicted as a
Hawk and Uraeus (a cobra) either side of the sun
disk; the Greek Helios and Apollo; the Persian
Mithras; and the Mayan Galactic Butterfly or
Hunab Ku.
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21. Chronus of the North Pole
C hris Van Allsburg’s book on which the Po-
lar express is based is a heartwarming story
T he engraving of the tablet of Cebes in
Manley Hall’s, The Secret Teachings of
the Ages could have inspired the film post-
about the power of belief that resonates across
er for The Polar Express. Further research
generations and cultures and to some extent sup-
revealed that this tablet was at the altar in
ports this Xmas exploration. What touches the
the temple of Chronos, the primeval god of
heart in this film goes far beyond the sentimental-
Time who emerged self-formed at creation.
ity of Santa Claus and reindeer bells. Once one
Chronos ushers in the New Year and he
understands that this is a parable about a child’s
tells us that the world is represented as a
belief in God, who is the searchlight along the
great mountain. Ancients saw God as the
shadowy pathway in life, the film makes total
Polestar to guide them upward in search
sense. The highlight was when the conductor
of truth and immortality. Above the clouds
tells us that sometimes the most real things are
which conceal the summit of the mountain
those you can’t see.” Harry Potter fans would
is the goal of human attainment—true hap-
agree with that. piness. Isn’t that what Father Xmas and Fa-
ther Time would want for us.
It’s A Pagan World 21
22. Santa’s Artic Home
S anta Claus is going to be very unhappy this
year as he is caught between a melting North
Pole and a frozen economy. Santa Claus is argu-
gan. Therefore Santa Claus’ rule of the North
Pole should be over and the ‘Unconquered Sun’
should rule.
ably the greatest philanthropist in the world. No
one person dispenses as many gifts in one day. In his book,” Arctic Home,” (published in 1903),
What can he do to solve the world’s economic Gangadhar Tilak was convinced that ancient In-
woes after all He has been given all the attributes dian Vedic texts point unmistakably to a “realm
of a God? If we follow this hypothesis it’s un- of the gods” where the sun rises and sets once
derstandable that many Christians believe that the a year, which indicates that these writers under-
Santa Claus tradition robs the Lord Jesus Christ stood the astronomical symbolism at the North
of His glory. The problem is that every religion Pole. So, if you are celebrating any of the west-
thinks their God is better even though they are ern traditions of Christmas this year, remember
all the same ‘One God’ with different names. that you are also enjoying the rituals of several
ancient polar gods from the Hindus, Greeks,
Just Google "The Devil Is In Your Chimney! Scandinavians, and Romans.
Satan Claus and the Anti-Christ! The Great Im-
poster! Recent film in the Santa Claus franchise Few dispute that Santa Claus’ annual visit calms
brings more fuel to the yuletide fire and exposes us as he sails through the darkest night of the year
Jack’s evil plan to turn the North Pole into a theme bringing hope and light to the world’s children.
park and renaming Dec. 25 “Frostmas” – literally His Christmas presents also promise, through sea-
taking Jesus out of Christmas. Unfortunately in sonal renewal, that the world is eternally young.
this scenario no one wins except the creators, pro- Why would a secularist or a Christian complain
ducers, and cast whose slapstick clichés pander about that? Christ is a mystical expression for the
to secularists. The current controversy between human inner god, while chrest is the latent Christ
Christians and secularists during the Xmas season spirit which is regenerated by good thinking, liv-
could be settled if both parties were aware of the ing and actions. In the language of the Mysteries,
genesis of Santa Claus and Christ. Chrestes, Chrestos, Chrestians chrestos (Greek)
is a title of respect equivalent to “the worthy.”
Christians think ancient Gods are nothing but
myths. What about the Christian God? Isn’t he
just a myth also? Greeks used myth to explain the
The word Christos was easier to con-
unexplainable. Ancient civilizations created Polar vert Middle Eastern religions with
Gods and Sun Gods to rule their universe. The at- than the word “Messiah
tributes of Santa Claus can be traced back to Polar
Gods such as Siva, Chronus, and Apollo.
