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From Paganism to Christianity

Post by Will Williams » Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:38 am

A 35-page overview of the history of the gradual Christianization of Celtic Europe:
http://www.academia.edu/448782/From_Pag ... ristianity

I didn't realize until reading this that Christian Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Christian holidays precisely because of the heavy pagan influences surrounding them. They know that Christmas has nothing to do with the alleged birth of Jesus Christ, nor Easter with his alleged death.
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Re: From Paganism to Christianity

Post by Will Williams » Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:15 pm

Winter Solstice occurs Saturday, December 21.

Here's a view of its significance from the deracinated Left: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-buz ... 55757.html

Winter Solstice 2013: The Shortest Day Of The Year Is December 21st
The Huffington Post Canada | Posted: 12/17/2013

Winter is coming.

No, really, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, is this Saturday December 21st.

It marks the time when the northern half of the globe is farthest away from the warm glowing embrace of the sun.

According to astronomy blog EarthSky, the solstice should take place at 12:11 pm ET. After this time, the northern half of the earth should slowly tilt back towards the sun until the summer equinox in June.

If you live in the southern hemisphere, you're celebrating the summer solstice and you can totally give us a call and we'll be right over for a picnic.

The solstice has been noted as an important time throughout human history, and many cultures mark the shortest day (or longest night of the year). The Romans had the feast of Saturnalia, pre-Christian or pagan Europeans celebrated a festival called Yule. Both celebrations helped shape Christmas traditions.

The Chinese celebrate Dongzhi, a day where traditional foods are eaten and families gather to celebrate the solstice.

Other than the cold and bad weather (it is winter in Canada, after all), the short days and lack of sunlight are probably the biggest complaints about the winter months.

And if winter gets to be too much, then remember beaches, sun and warm weather are just a short flight away.

Happy winter solstice!
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And the more racially conscious view of the changing of the seasons, relating back to our pre-Christian European roots: http://odin.org/faq.html

Q. What is the difference between “Asatru” and “Odinism”?

A. Asatru is a specific name used by the ancient residents of Iceland and parts of Scandinavia (it literally means to be loyal to one's Ancestral gods). When Christianity began to make inroads in their country, many Icelanders adopted this name as a way to separate themselves from the Christians. These ancient residents of Iceland came from various locations in Northern and Western Europe, and are therefore our ancient cousins. In the late 1960's Asatru experienced a rebirth in Iceland, and has since become one of the two officially recognized state religions of that country. At the same time (late '60s, early '70s) in both the U.S. and Europe many hearty souls were awakening to the ancient call of their Ancestral gods and goddesses. Some adopted the name Asatru to identify their beliefs, while others used the name Odinism (Odin being the Alfather). Many believe that the two names are interchangeable, while others disagree. It has been noted by some writers on the subject that Asatruar (followers of Asatru) seem to be more spiritually oriented, while Odinists seem to be more political in their views. While this does hold true in some cases, it cannot be applied to all. There are several Odinist organizations that have no political interests, whatsoever. At the same time their are many Folk who go by the name Asatruar, and are very political. All of this said, it is true that a large number of Odinists believe that the various gods and goddesses of the Northern pantheon are simply representations of the various aspects of Nature. Whereas, most Asatruar believe that while this Nature-aspect is true, in another sense the gods are also real spiritual beings, with unique lives separate from this Earth (i.e. in Asgard). Generally speaking, Asatruar and Odinists work together, no matter the specific details of their individual beliefs, to further this religion.

Q. Why are the years stated as being 2250 RE, 2251 RE, 2252 RE, etc.?

A. Several decades ago (1970's) some of the modern-day “founding” Asatruar and Odinists got together and decided that we needed our own Teutonic calendar system— one that would better reflect our European Ancestral beliefs. Why should we in Asatru/Odinism, they argued, follow a Christian-based calendar, when we are not followers of that foreign religion from the east? The Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, etc., have their own calendar system, so why not us? At the time of this decision the oldest Runic artifact discovered in Europe had been dated to around 250 years before Christ. So they chose that date as the time when Odin revealed the Runes to our race (the beginning of this current Era), and counted that as year “0”, hence the “RE” stands for Runic Era. Since then there have been a plethora of archeological discoveries that place many ancient symbols and artifacts (some of them would eventually become Runes) in use by our Ancestors thousands of years earlier (in fact, Else Christensen put the date at closer to 8,000+ years ago). However, for the sake of unity and solidarity the Asatruar and Odinists of today (most of them) have decided to adhere to this original date. It would serve no one if the date were constantly changing, based on the latest archeological discovery (although it might prove interesting).

Q. Are there “Holy Days” of celebration and feasting routinely observed within Asatru / Odinism?

A. Yes there are Blots, Feasts, and Sumbles* that are celebrated today, as was the custom of our ancient Ancestors. The Asatrú Calendar that follows will work for any given year (with some minor adjustments). These are the dates observed by most of the Asatrú / Odinist Community throughout Vinland and Europe. Some Feast Days are observed on the nearest Saturday or Sunday to the actual date. However, Ostara, Midyear, Winter Finding, and Mother Night, are traditionally celebrated on the exact dates because of their solar alignments.

