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True Stories About Christmas: Janus: The God of January
Holidays Around the World, by Joseph Gaer, pages 138-139, says:
wo-faced JanusJanus was represented among the Roman gods as having two faces. He was called Janus Bifors, meaning ‘‘Janus with the two faces.’’One face always looked back to the old year, and the other always looked forward to the new. In his right hand Janus helda key, with which he closed the old year and opened the new; in his left hand he held a scepter, symbol of his power. A great temple with immense gates was built to Janus. And when Rome was at war, the gates of the temple of Janus stood open. But when peace was declared, the gates were closed with great rejoicing. There was also great rejoicing before the gates of the temple of Janus on New Year’s Day when the people gathered to do homage to the god of all beginnings. Gifts were exchanged among friends. Resolutions to be friendly and good to each other were made.And the entire day was given to festivities. When the Romans under Constantine accepted Christianity as their new faith, they retained the Festival of Janus as their New Year’s Day.
The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, 1959, pages 209-210, tells us about the key of Janus:When the Pope came, as he did, into intimate connection with the Pagan Priesthood; when they came under his control, what more natural than to seek not only to reconcile paganism and Christianity, but to make it appear that the pagan, ‘Peter-Roma’, with his ‘keys’ meant ‘Peter of Rome’ and that ‘Peter of Rome’ was the very Apostle to whom Jesus gave ‘‘the keys of the kingdom?’’ Hence, from the mere jingle of words, persons and things essentially different were confounded; and paganism and Christianity jumbled together, that the towering ambition of a wicked priest might be gratified; and so..to the blinded Christians of the apostasy, the Pope was the representative of Peter the Apostle..while to the initiated pagans.he was only the representative of Peter..the interpreter of their well known Mysteries. Thus was the Pope the express counterpart of ‘‘Janus, the double-faced.’’
Janus, the God that the month of January is named for was the father of the Gods, and at the same time the mediatorial divinity. He is identified with Bacchus or Adonis (the Sun God) and was invoked in the religion of mystery as Satur, Saturn, Mystery. The Two Babylons, page 269, says:As MYSTERYsignifies the HIDDEN SYSTEM soSATURN signifies the HIDDEN GOD.
This hidden God is the same God this whole deceived world worships today in the celebrations called Christmas and New Year.
Collier’s Encyclopedia, 1980, Volume 20, page 449, shows us who Saturn is:SATURN [sæ´tern] (Lat. Saturnus), an ancient Roman god of sowing and agriculture, hence considered a mythical king who had introduced civilization and morality into Italy, which was thus called Saturnia. The wife of Saturn was Ops, goddess of plenty. Saturn was later identified with the Greek god Cronus, father of the gods, who was said to have fled to Italy after being dethroned by Zeus and to have reigned there during the Golden Age. The festival of the Saturnalia, originally on December 17, was later extended by five or seven days; candles were lighted, friends exchanged gifts, and slaves were served by their masters; it was a period of good will and general festivity, the prototype of Christmas. The earliest extant reference to Saturn’s day dates from the first century b.c. (Tibullus). See also AGES OF MAN; CRONUS.
Saturn is identified with Kronos, the father of the Gods. A Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions, Geoffrey Parrinder, 1971, page 157, says: ‘‘Kronos, time in ancient Greek mythology..’’
Gods and Mortals in Classical Mythology, Michael Grant and John Hazel, 1973, pages 124-125, tells us more about Kronos, the father of the Gods:According to a different tradition, Cronos had not been a grim tyrant but a benign ruler who presided over a blessed golden age; after his deposition he left to become ruler of the Isles of the Blessed in the Western Ocean. This aspect of Cronos links him with Saturn, the Roman god with whom he was identified. Some Greeks associated Cronos’ name, wrongly, with the word chronos (time), and consequently depicted him as an old man with a scythe--Father Time. The oldest account of the story of Cronos is given by Hesiod in the Theogany.
Saturnus and Kronos are one and the same God. The Concise Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology, page 261, says this about Saturnus:..an ancient agricultural deity who came to Rome from Etruria. But he was very early identified with the Greek-Cronus ..Saturnus introduced the cultivation of the vine and taught them to use a sickle for reaping corn; hence..his statue held a sickle.
The modern version of “father time” is that of an old man with a sickle (representing the old year) who dies at the year’s end and is immediately reborn as an infant in the new year.
Mythology of All Religions, Volume 5, page 52, shows that Kronus is the ancient prototype of this modern holiday:Bel-Melqart (Kronus)..renews himself each year as the ‘Invincible Sun’ in the fires that burned the infants and children to the god__Molech!
A Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions, by Geoffrey Parrinder, 1971, page 246, says:Saturn, Saturnalia. Saturn was a Roman god, perhaps of autumn sowing, and identified with the Greek Kronos (q.v.). His festival, the Saturnalia, was on 17 December, when there was considerable licence. Slaves could do as they liked, for a time. There was a Lord of Misrule, and presents were exchanged. Some of this was transferred into Christmas and New Year festivities. Saturn was also a planet from which Saturday is named.
Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, by The Readers Digest Association, 1980, pages 283-284, tells us of some of the customs that were transferred to Christmas and New Year:
Week long feast
Two Faced God Janus
The seven days of Roman feasting were an occasion for exchanging presents--one of the pagan customs that was gladly incorporated into Christmas. Even the sternest advocates of the new faith could not eradicate the notion that Saturnalia was a time for merrymaking.
The Romans used to switch roles with their slaves, who were encouraged to elect their own ‘‘king’’ for the holiday. He would preside over a great banquet, at which the master would wait on him and his fellow servants.
A similar idea survives in the armed forces in Britain, where it is still an honored tradition for the officers and senior NCO’s to serve the Christmas dinner in the lower ranks’ mess. The reason Christian practice could never go the whole way with the Roman custom is that the unfortunate slave ‘‘kings,’’ after their brief exaltation, were put to death.
When the Normans invaded England in 1066, they introduced into the Christmas festivities a mock king, called the Lord of Misrule, whose job was to ensure that the celebrations were conducted in the old pagan style.
Wearing paper hats and using firecrackers are throwbacks to the wilder excesses of ancient Rome. Yule logs and candles belong to the Norse tradition: They were symbols of fire and light, bringing welcome relief in the cold and darkness of the northern midwinter.
In the centuries that followed the Norman Conquest, as Christianity gained a firmer hold, carols and the Nativity play were added. And Father Christmas evolved as a mixture of the red-robed Lord of Misrule and St. Nicholas (Santa Claus), the patron saint of children.
The mistletoe
Mistletoe, a plant sacred to the Druids, was hung outside Viking homes as a sign of peace and welcome to strangers.
The custom of kissing under the mistletoe has been traced to the Roman Saturnalia. It has also been associated with certain primitive marriage rites.
It is a proven fact that the festivities of Christmas and New Year are the same worship to the same pagan Gods which Yahweh tells us is an abomination to Him. Yahweh also says to us in:
Yeremyah 10:2-5—2 This is what Yahweh says: Do not learn the way;religious practices, of the heathen; Gentile nations; and do not be deceived by the signs of heaven; though the heathen are deceived by them; using them to set their feasts.
3 For the religiouscustoms of the peoples are vain;worthless! Foronecuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it will not move; topple over.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree, but they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves. Do not give them reverence! They cannot do evil, nor is it in them to do Righteousness!
Yahweh has told us emphatically, ‘‘Do not learn the way of the heathen!’’ The way of the heathen is written in the chapters of man’s customs and traditions that have come down from the mythological Semiramis—Tammuz/mother—son adoration or worship.
Yahweh’s Way is written in the Holy Scriptures. His way is there for His House to read and then to obey.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2—
1 Hear now, O Israyl, the Statutes and the Judgments which I teach you to observe and do, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the Heavenly Father of your fathers, is giving you.
2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep the Laws of Yahweh your Father which I command you.
We realize that these customs of Christmas and New Year are presented to this world as beautiful things. These worldly holidays are well bound in the very fabric of life in the Christian world. These are times when families come together, gifts are exchanged, and the tree is set up with all the old, familiar decorations. These festivals play on the emotions and senses of mankind. These are exactly the kinds of feelings Satan uses to get this world to give her the worship she desires.
The worldly preachers who claim to follow the Scriptures are afraid to condemn these pagan practices. They are afraid of upsetting all the rich merchants who benefit during the yule-tide season. They are afraid of upsetting the worship of the sun that brings them so much wealth.
II Corinthians 11:14-15—
14 And no marvel; for Satan herself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore, it is no great thing if her ministers also are transformed as the ministers of Righteousness__whose end will be according to their works.
Satan makes the emotional holidays at this time of the year seem so right. But to know these customs and traditions are the worship of pagan Gods and then to still willfully participate in them is an abominable sin.
Hebrews 10:26—
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the Truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
To know that these Christian holidays of Christmas and New Year are nothing more than the worship of ancient pagan Gods is to also know that to bow down and worship them is breaking the first two of the Ten Commandments.
