Happy Eoster.

Two Gun Bob

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Easter has come to represent the wider essence of springtime, fertility happiness and rebirth. However Christianity alone does not alone hold the ace cards when it come to resurrection. The Sumerian goddess Innana was hung naked on a stake rising to ascend from the underworld. And what about a good pal of mine called horus who had a proper dodgy eye who went on to became the symbol for life and rebirth. My wife and I are practicing pagans however we would very much like to take this opportunity to wish our Christian counterparts good vibes at this special time. A lot of traditions have been carried over such as The Eoster Bunnie descended from the pagan festival of Eoster the great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare.

As many of you are aware our sun has already made it's journey north across the celestial equator signalling in the spring equinox and with it new beginnings. A good scholar once said that the fact day and night are equal on the day of the equinox represents our own need for balance and I cannot really argue with that. From the early days, Eoster marked the time for us to wear new clothes, new shoey's and deep clean the home by sweeping out winter’s dust and tending to our pasture and garden. A good harvest is wished to all Moon people regardless of denomination and together we shall overcome the trials and tribulations currently laid before us by moving on to pastures new and better times ahead.



in the woods there grew a tree
A fine, fine tree was he
On that tree there was a limb
And on that limb there was a branch
On that branch there was a nest
And in that nest there was an egg
In that egg there was a bird
And from that bird a feather came
Of that feather was a bed

On that bed there was a girl
And on that girl there was a man
From that man there was a seed
And from that seed there was a boy
From that boy there was a man
And for that man there was a grave
From that grave there grew a tree
In Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle, Sumerisle

On that tree there was a limb
And on that limb there was a branch
On that branch there was a nest
And in that nest there was an egg
In that egg there was a bird
And from that bird a feather came
Of that feather was a bed
 
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Happy Ēostre!

Just like Christmas, Easter has nothing to do with Jesus or Christianity. Just like all those pre-Christian resurrection stories also have nothing to do with gods or goddesses... they’re all just stories that personify the Sun and Summer.

The early Summer resurrection or rebirth story is about the Sun moving past the Vernal Equinox (Easter is usually on the Sunday after the first Full Moon after the VE) after it had died at the Winter Solstice and spent the Winter months in a weak or hibernated or dead state.

The word Easter itself is actually related to the Sun or the sunrise or where the sun rises - the East. From our word Easter/East, going back to old English’s word Ēostre, the old High German word Ostara, the proto-Germanic word Austrǭ, and even going back 6,000 years to the proto-Indo-European word Hausōs, these words all mean and meant “to shine” or “the dawn”. And there were goddesses attached to those words.

Easter marks the start of Summer. The Sun is resurrected after Winter and is getting stronger by the day, trees are in blossom, flowers are blooming, animals are being born in the wild. Our Easter eggs represent that birth, rebirth and fertility.
 
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No bacon for me today.

Fish for tea and 6 hail marys gotta go a litlte catholic on good friday ;-)

Much like the yakuza once you are in the catholic church you are in for life, though you can ignore it for most of it
 

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