January/Snowmoon 18
Thorrablot (Sacred to Thorr)
February/Horning 14
Feast of Vali (Sacred to Vali)
March/Lenting 20
High Feast of Ostara (Sacred to Ostara, Freya, Frigga)
April/Ostara 19
Sigrblot - First Day of Summer in old Calendar (Sacred to Odin)
May/Merrymoon 24
Frigga Blot (Sacred to Frigga)
June/Midyear 21
Midsummer (Sacred to Balder)
July/Haymoon 4
Founder's Day (Remembrance of Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson and A. Rudd Mills)
August/Harvest 23
Freyfaxi - First Harvest Feast (Sacred to Freyr)
September/Shedding 22
Winter Finding - Second Harvest Feast (Sacred to Odin)
October/Hunting 11
Winter Nights - First Day of Winter in Old Calendar (Sacred to Freya and Ancestors)
November/Fogmoon 27
Feast of Ullr - Post Hunting Feast (Sacred to Ullr)
December/Yule 20
Mother Night - Beginning of Yule (Sacred to Frigga)
December/Yule 21
Yule Feast - Winter Solstice (Sacred to Odin, Freyr, Thor, Balder, and others)
December/Yule 31
Yule 12th Night - End of Yule Celebration (Sacred to the Family)

Q. If this truly was the religion of my ancient pre-Christian European Ancestors, how come I've never heard of it before?

A. We must be brutally honest to answer this question. To put it quite simply, the Christian Church did everything within its power to completely and utterly destroy and remove our Ancestral Faith from the landscape of Europe, many centuries ago. The actions of such Christian heros as Charlemagne who tricked and assassinated thousands of the Gothar (ancient tribal leaders), under a flag of truce, were by themselves only partially effective. But when combined with the confiscation of lands, refusal to trade with, and outright warring on any non-Christian tribe or nation, it becomes quite obvious why many descendants of the ancient Europeans have never heard of their religious birthright. Today most children in North America will learn of the ancestral faiths of ancient Greece, Rome, and even Japan, but not of Northern, Western, and Eastern Europe. There has been a deliberate and brutal attempt to quash any memory of this ancient Faith since about 1,000 AD. Unlike other cultures (Japan for instance, where their Ancestral Faith is highly respected), there was in Europe and North America (and still is), an incessant mocking and belittling of our European Ancestral gods and Faith, in favor of the foreign god and weak-kneed religion from the east. But the reality that this web site exists (along with hundreds of others), the ever-growing list of published books on the subject, and the existence of thousands of Asatru/Odinist groups across North America, Australia, and Europe, proves the staying power of our Ancestral Memory within the hearts and souls of our people. The fact that Asatru / Odinism is today the fastest growing religion amongst "European" white inmates incarcerated within the U.S. State and Federal Prison Systems (according to a statement by the FBI in 1999), says a lot. So although you may have never heard of it before—you've heard of it now!
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Eostre: It's a White thing

Post by Will Williams » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:33 pm

Easter, like other Christian holidays, was pilfered from seasonal celebrations of pre-Christian Europe: http://www.nobeliefs.com/easter.htm

Happy Easter: Celebration of the Spring Equinox

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Although the Christian festival of Easter celebrates the torture and death of Jesus on a cross and, especially, his alleged resurrection, and has links to the Jewish Passover, most people, including Christians, unknowingly celebrate its pagan influences, including the bunny, a symbol of fertility, and colored eggs, representing the sunlight of spring.

It took over 300 years before Christians established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon following the March Equinox at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 C.E. The pagan Easter, however, was celebrated long before Christianity (although the festival went by many names).

In the 8th century, Christian scholar Bede claimed in his book, De temporum ratione, (The Reckoning of Time) that Easter derived from the Saxon Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). The ancient Saxons in Northern Europe worshiped the Goddess Oestre at the time of the Spring Equinox. The Goddess Easter represents the sunrise, spring-time and fertility, the renewal of life.

Pagan Anglo-Saxons made offerings of colored eggs to her at the Vernal Equinox. They placed them at graves especially, probably as a charm of rebirth. (Egyptians and Greeks were also known to place eggs at gravesites).

Only later did the Christians pilfer the name for themselves and graft their religion onto a pagan celebration.

Vernal Spring Equinox

The early Romans used a lunar calendar in which months alternated between 29 and 30 days. The calendar produced inaccuracies because it gradually fell out of step with the seasons. Julius Caesar reformed the calendar by switching its base from lunar to solar. The Romans established the day on which the vernal equinox occurred as March 25th.

The length of the year got fixed at 365 days, with an additional leap-year day added every fourth year. This made the average length of a year equal to 365.25 days, which came fairly close to the actual value of 365.2422 days.

The astronomical vernal equinox occurs when night and day appear nearly the same length at around March 21 and establishes the first day of spring (in the northern hemisphere). The moment the Sun crosses directly over the Earth's equator marks the vernal equinox (in the southern hemisphere, the moment equals the autumnal equinox).

Translated literally, vernal means "spring" and equinox means "equal night" because the sun sits above the equator and day & night appears equal in length.
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Re: From Paganism to Christianity

Post by John Calhoun » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:08 am

It is a shame that many of our ancient belief systems were swept away by Christianity. That Jewish scourge continues to "bedevil" the race.

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Re: From Paganism to Christianity

Post by Will Williams » Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:36 pm

Today's the day: the vernal equinox and first day of spring. Enjoy!

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Re: From Paganism to Christianity

Post by Richard_G_603 » Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:05 pm

Will Williams wrote:
Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:38 am
A 35-page overview of the history of the gradual Christianization of Celtic Europe:
http://www.academia.edu/448782/From_Pag ... ristianity

I didn't realize until reading this that Christian Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Christian holidays precisely because of the heavy pagan influences surrounding them. They know that Christmas has nothing to do with the alleged birth of Jesus Christ, nor Easter with his alleged death.
The strict form of Presbyterian that I held to was very similar in regard to the holidays.
Now I drive my Christian wife nuts by celebrating those pagan holidays! 😄

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