Zep Tepi is the Egyptian Genesis. Zep means
Time.Tepi means First. Together they are the
‘First Time’ or the Golden Age (Alchemy) where
the Pantheon of Egyptian Gods, Ptah, Ra, Su, Geb,
Set, Osiris, and Thoth (associated with Orion, god
of resurrection and rebirth,) Horus, Ma’at , and
Thoth ruled after the last ice age approximately
13,000 years ago when the Age of Leo (Sun) be-
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23. Paganism influenced Christianity
E ntertheNewYearwithgreaterspiritualeffortev-
erydayandredeemyourselfbyyourself.Noone
elsecandoitforyou.ThiswasthemessageinCharles
B ut in the process of this amalgamation, the true
spiritual power of the Christian Gnostics was
forgotten, and it is the reason why America is so
Dickens’s most popular book, “A Christmas Carol,” polarized at Christmas. The Teachings of the Origi-
whichintroducedtheGhostsofChristmasesPast,Pres- nal Gnostic Christians were fervently suppressed by
ent,andFuture,toshowScroogetheerrorofhisways. the Roman Church because they portray Jesus and
Most people think that Santa Claus has nothing to Mary Magdalene as initiates of the Mystery School
do with the religious side of Christmas. Santa Claus of Osiris and Isis. The gospels are a dramatic reen-
is actually supposed to be Saint Nicholas. Up until actment of spiritual allegory that leads to spiritual
the 1930s Santa was shown in paintings to look like enlightenment, for the Mystery Schools taught how
anordinaryperson,dressednormallybutwearinga we have the power to transform our world by ex-
red cloak. Then in the 1930’s the Coca-Cola Com- ploring consciousness.
panyrananadvertisementshowingSantaClausthe
way we know him now; rather fat and jolly, with his
redsuitandlongwhitewhiskers.Hewasmuchmore
appealing to children this way, and so the image re-
mained. Few dispute that Santa Claus’annual visit
calms us as he sails through the darkest night of the
yearbringinghopeandlighttotheworld’schildren.
His Christmas presents also promise, through sea-
sonalrenewal,thattheworldiseternallyyoung.Why
wouldasecularistoraChristiancomplainaboutthat? T he answer to why we honor Santa
Claus and Father Time is simple,
for he brings back memories embedded
For centuries in Western countries Christmas was
thought to be a purely Christian celebration, com- deep in our collective consciousness of
memorating the birth of the Christ. During this the idea of an ancient polar god ruling
time Christianity berated the Pagan world and its
religions.Yetparadoxicallyitsmostimportantfesti- from the North Pole. The religions of all
valoftheyearincorporatestheverysamePagancel- ancient nations associate the abode of
ebrationritesthatithascondemned. Afterthefallof the supreme God with the North Pole
the Roman empire the priests of the Roman Church
conquered more minds than the centurions were as the centre of heaven.
everabletodo,bycondescendingtoallowitsPagan
convertstopracticetheirancientreligiousfestivalsat
Christmas. So in essence it was Paganism that influ-
enced Christianity.
It’s A Pagan World 23
24. The Great Bear: Ursa Major
T he seven large stars in the Great Bear, Ursa
Major, corresponds with the seven creative
Rishis, the Seven Timekeepers. the progenitors
I n Egypt the Great Bear was the constellation of
Typhon, the Dragon of Life with seven heads
assigned to her son, Cronus, or Saturn. There
of mankind, who mark the duration of events in were two constellations with seven stars each.
our septenary life cycle. They are as mysterious We call them the Great and Little Bears. But the
as their supposed wives, the Pleiades. The Pleia- seven stars of the Lesser Bear were once consid-
des (Krittika) are the nurses of Karttikeya (Mars), ered to be the seven heads of the Polar Dragon,
the commander of the celestial armies —or the which are the beast with seven heads in the Ak-
Siddhas (translated Yogis in heaven, and holy kadian Hymns and in Revelation. The mythical
sages on the earth) which makes Karttikeya iden- dragon originated in the crocodile, which is the
tical with St. Michael, the “leader of the celestial dragon of Egypt. We call them the Two Bears.
