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To: tyagi@hollyfeld.org Subject: Christianity/mithras.egg Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 13:34:49 -0800 (PST) From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) #The idea of Chrismas celebrated near the winter solstice is indeed of fairly #late provenance. Originally Christians celebrated the BAPTISM of Jesus on 6th #January. Later, for political/religious reasons this was changed to his birth, #it being deemed that his Baptism being symbolic of his rebirth it was one and #the same. In the Fourth century it was shifted back to 25th December, the #feast of the Birth of Mithras. This Persian and Anatolian "god" was really #more like an archangel in their religious tradition. Zoroaster (or #Zarathustra) was a great Persian prophet who probably lived in the 6th century #BC, around the time of Buddha and Pythagoras.(There are indeed traditions that #Pythagoras met Zoroaster after the former was taken captive to Babylon by #Cambyses the Persian king.Mithraism as such probably predates Zoroastrianism #by many centuries. The god Mithras was summoned as a witness to trial by fire #and was therefore, like ST, Michael, associated with justice. # Astrologically Mithras represents on the one hand the reborn sun at the #winter solstice and on the other the constellation of Orion. This can be most #clearly seen in the famous bull-slaying sculptures where Mithras (Orion) is #seen seizing Taurus. Attending are a dog (Canis Major) and two acolytes (the #Gemini). Thjere is very very much to this symbolism and some of its meaning #has indeed passed into Christianity. # The real birthdate of Jesus, I am convinced, is 29th July 7 BC. On this date #there was a very special arrangement of the stars and planets portending to #the birth of a king in both the Egyptian and Persian traditions. The star of #the Magi was a very close conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. # If you would like to see more on this, then please visit my website at: #http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/solos #It shows the layout of the stars and how these have been for centuries #represented in Christian iconography. #Adrian G. Gilbert.
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