The First Commandment is that Yahweh is our Heavenly Father and we are to have no hinder Gods at all, (Exodus 20:2-3).
The Second Commandment is that we are not to make any carved image in the form of anything in heaven, on earth, or in the waters, to bow down and serve them. (Exodus 20:4-5).
To bow down and serve Yahweh is to obey every Word that proceeds out of His Mouth, not adding to it nor diminishing from it in any way.
All one needs to do in order to serve hinder Gods is to turn from Yahweh’s Way. Do not be mistaken, Yahweh is alive and sees all. Yahweh is the Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6—
But without the Faith it is impossible to please Him; for he who comes to Yahweh must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
The only reward that this sin-sick world has is the emotional reward they receive as they keep these pagan festivals. Their names are not written in the Book of Life and they will not know what has hit them when Yahshua returns. What is Yahweh’s Word on this pagan worship?
Deuteronomy 12:30-32—
30 Be careful not to be ensnared into following them by asking about their Gods (elohim), saying: How did these nations serve their Gods (elohim)? I also will do the same.
31 You must not worship Yahweh your Father in their way, for every abomination to Yahweh, which He hates, they have done to their Gods (elohim). They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their Gods (elohim).
32 Whatsoever I command you, be careful to observe and do it, you shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
Yahweh also shows us the judgment of the religious system of mystery Babylon the great, mother of harlots and abominations of the earth.
Revelation 18:2,8—
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
8 Therefore, her plagues will come in one day—death, and mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for strong is Father Yahweh Who judges her.
To those of Yahweh’s House whom He has called or is calling in these Last Days, to all who would enter into His Kingdom, Yahweh says:
Revelation 18:4—
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Come out of her, My People, so that you do not partake in her sins, and so that you do not receive of her plagues.
Yahweh promises to His Servants, those who obey every Word that proceeds from His Mouth:
Isayah 65:13-15—
13 Therefore, this is what Yahweh our Father says: Behold, My Servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My Servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My Servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.
14 Behold, My Servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and wail for vexation; grief, of spirit;
15 And the names of your Gods (elohim) will remain as a trap; test, to My Chosen; for it will truly come to pass that you will be judged, and you will die, but Yahweh will give His Servants a Name; Yahweh, that will remain forever.
Revelation 21:5-8—
5 And He Who sat upon the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me: Write, for these Words are True and Faithful.
6 And He said to me: It is done! I am Aleph and Tau, the Beginning and the End. I will give to him who thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He who overcomes will inherit all things; and I will be his Father, and he will be My son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and worshipers of Gods (elohim), and all liars, will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone—which is the second death.
Revelation 22:13-17—
13 I am the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14 Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the Gates into the City.
15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and worshipers of Gods (elohim) and everyone who professes to love, yet practices breaking the Laws.
16 I, Yahshua, have sent My Malak to testify to you these things in the congregations of The House of Yahweh. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride, say: Come! And let him who hears, say: Come! And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Those raised in the Judeo-Christian tradition may be surprised to learn that the god we were told was singularly sacred once had a wife. How do we know? Asherah figures prominently as the wife of El—the supreme god—in a treasure trove of cuneiform texts found in the second millennium port city of Ugarit (in today’s Northern Syria). For perhaps hundreds of years before Abraham migrated to what would become known as Israel, Asherah was revered as Athirat, Earth Mother and Fertility Goddess. Upon entering the region, the ancient Israelites soon adopted her and gave her the Hebrew equivalent name of Asherah. The Ugarit excavation of 1928 put Asherah, the goddess, on the map again, after having lost her place for thousands of years.
Asherah, Partner of Yahweh
But who was Asherah to the ancient Israelites? And why is she often found paired with Yahweh, the Hebrew god? Historians and archaeologists have pieced together Asherah’s narrative and found large chunks of it interwoven in the artifacts from the region and in the scriptures of the Hebrew Bible itself. Evidence suggests that Asherah was observed in ancient Israel and Judah as early as the 12th century BC, to a few decades before the fall of the southern kingdom of Judah (587-588 BC), a time known as the pre-exilic period.
Were the pre-exilic Israelites and Judeans polytheistic ? In fact, the very notion of polytheism is inherent in the quest for Asherah. After all, Asherah’s place in the pantheon is alongside Yahweh’s, the supreme deity. Furthermore, the many artifacts representing Asherah and her cult from the region belies the biblical prohibition against the creation of idols. How then did they worship?