hosts.” Hence also the War in Heaven of Michael But the seven stars of the Lesser Bear were once
against the Dragon (Jupiter and Lucifer-Venus), considered to be the seven heads of the Po-
when a third of the stars of the rebellious host lar Dragon, which we meet with - as the beast
was hurled down into Space. The stars of our en- with seven heads - in the Akkadian Hymns and
tire galaxy are all intimately connected together, in Revelation. The mythical dragon originated
spiritually, intellectually, psychically, vitally, and in the crocodile, which is the dragon of Egypt.
physically, which means a connection extending In The Book of Enoch these two constellations
back to a remote past that can be only calculated are identified as Leviathan and Behemoth or the
in astronomical figures. Dragon and Hippopotamus = Great Bear, and
they are the primal pair that were first created in
the Garden of Eden.
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25. The Cosmic Axis
I n his book,” Arctic Home,” (published in Magdalene as initiates of the Mystery School of
1903), Gangadhar Tilak was convinced that Osiris and Isis. The gospels are a dramatic reen-
ancient Indian Vedic texts point unmistakably actment of spiritual allegory that leads to spiritu-
to a “realm of the gods” where the sun rises and al enlightenment, for the Mystery Schools taught
sets once a year, which indicates that these writ- how we have the power to transform our world
ers understood the astronomical symbolism at by exploring consciousness.
the North Pole. So, if you are celebrating any
of the western traditions of Christmas this year,
remember that you are also enjoying the rituals T he shopping mall has now replaced the
North Pole where the avatar Santa Claus
resides. Santa Claus has the three major charac-
of several ancient polar gods from the Hindus,
Greeks, Scandinavians, and Romans. teristics of God: Omniscience (knows everything)
Omnipotence (can do anything) Omnipresence
Few dispute that Santa Claus’ annual visit calms (can be everywhere.)
us as he sails through the darkest night of the year
bringing hope and light to the world’s children. Santa Claus’ workshop at the North Pole as-
His Christmas presents also promise, through sea- sociates him with the cosmic axis on which he
sonal renewal, that the world is eternally young. descends and ascends. Our chimneys also sym-
Why would a secularist or a Christian complain bolize the cosmic axis which carries Santa from
about that? For centuries in Western countries one realm to another. Christmas night is totally
Christmas was thought to be a purely Christian mystical for his sleigh is pulled by eight fly-
celebration, commemorating the birth of the ing reindeer that traverse the whole world in
Christ. During this time Christianity berated the one night. Like God, Santa knows everything
Pagan world and its religions. Yet paradoxically about us and is omnipresent. Santa Claus is
its most important festival of the year incorpo- in essence a secular version of the Hindu god,
rates the very same Pagan celebration rites that it Siva, of the celestial pole. All aboard the po-
has condemned. lar express through the labyrinth of deception
that has clouded the true meaning of Christmas.
After the fall of the Roman empire the priests of
the Roman Church conquered more minds than John O’Neill (Night of the Gods, two volumes)
the centurions were ever able to do, by conde- insisted that mankind’s oldest religions centered
scending to allow its Pagan converts to practice on a god of the celestial pole. Jocelyn Godwin’s
their ancient religious festivals at Christmas. So book, Arktos: The Polar Myth, tells us that: “It is
in essence it was Paganism that influenced Chris- in medieval Iran that we find extant literature on
tianity. the Spiritual Pole and the experience of mystical
ascent to it. The Iranian Sufis, drawing not only
But in the process of this amalgamation, the true on Islam but on the Mazdean, Manichean, Her-
spiritual power of the Christian Gnostics was metic, Gnostic and Platonic traditions, blended a
forgotten, and it is the reason why America is so sacred knowledge said to be ‘scientific’, mysti-
polarized at Christmas. cal and philosophically practical. “The religion
and mythology of a polar god was first formu-
The Teachings of the Original Gnostic Chris- lated by the priest-astronomers of ancient In-
tians were fervently suppressed by the Roman dia, Babylon, Sumeria and Egypt and spread
Church because they portray Jesus and Mary to Greece, Rome, and the rest of the world.
