The 8th century British writer Bede, mentions that the name for Easter is derived from a Pagan spring festival of the goddess ASTARA. Revered by the Babylonians, Sumerians and Persians, this goddess derived from ASTRA and OSTARA the Greek goddess of spring and fertility. The name means STAR and she is sometimes referred to as the Star Goddess.
She
is said to be the last Pagan goddess to leave Earth, bound for the
stars, during the Bronze Age, and was worshiped throughout the civilized
world of that time, even in Asia (under the name of Kali). Ancient
Alien theorists will tell you that she must have been an alien visitor, who remained on Earth to teach the populations of the time, then flew back to the heavens.
The
familiar Easter bunny and the multicolored eggs (both symbols of
fertility) come not from the Christian or the Jewish Passover
traditions, but straight from the Pagan festival of ASTARA. Since this
was a spring festival, around the same time as the Jewish Passover and it
marked the resurrection of Christ, the early Church made both events
coincide, and blended the traditions.
In
other words, if you cannot prevent the Pagans from celebrating their
festivals, join them and call it a Christian holiday. This technique
worked well for early Christian rulers, and helped impose Christianity
in many Pagan societies.
Even
the last supper that inspired the modern communion was a tradition from ancient
Egypt, where the priests and priestesses symbolically partook of the
body of Osiris during religious rituals.
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Vijaya Schartz
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