Zeitgiest and Religion

There IS such a thing as the Pagan Calendar. It represents the months, seasons, equinoxes, as well as astrology. Its central point is the sun. The Christian crucifix is an adaptation of the Pagan spiritual symbol representing the 'Cross of the Zodiac' demarking the Pagan Calendar-- the sun's relation to the months, seasons and equinoxes. Most importantly, this calendar has existed as far back as history can be recorded; and prior to recorded history it was a necessary oral tradition. With that being said, this blog post is a response to the infamous Zeitgiest videos on YouTube which promote the theory that Christianity is a 'myth' created to control the masses-- that Jesus never really existed.

To begin with, let us review some of the information presented to us by Zeitgiest:

I. The Story of Jesus Christ

- Born of a Virgin (Mary, Myrra, Maya)
- December 25th
- Star in the East (Sirius); Three kings (stars in Orion's Belt)
- Child teacher at age of 12
- Babtized at 30 to begin ministry
- Perform miracles (water into wine)
- 12 Disciples (12 Astrological signs)
- Crucified
- Dead for 3 Days
- Resurrected
- Ascended into Heaven
- Referred to as "Savior"; "King of Kings"; "Alpha and Omega"; "the Truth"; "the Light"
- Worship on 'Sunday'

The following gods and historical figures are said to possess all or most of the above traits of Jesus Christ as recorded in historical text/scripture:

- Horus, Egypt 3000BC (sun god)
- Joseph, Mesopotamia 2150BC (Old Testament)
- Attis, Greece 1200BC
- Mithra, Persia 1200BC
- Krishna, India 900BC
- Dionysus, Greece 500BC
- Indra of Tibet, Jao of Nepal, Orus of Egypt, Thammuz of Syria, Adad of Assyria, Beddru of Japan, Hesus of the Druids, Ixion and Quirinus of Rome

II. Procession of the Equinoxes (Ages)

- 2150 year Ages within a 26,000 year cycle
- Age of Taurus (the Bull): 4300BC - 2150BC (ends with Moses, Old Testament)
- Age of Aries (the Ram): 2150BC - 1AD (begins with Moses, Old Testament)
- Age of Pisces (the Fish): 1AD - 2150AD (begins with Jesus Christ, New Testament)
- Age of Aquarius (Water bearer): 2150AD - 4130AD (the next Age)
- each Age adapts a 'universal theology' to suit the times in which they are living

III. Moses birth and upbringing

- identical to Sargon of Akkad, Mesopotamia, dated 2250BC

IV. Moses on Mount Sanai

- identical to other historical 'lawgivers' Manou of India, Minos of Crete, and Mises of Egypt

V. The Ten Commandments

- also found in the 'Egyption Book of the Dead and Papyrus of Ani' dated 4100BC

VI. Noah and The Great Flood

- identical to the Epic of Gilgamesh dated 2600BC

Zeitgiest appears most thorough and accurate by its accounts, and it is futile to debate or discredit the claims made there. Historians and archeologists have validated many of the timelines and events in the Bible as true, but there are still many anomolies, inconsistencies and translation issues which remain confusing. But on a much grander scale, more significant than Christianity, the real issue here is 'myth' versus 'fact'. As time goes by, mankind seems to operate more-and-more within the paradigm that stipulates "if it is written down then it is history-- it is fact". In contrast, if something is merely word-of-mouth then it is generally considered rumor, or myth. Bearing this in mind, the sole purpose of the Council of Nicea, in my humble opinion, was to "write it all down". By publishing it all neatly in writing, the Bible became the definitive conglomeration of history and theology considered to be fact. To the exalted reader and lowly parishioner, it was Gospel.

In Zeitgiest, there are many dates mentioned ranging from 4300BC to 2010AD. These dates seem like a large span of time to most of us. Isn't it remarkable to think that Moses lived over 4,000 years ago? Not really. Imagine an oral history that existed thousands of years before that! And imagine this oral history began in the region of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany and then was propogated around the globe as the 'universal theology' that all other cultures built upon. Sure, all the stories sound the same-- why wouldn't they?. There are legends of Odin trekking across the world and teaching other cultures about 'the gods' and 'the runes'. There are recorded accounts of Odin and the Phoenicians, Odin and the Egyptians, and Odin and the East Asians that involved a sharing of alphabet, language and theology that evolved into the major belief systems that we know today.

Prior to written language, the runes were used solely for divination and religious ritual. But, in all practicality, the runes were an alphabet-- a phonetic alphabet. According to legend, Odin acquired the runes by sacrificing himself (to himself) on the Tree of Yggdrasil. The runes then became a function of man's connection to the gods and an implement of his fate. In the process of Odin disseminating the knowledge of the runes to the rest of the world, and thus the knowledge of the gods, each culture adapted the runes to invent their own alphabet/language while the religious oral tradition became their own customized theology. We can only imagine how, just like the Council of Nicea, each culture modified and molded Odin's 'universal theology' to fit within their own ideology according to the Age and times that they were living in.

While Odin kept the runes as instruments of divination and maintained his 'universal theology' as an oral practice, the rest of the world created alphabets and languages from the runes in order to record their own versions of the truth passed down to them from the 'All-Father' Odin. It is not that complicated, really. Judeo-Christian doctrine describes the Tower of Babel to be the work of Satan created to "confuse and divide man with many different tongues". This metaphor clearly fortells how the ancient oral tradition will be reinterpreted and customized so many times that it would no longer reflect the original account. To put things into a timeline perspective, many scholars believe the oral tradition of Northern Mythology pre-dates all Judeo-Christian references (such as the Tower of Babel) by thousands of years.

The good news, perhaps, is that no one here is really wrong. While all religions repeat the same underlying message, and all religions depict similar deities and events, it becomes more resolute in my mind that there are elements of the truth in them all. Does it matter what 'name' we call the gods or saints? Does it matter which account described the Great Flood first? While Zeitgiest set out to disprove Christianity and discredit the Bible, it actually played out as just another piece of the puzzle. When one suddenly considers that all religion is a popularized reconstruction of Northern Mythology (an ancient oral tradition) then it is tempting to "throw the baby out with the bath water". Ironically, Zeitgiest fully supports my theory that the Pagan oral tradition is the foundation of Judeo-Christianity; and I see no need to throw the bath water out the window yet.

The gods of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Paganism, and neo-Paganism are all similar because they all represent the same Odinic source. Like a scripted movie, it's all there. Heaven. Hell. Angels. Demons. Sacrifices. Divine Intervention. Apocalypse. Study Northern Mythology--study the runes--and it all begins to make sense. Maybe the god of Israel is NOT the same as the Christian god depicted in the Bible. And maybe the god of Islam is NOT the same as the Judeo-Christian gods either. But that's OK, isn't it? We can just pick our favorite team and leave it at that. Everything eventually returns back to the One source in the universe from whence it came, right? And maybe that all happens following the Ragnarok...

C