It’s A Pagan World 25
26. Christmas Myths
N umerous parallels have been made be-
tween Santa Claus and Odin, a major god
amongst the Germanic peoples prior to their
Christianizing. Odin was depicted as a tall, old
man with a white beard and wearing a cloak.
He rode the skies and the seas on his fast white
horse Sleipnir with his 8 (the number of transfor-
mation) legs, while carrying his constant spear
Gungnir (clear and focused intent) in his hand.
He had one eye, for he had offered the other eye
in exchange for gathering wisdom at the well
of the head Mimir (Norse representation of Su-
preme Consciousness) and with that he became
a shape shifter, able of seeing in the outward
world with his normal eye and understanding the
inward worlds with his black, removed, eye. He
was beloved among his friends and followers
Odin who felt happy and energized in his presence
26 It’s A Pagan World
27. Towers symbolize the Polar Axis
T he parallels between the origins of Santa
Claus (Santaism) and Buddhism are striking.
The altar of a Buddhist temple has a statue of a
corpulent laughing Buddha/Santa with an offering
of fruit or food which mirrors offerings of milk
and cookies to Santa, while Buddhist prayers are
generally offered up with incense to God. Bud-
dhism teaches that we incarnate many times until
we attain God realization, Santa knows who has
been naughty or nice that year which parallels
Buddhism and Hinduism’s cyclic judgment of all
Tower of Babel
beings.
The second most striking parallel between Santa-
ism and Hinduism is their focus on pilgrimages
to a holy mountain where God resides. Almost
every tradition has its name for this mountain
with the same significance; the Persian Alborj,
the Montsalvat of Western Grail legend, the Arab
mountain Qaf and the ancient Greeks had several
sites that were considered places of the ompha-
los (navel) stone, such as the oracle at Delphi,
while also maintaining a belief in a world tree,
the Xmas Tree, and Mount Olympus as the abode
of the gods.
Buddha
Many religious structures symbolize the polar
axis. The stupa of Hinduism, and later Buddhism,
reflects Mount Meru, and Siva is often mysti-
cally connected with Mount Meru, which esoteri-
cally is both the cosmic and terrestrial axis with
its north and south poles. The upright bar of the
cross is sometimes seen as representing a world
axis, while the steeple of a church or minaret of
a mosque indicates a place where the earthly and
heaven meet. In Mesopotamian civilizations, the
ziggurat works as a polar axis. Structures such as
maypoles in pre-Christian Europe, linked to the
Saxons’ Irminsul, and totem poles among Pacific
Siva
It’s A Pagan World 27
28. Towers symbolize the Polar Axis
N orthwest Native Americans also formed
local or temporary world axes. Many cul-
tures equate a hill, a mountain or a pyramid as a
T he great Rishis imparted knowledge of the
Holy Trinity orally through numerous gener-
ations. The Christian Holy Trinity—Father-Son-
symbol of the polar axis or axis mundi. For ex- Holy Ghost corresponds with the Hindu Trinity,
ample, the Sioux consider the Black Hills to be Aum-Tat-Sat. God, the Father is Sat, spirit beyond
the axis mundi, while Mount Kailash is holy to all creation, Christ the Son is Tat, the Christ intel-
several religions in Tibet. Often, within the same ligence in all creation, The Holy Ghost is Aum or
belief system, several places may be considered Amen, the Word/Logos or Cosmic Vibration that
the axis mundi; in Islam, the Dome of the Rock, structures creation.
where Muhammad was raised and lowered from
heaven, as well as the shrine at Mecca play this
role. The Temple Mount, site of the Dome of the
Rock, is also holy to Judaism and Christianity.