Asherah figurines. ( ninapaley)
Differences Between Book and Folk Religion
At this point it is important to make a distinction between the book religion of the ruling classes in the metropolis and folk or popular religion as it was practiced in rural communities for which most Israelites were a part. Literacy was close to non-existent in the rural communities, thus the book religion as practiced in the cities would have little meaning in the lives of those inhabiting the outlying areas. Instead, rural communities had their own religious beliefs using statuary and other artifacts.
By way of contrast, the intellectual community in the metropolis produced a text, which was written entirely from the perspective of the upper or ruling classes. Perhaps surprisingly, Asherah is mentioned in the early Hebrew Bible some forty separate times, although most often as an object of derision. By and large, the biblical writers were unhappy that Asherah shared the same platform with their male deity, Yahweh, and repeatedly tried to dissuade their pairing.
Yahweh and his Asherah
As much as the ruling elite tried to inhibit Asherah and Yahweh’s “marriage,” their union appears solidified in an ancient blessing seen with some regularity at a number of excavation sites in the region. The inscription reads: “I have blessed you by Yahweh..and his Asherah.” Not only was this engraving found in the 9th-8th century BC Israelite caravanserai, Kuntillet Ajrud, the same text was found in a number of sites thought to be Yahweh sanctuaries, such as in Samaria, Jerusalem, Teman, and in the Biblical kingdom of Judah, at the ancient burial site of Khirbet el-Qom, dating to 750 BC.
Burial inscription from Khirbet el-Quom, 8th cent. BC., Museum of Israel. Inscription: Uriyahu the prince wrote it: Blessed be Uriyahu by Yahweh and his Asherah, for from his enemies he has saved him.' (Nick Thompson/ CC BY NC SA 2.0 )
In fact, this phrase “Yahweh and his Asherah” was so quotidian that it actually appears in the Hebrew Bible itself. The cryptic blessing is in an early rendition of Deuteronomy 33.2-3, when Asherah’s influence had not yet been fully subordinated. The full hymn reads: “YHWH came from Sinai and shone forth.. at his right hand his own Asherah.”
Asherim Poles
However, as the book religion solidified, Asherah became increasingly marginalized in the scriptures to the point of being reduced to her cult object—the stylized tree or wooden pole which became known as asherah or asherim. Trees were revered as symbols of life and nourishment in arid regions and so became associated with Asherah and her cult. Many scholars believe that Asherah’s tree functioned in the Garden of Eden parable. The ruling elite propagandized against goddess worship by integrating the story of the fall of mankind to the tree which was clearly associated with Asherah.
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‘The garden of Eden with the fall of man .’ Figures by Rubens, landscape and animals by Brueghel. ( Public Domain )
Whereas Asherah’s influence was restrained in the official religion, her presence loomed large in the rural communities, most often in the form of figurines which are prolific in the region. Even while idolatry is reviled in the Hebrew Bible, ample archaeological evidence suggests that those living outside the metropolis idolized statuary and cult objects as part of their religion, leading one scholar to opine: “Folk religion can be defined as everything that those who wrote the Bible condemned.”
Asherah Pillar Figures
Asherah is represented many times in various forms scattered throughout the region. But the most abundant of these are her pillar figurines which were popular from the 10th through the 7th centuries BC. The term “images of Asherah” is often used in the Hebrew Bible and it is thought that these pillar figurines are what the writers of the bible had in mind.
Israelite ceramic figure of a nude woman, identified as an Asherah pillar. ( The Met )
Because the breasts are exaggerated with the hands supporting them, they are thought to symbolize the nurturing aspect of the mother goddess. Predominantly, the pillar figurines were found in private homes, suggesting their domesticity. In a world beset by hardship and drought, likely a concern for fecundity was what attracted the rural Israelites and Judeans to the goddess Asherah, whom they associated with abundance.
A small votive statue of the Mother Goddess of Asherah. ( Queen of Heaven )
Missing Pieces of the Puzzle
While there are voluminous artifacts identified as Asherah in the region, there are still pieces missing from the puzzle. Was Asherah Yahweh’s wife, as many scholars now contend? Was her worship confined to folk religion only, or was her influence felt in the book religion of the Hebrew Bible as well?
Two Faced God
Indeed, unearthing a goddess who has been buried for close to two millennia has its distinct disadvantages. Yet increasingly, Asherah’s influence in the region is becoming recognized by archaeologists and historians alike, with the expectation of further scrutiny and scholarship to come in this area.
Roman Two Faced God
Plaque depicting Asherah. ( Looklex Encyclopaedia )
Top Image: ‘Veiled Mother of the World’ (Deriv.) (1930) by Russian esoteric Christian Nicholas Roerich. Source: northernway.org
By Mary Naples, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Weekly