The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas (Classic Reprint)

Various interpretations have been given to satisfy the mind, these principally of an astronomical nature. They have set forth how, on the night between the 24th and the 25th of December, the sun commences its journey from the south to the north. He is theL ight of theW orld. Cold and famine would inevitably exterminate the human race if the sun remained always in the south. Therefore it is a cause for great rejoicing when he commences his northward journey. He is then hailed as savior, for he comes to save the world, to give it the bread of life, as he ripens grain and grape. Thus he gives his life upon the cross (ing) of the equator (at the spring equinox), and then commences his ascent into the (northern) heaven. On the night when he commences his northward journey the zodiacal sign Virgo, the celestial virgin, the Queen of Heaven, stands upon the eastern horizon at midnight, and is therefore, astrologically speaking, his rising sign. Thus he is born of a virgin without other intermediary, hence, immaculately conceived.
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