Other nearby sites that are considered sacred and
are on hills include the Mount of Olives and Cal-
vary.
Hindu fundamental belief is that the Vedas
are eternal (sanatana) and not composed by
a human being (apaurusheya). They believed
that: at the end of a creative cycle God, Para-
matma, dissolves everything within Himself,
there is only one principle, Spirit: everlast-
ing, ever conscious, ever new Bliss. But in
each new creative cycle Spirit again projects
Itself as the Trinity—Father-Son-Holy Ghost.
We, ourselves, are the epitome of the whole
of creation. The material universe is the
vast body of God, the cosmic electrical en-
ergy is the astral form of God, and the soul
or life in everything is the essence of God.
Even a grain of sand has life.
28 It’s A Pagan World
29. Sirius and Orion
O rion was known by Egyptians as
’The First Time’ of Osiris. The Three
T he Star of Bethlehem (Matt. 2:2) symbolizes the
brightest star in the winter sky, Sirius, which is
part of the winter triangle in the constellation, Canis
Kings represent the three divine aspects Major. In Sanskrit, Sirius is known as Mrgavyadha
of Will, Love and Intelligence. The name (“deer hunter”) or Lubdhaka (“hunter”). As Mrgavy-
adha, the star represents Siva. At 4:00 PM, the three
Orion literally means “the breaking forth
stars in Orion align along a south east direction to-
of light, and therefore, symbolizes Spirit. wards Sirius and the Star of Bethlehem rises and points
In South America Orion’s Belt is known to the birthplace of Christ. Since stars, like the sun,
as “Las Tres Marias” or “As Três Ma- always rise from the east, it would appear as three stars
were following one bright star, or as the star of Bethle-
rias” (The Three Marys), in honor of
hem guiding the Magi. If the magi were on land, they
Mary of Nazareth, Mary Magdalene, couldn’t come from the east and follow a star from the
and Mary of Bethany,three major New east. But if they are in the sky, it makes sense. Siri-
Testament figures us would appear to stop, like the star of Bethlehem,
when it is directly above the stable where Christ is
born.
The Star of Bethlehem and the three Magi
symbolize Sirius and Orion respectively.
The Babe in a manger born among animals in a stable or a
cave, and wrapped in
swaddling clothes was common in
many ancient religions.
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30. Sirius and Orion
J esus, the Sun was born in Bethlehem “house
of bread” as Bethlehem represents the constel-
lation of Virgo, depicted with a sheaf of wheat.
T he three Magi followed the star rising in the
east until it rested over the place where the
baby Sun rests in the west. Arriving in Bethle-
Virgo is related to the concept of the “womb of hem they saw the Sun Child with his mother
time”. The sun has moved out of Virgo in Judea Mary [Virgo], and bow down and worship him.
during the time of King Herod symbolizing night. Then they presented him with gifts of gold and of
frankincense and of myrrh. Gold is bright like the
Sun. Frankincense when burned was considered
to be the essence of God on Earth. Myrrh was a
symbolically appropriate gift for the baby Jesus
because it was used in embalming at the time.
Therefore, while gold and frankincense symbol-
ize the infant’s royalty and divinity, respectively,
myrrh makes reference to His future death. And
having been warned in a dream not to return to
Herod, they, the Orion belt. returned back to the
east under the earth where they rise.
