Happy Winter Solstice

Well, the big holiday party is today. How many will attend?? Will the weather hold down the numbers? We will surely see.

So, is this really a Winter solstice party or is it a christmas party, or a holiday party, or is it just Mithras birthday.??

Well our material world and consumerism has certainly turned this into the "holiday" season. Nothing specific, or offending , just the general "holiday" season.

Before that we all knew it as the "Christmas" season or just Christmas. But given that the early church fathers or as i call them "mothers" never knew when Jesus was born they decided upon Dec 25 or the birthday of the god Mithras. What better way to help the church grow.

Now, the people who worshipped mithras actually did not know either when Mithras was born so they selected a time of year coinciding with the Winter Solstice, a celestial time, as well as a time of year for awe, celebration, feasting, and renewal. Again, a promotional effort.

Now, the people before Jesus and Mithras, lets just call them good natured "environmental" pagans had always celebrated great feasts at the time of the solstice. After all, the duration of daylight was of critical importance for agriculture, calendar planning, and celestial observation. This holiday period back before "modern" religion was a truly functional event critical to the success of their society. Now, I am not saying those pagans werent religious as they were some pretty crazy folk. But, at least as far as holidays centered around the solstice go, they had the first and best case.

So to all you Mithrists, and Christians out there - find another time of year to do your thing!!!