“And in order temporarily to conceal this (that he had renounced Christianity), on the day of the festival which the Christians celebrate in the month of January and call the Epiphany, he went to their church, and departed after offering a prayer to their deity in the usual manner.” The first written reference to Epiphany as a Christian feast appears in the year 361 in Ammianus Marcellinus, XXI, 2.5: To remember and imitate it, toys and many other kinds of presents are given to children on the 6th of January in some countries like Spain. In the West the sixth day of January we celebrate the curious feast of “ The three Wise Men”, who according to Saint Matthew’s gospel came to offer their gifts to the baby Jesus, who had just been born in Judea. In the early centuries of Christianity, the birth of Jesus and his baptism took place on the 6th of January, Epiphany Day (from the Greek επιφάνεια which means: “manifestation, apparition”) and it is still held on that date in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Saturnalia’s connection with Christianity is also covered in the same article. Saturn is one of the ancient gods of Latium and his worship and celebration seems to have fallen and reborn several times during the Latin history.
In late December, they especially celebrated the “ Saturnalia”, the feast of Saturn, god to whom they attributed the introduction of agriculture and civilized life. In these Roman celebrations thus we find different elements of our current Christmas and Carnival. These small clay images are memories of ancient sacrificial rituals in which the victim was replaced by the clay figurine. At this party, trading posts with ceramic figures to give children away as toys were mounted like a fashion market. The “ sigillaria” are so called from sigilla, or oscilla, small ceramic figures. In fact, during the Roman Empire three parties were held in December and they were simultaneous in some of the seven days when they were celebrated: the Saturnalia, the Opalia and Sigillaria. In December, they celebrated several parties which are reflected in the current calendar precisely in our Christmas party. Moreover, the Roman calendar fixed the dates of the numerous religious festivals of the inhabitants of Latium in honor of their gods. In many cultures the birth of the New Year is associated with the birth of a divine child, with the birth of a sun god. Over at Antiquitatem, the author tells us more about this festival: The rejoicing of Saturnalia ended between December 23 and January 1. The custom of slaves and masters swapping places made the pileus the customary hat-wear during the Saturnalia festivities. These freed slaves wore a distinctive floppy cap at Saturnalia known as a pileus or cap of liberty, which is where Santa’s hat comes from. This holiday also included role reversals of master and slave in banquets, gift-giving, gambling, and an appointment of a “king” of Saturnalia, as a “lord of misrule” where the appointed temporary emperor would give absurd commands to his subjects to create a state of chaos until he is ritually sacrificed in honor of the gods. Saturnalia was celebrated with indulgence as a festival for total liberty and freedom where no authority, wars, and submission were recognized during this sacred period. This was a time outside of time, and an occasion for freedom from the constraints of the world, signaled by the return of Sol Invictus. This was commemorated in the five day period between December 25 and January 1. For the Romans, Saturnalia was a time of remembrance of a former aeon or epoch of time of that being the Golden Age when ruled over by Saturn. Warning: Controversial Research Up Ahead!Īs the festivities and gift-giving for Saturnalia begins, the synchronicities add up to this holiday.
There is some information that I wanted to explore but did not have the time to devote to it in the book–until now. In my upcoming book The Sun Lady Unveiled, I discuss many connections that intertwine with Revelation 12 and the rest of the Apocalypse.
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