T he word orient in the Christmas car-
ol, “We Three Kings From Orient Are”,
should be replaced by Orion. The three
Magi (Matt.2:1) who searched for the
newly born Christ are symbolic of the
Constellation of Virgo three stars in the hunter’s belt in the con-
The three Magi from the east; the three stars in stellation of Orion.
the belt of Orion, rise in the east came to Jerusa-
lem. The Magi enquire, “Where is the one who
has been born king of the Jews? Where is the new
Sun? We saw his star, Venus, the which is always
seen near the Sun when it rose in the east and
have come to worship him
King Herod represents darkness which is always
fearful of sunrise when the sun, Jesus, in this
case, is born and conquers him. Herod, Egyptian
Herut, asked his astrologers where the Christ [the
Sun] was to be born. Then Herod secretly called
the Magi [astronomers] and discovered the exact
time Venus appeared as the star Venus is closest
to the sun. He then sent them to Bethlehem, the
house of Virgo] and said, find the child, the Sun
in Virgo, so that I too may go and worship him.” Osiris symbol of Orion
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31. Mother Goddesses
Aphrodite born from the sea
T here have been many different mother god-
desses who came from the sea, including such
goddesses as the Hindu Lakshmi (“Good Fortune”).
She, like Aphrodite, is goddess of love and beauty
who brings wealth. She is the wife of Vishnu, and
was born from the Sea, fully grown ,and beautiful.
In some forms of Neo-paganism, and in the Hindu
idea of Shakti, all mother goddesses are considered
aspects of the one God. Aphrodite, Roman Venus,
goddess of love, beauty and fertility was worshipped
as Aphrodite Urania, Queen of the Sea, and tran-
scendental love. She bore several children to vari-
ous gods: Her daughters were Peitho/Suada/Suadela
goddess of persuasion, and Harmonia (harmony/
healing). Her sons are Eros god of love (the zo-
Lakshni born from the sea diacal sign Pisces represents Aphrodite and Eros
hiding as fishes from Typhon), Hymen god of
marriage, and Hermaphroditus (son of Aphro-
dite and Hermes).
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32. Mother Goddesses
Judgment of Paris
T
magical girdle in order to distract Zeus from the
he poet Hesiod said that Aphrodite was born
fray. This garment causes men (and gods) to fall
from the foam of the sea. Her symbol was
hopelessly in love with whoever is wearing it.
the Swan. Homer, on the other hand, said that she
.
was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. When the
Catholics call the Virgin Mary (Mare is Latin for
Trojan prince Paris was asked to judge who of
Sea) Queen of Heaven and Star of the Sea, to
three Olympian goddesses was the most beauti-
appeal to pagan traditions. Because of this Prot-
ful, he chose Aphrodite over Hera and Athena.
estants often accuse Catholics of viewing Mary
The latter two had hoped to bribe him with power
as a goddess, but the Catholic Church always has
and victory in battle, but Aphrodite offered the
condemned "worship" of the Virgin Mary be-
love of the most beautiful woman in the world.
cause Catholics pray as a means of communica-
This was Helen of Sparta, who became infamous
tion rather than as a means of worship. Catholics
as Helen of Troy when Paris subsequently eloped
believe that the dead, who follow Jesus, have
with her. In the ensuing Trojan War, Hera and
eternal life and can hear prayers in heaven from
Athena were implacable enemies of Troy while
people here on earth. Some Christians regard
Aphrodite was loyal to Paris and the Trojans. In
Mary, the Mother of God and other many be-
his epic of the Trojan War, Homer tells how Aph-
lievers, as a "spiritual mother," since she not only
rodite intervened in battle to save her son Aeneas,
fulfills a divine mediator for humanity, but she is
a Trojan ally. Even though Zeus's Queen Hera
not worshiped as a divine "mother goddess".
and Aphrodite are on different sides in the Trojan
War, the goddess of love loans Hera her
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33. Assasination of Saviors
The attempted assassination of newly
born saviors was also not unique to Jesus
Isis and Horus Mary and Jesus
T housands of years before Mary nursed the
baby, Jesus, the Madonna and the Child ex-
isted in Egypt as Isis holding her infant, Horus.
