So, here we are again. Another solar year is done.
Why is it that this solar year is called '2018'? The answer is that it is an arbitrary number, it actually has very little meaning. The very idea of '2018' is a human, religious creation, forced on us by power struggles, religious bigots, greed and wars. It is merely an expression
Sunday 31 December 2017
Tuesday 19 December 2017
#WinterSolstice The REAL reason for the Season.
So here it is. The #WinterSolstice '2017'.
'Thor's Day', December 21st. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is Winter Solstice. The time of year when daylight is at its shortest. From this point on, the days will start to become longer, a consequence of the sun appearing higher overhead in the sky. It is literally 'the coming of the light'. This is why our ancestors held this time of year as an important marker in their calendar. They had made it to the darkest point in the season and could look forward to increased daylight from now on. It would have meant a new start, a new growing season and the prospect of new food. Celebrated by fire, lights, decorated trees, the giving of offerings/gifts and feasting on livestock.
This has been hijacked, bastardised and used by politically religious power-mongers to spread their
'Thor's Day', December 21st. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is Winter Solstice. The time of year when daylight is at its shortest. From this point on, the days will start to become longer, a consequence of the sun appearing higher overhead in the sky. It is literally 'the coming of the light'. This is why our ancestors held this time of year as an important marker in their calendar. They had made it to the darkest point in the season and could look forward to increased daylight from now on. It would have meant a new start, a new growing season and the prospect of new food. Celebrated by fire, lights, decorated trees, the giving of offerings/gifts and feasting on livestock.
This has been hijacked, bastardised and used by politically religious power-mongers to spread their
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