Guide to Greece 9.2.7. The Babe in a manger born
among animals in a stable or a cave, and wrapped in
swaddling clothes was common in many ancient re-
Isis (Sirius) “Virgin of the World,” On the walls of ligions. According to legend, Hermes was born in a
the temple of Luxor, there were carved four scenes cave on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. Zeus had impreg-
adopted by the Gospels. The first scene depicts a nated Maia at night while all other gods slept. When
group of angels on a cloud making the annuncia- he was born at dawn broke Maia wrapped him in
tion of the coming of the Messiah King to a band swaddling clothes. Mithras was also born in a cave,
of shepherds in the fields. The second represents a with shepherds in attendance, on the twenty-fifth of
single angel announcing to a young maiden that December. Mithras was known to his followers as
she is to be the mother of the awaited Messiah. A “The light of the world,” or “The Good Shepherd,”
third pictures the Nativity scene, with the two ani- and urged his followers to share ritual communion
mals, the ox and the ass, present. And the fourth of bread and wine. Mithras’s priests were called
shows three magi kneeling before a babe and offer- “Father.” When King Herod heard about the birth
ing gifts, at a date as early as 1700 B.C. The Egyp- Jesus he asked the Magi from the East who fol-
tian Sun God Horus taught that the Christ spirit is lowed the star to Bethlehem to inform him when
in us all so he was anticipating a mass of Christs. they found the baby so he could come and wor-
That’s what we need to focus on today instead of ship Him also. Known for his hatred of Jesus as
the polarization that’s caused by religious dogma future King of the Jews he ordered all the babies
propagated by those who are unaware of the origins up to the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed. The
of the Christmas season. Hindu Krishna birth story is another variation on
the same theme. Krishna’s uncle Kamsa hears a
“On entering [the temple of Hera at Plataia, Boi- heavenly voice which predicts that the eighth son
otia] you see Rhea carrying to Kronos the stone of his sister, Devaki, will kill him. Devaki and her
wrapped in swaddling clothes, as though it were husband agree to be held captive and to give any
the babe to which she had given birth.” - Pausanias, children to Kamsa. The eighth child, Krishna, was
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34. Assasination of Saviors
born at midnight and Kamsa tries many ways to kill which Athena rescued. From this organ the rest of
Krishna but fails. The “Bagaveda-Gita and Brahmini- the god was resurrected. In the Osiris/Isis Mysteries
cal traditions,” states that the body of Krishna: “was Horus, the son of Osiris and Isis and rightful heir to
suspended to the branches of a tree by his murderer, the throne of Egypt, was killed by Set in the form of
that it might become the prey of the vultures...[Later] a scorpion, but Thoth brought him back to life, as his
the mortal frame of the Redeemer had disappeared-- destiny was to rule Egypt, and avenge of the crime
no doubt it had regained the celestial abodes...” against his father. Horus grew to be a strong and
brave warrior and his father Osiris appeared to him
In the Greek Orphic religion Dionysus is born from a in a vision, and urged him to overthrow Set. Herut is
union between Persephone and Zeus in serpent form. another name for Set does that sound familiar?
Jealous Hera persuaded the Titans to attack the infant
god as he looked into a mirror. Not only did they tear
him to pieces, but the Titans ate him --all but his heart
the similarity of the lives of Krishna and Jesus
Author Kersey Graves (1813-1883), a Quaker Saki."
from Indiana, compared Yeshua's and Krishna's 60: Both claimed: "I am the Resurrection."
life. He found what he believed were 346 ele- 64: Both referred to themselves having existed
ments in common within Christiana and Hindu before their birth on earth.
writings. #6 & 45: Yeshua and Krishna were 66: Both were "without sin."
called both a God and the Son of God. 72: Both were god-men: being considered both
7: Both was sent from heaven to earth in the human and divine.
form of a man. 76, 77, & 78: They were both considered omni-
8 & 46: Both were called Savior, and the second scient, omnipotent, and omnipresent.
person of the Trinity. 83, 84, & 85: Both performed many miracles,
13, 15, 16 & 23: His adoptive human father was including the healing of disease. One of the first
a carpenter. miracles that both performed was to make a leper
18: A spirit or ghost was their actual father. whole. Each cured "all manner of diseases."
21: Krishna and Jesus were of royal descent. 86 & 87: Both cast out indwelling demons, and
27 & 28: Both were visited at birth by wise men raised the dead.
and shepherds, guided by a star. 101: Both selected disciples to spread his teach-
30 to 34: Angels in both cases issued a warn- ings.
ing that the local dictator planned to kill the baby 109 to 112: Both were meek, and merciful. Both
and had issued a decree for his assassination. The were criticized for associating with sinners.
parents fled. Mary and Joseph stayed in Muturea; 115: Both encountered a Gentile woman at a
Krishna's parents stayed in Mathura. well.
41 & 42: Both Yeshua and Krishna withdrew to 121 to 127: Both celebrated a last supper. Both
the wilderness as adults, and fasted. forgave his enemies.
56: Both were identified as "the seed of the 128 to 131: Both descended into Hell, and were
woman bruising the serpent's head." resurrected. Many people witnessed their ascen-
58: Jesus was called "the lion of the tribe of Ju- sions into heaven. Religioustolerance.org
dah." Krishna was called "the lion of the tribe of
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35. Christna-Karast-Christos-Christ
T he symbolism of midnight, winter and the
solstice universally pictured the moment of
the birth of Christ consciousness taught by Horus
her torch. Referring to Jesus as the “light of the
world” also followed existing pagan beliefs about
the birth of the sun. The ancient “return of the sun”
many centuries before the birth of Jesus. Gerald philosophy had been replaced by the “coming of
Massey (1828-1907) found nearly two hundred the sun” message of Christianity.
similarities between the life of Horus and Jesus.
Language historians trace the Egyptian and Greek It wasn’t until A.D. 440 that the
languages to the oldest Indo-European language, church Officially proclaimed
Sanskrit. The origin of the word “Christ” can be December 25, as the birth of
traced to the Greek “Christos” which is almost Christ.
identical in sound and spelling to the Sanskrit
word “Krista”, means all-attractive. The intel- Early Christians probably adopted pagan beliefs
ligence throughout the cosmos is called Christ to enable them to make their religion more pal-
Intelligence. This is the reflection of God’s intel- atable to the pagans around them. It’s quite un-
ligence present in all creation. Jesus and Krishna derstandable why Father Xmas and Father Time
were that Consciousness. would seem have little or no connection with the
ancient Gods Chronos and Saturn as Greek myth
As Xmas is so significant to Christians will be a created brutal myths to describe scientific and as-
shock for them to learn Christians celebrated the tronomical cosmologies. Legends of newly born
birth of Jesus on the spring equinox, March 25th, gods wrapped in swaddling clothes have existed
for the first three and a half centuries of Christian- from the earliest times. Unfortunately we take
ity. The decree issued by the Pope Julian II, in the these myths literally without understanding their
year 345 A.D., stated that henceforth the follow- allegorical meaning. The religious mess we’re in
ers of Jesus Christ must unite with the followers stems from this problem. Chronos and Saturn are
of Mithras, Dionysus and Bacchus in celebrat- respectively the Greek and Roman version of Shi-
ing the rebirth of Mithras under solar symbolism va and the Vedic description of Lord Siva as the
at the winter solstice on December 25th. Alvin
Boyd Kuhn’s 1934 lecture, The Great Myths of
the Sun Gods, urges us to know that we ourselves
are the Sun-gods, and that ancient allegory is not
a “myth,” but the very essence of our own Self.
The emperor Constantine made Jesus’ official
birthday coincide with the Unconquered Sun,
Mithras’ birthday in 312 A.D. December 25 was a
significant date for various early cultures. Ancient
Egyptians celebrated the birth of Horus, the son
of Isis, and Babylonians believed that Tammuz,
the son of the queen of heaven, Semiramis, was
immaculately conceived by the rays of Baal, the
Sun God on the same date, The statue of Liberty
and the British Britannia mirror Queen Semira-
mis the wife of Nimrod king of Babylon holding Shiva
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