The truths of yesteryear were twisted into the fantasies of today.
The Christmas tradition of decorating trees, giving gifts and spending time with loved ones is one of the most common traditions in modern times, especially for Christians and Westerners.
But have you ever wondered why people bring pine trees into their homes each year, decorating them with baubles and hiding gifts for children to find?
Contrary to popular belief, the cultural tradition of Christmas has been expertly revised and repurposed from its original goal of promoting natural principles and assisting spiritual growth to promote materialism, conformity, and artificiality instead.
Contrary to popular belief, the cultural tradition of Christmas has been expertly revised and repurposed from its original goal of promoting natural principles and assisting spiritual growth to promote materialism, conformity, and artificiality instead.
The modern traditions of Christmas trees and gift-giving echo ancient pagan practices centred on revering Nature's magnificence, celebrating seasonal festivals, and consuming sacred plants. Bearing eerie similarities to ancient pagan practices, Christmas traditions misrepresent ancient rituals involving the Amanita muscaria mushroom, the iconic red-and-white 'toadstool' often associated with fairy tales.
Notions of fairies are considered fantasy and myth today. However, such fairy tales contain enough historical residue to determine that ancient natives lived rich spiritual lives, which they symbolised with ritualistic practices in reverence of God through Nature.
Amanita muscaria mushrooms were used by shamans in Siberian and other northern European pagan communities for their psychoactive properties. Interestingly, natives living in other geographies without pine trees also consumed psychedelic substances as part of a multitude of rituals that revered Nature and life itself. In broad terms, psychedelics, including specific mushrooms, contain psychoactive compounds like muscimol and ibotenic acid, which produce altered states of consciousness.
Shamanic rituals often occur during the winter solstice in December, a time of spiritual renewal and celebration of the Sun's return. To safely consume Amanita muscaria, practitioners needed to dry the mushrooms, thereby reducing their toxicity. Drying them on the branches of pine trees was a practical method requiring only the effort of picking the mushroom and hanging it on a branch.
The image of the bright red mushrooms hanging on evergreen trees inspired the modern tradition of decorating Christmas trees with ornaments and baubles.
Shamans would sometimes gather Amanita muscaria and place them under trees as offerings to their communities to be consumed for healthy and spiritual purposes, even by children. In fact, ancient pagans used psychedelics because they were therapeutic and medicinal, with the potential of improving physical and mental health.
Under what's known as the astrotheological interpretation of the Bible, the archetypes of Jesus the Son and Jesus the Sun are interchangeable because the entire web of stories woven in the Bible parallels astrology and what's happening in the sky (heavens).
Santa Claus is said to favour good boys and girls who have done everything their parents told them to. If they have, Santa will deliver the gifts of their dreams. But if they don't, he will deliver disappointing alternatives to encourage them to do better next time. Such quirky plot lines make the Christmas story insidious because it subliminally teaches children to follow authority in exchange for material gain. Order-following is being made a virtue.
By the time they reach adulthood, the parents they depended on as children are replaced by the government. Children learn to rely on their parents, learn how to interpret the world through their parents' eyes and are disciplined by their parents if they do not perform in accordance with preset standards.
While the connection between ancient pagan traditions and Christmas is speculative and controversial, it highlights that the stories considered mythical today are deeply rooted in seasonal celebrations of Nature and shamanic practices of yesteryear. These connections indicate that many modern customs are infused with symbolic meaning stretching back to early traditions practised by our pagan ancestors.
Written by George Tchetvertakov
Today's understanding of fairies pales in comparison to the ancients. In antiquity, fairies were considered conscious non-organic beings without form (spirits) capable of interacting with conscious organic beings, including humans.
By consuming psychedelic mushrooms at particular astrologically important times of the year, ancient pagans were said to convene with spirits who offered great knowledge and understanding of Nature and life. The visions people experienced and the spirits they convened with while under the influence bore unique identities with rich personalities that were commonly recognisable.
After experiencing such visions, people told stories of their experiences, including descriptions of specific character archetypes, often with strange appearances. Their experiences referenced actual characters, but after centuries of religious purges and empire-building, the full context of ancient pagan beliefs and practices has been blurred and misunderstood. As people passed on their experiences under the stewardship of Christianity, their depictions became the folk tales of today, starring gnomes, ghosts, leprechauns, elves, orcs, and fairies.
Individuals in ancient pagan communities thought, felt and behaved very differently to what most historians claim today. It appears that great truths obtainable directly from Natural conduits such as mushrooms have been persistently demonised, ridiculed and defamed to the point that most people now believe psychedelics to be dangerous drugs that must be banned for the greater good. Despite the propaganda onslaught, the truth of the matter remains.
Other lies have also crept into common knowledge, such as how ancient pagans were savages who sacrificed children, how Christianity was accepted voluntarily, how theocratic European kingdoms civilised savages instead of brutally murdering them and blaming it on disease, and that Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' birth in a stable in Bethlehem shortly before the arrival of the three wise men. These are all vicious modern lies created to suppress the beautiful ancient truth.
Mushrooms in Ancient Pagan Rituals
Shamanic rituals often occur during the winter solstice in December, a time of spiritual renewal and celebration of the Sun's return. To safely consume Amanita muscaria, practitioners needed to dry the mushrooms, thereby reducing their toxicity. Drying them on the branches of pine trees was a practical method requiring only the effort of picking the mushroom and hanging it on a branch.
The image of the bright red mushrooms hanging on evergreen trees inspired the modern tradition of decorating Christmas trees with ornaments and baubles.
Shamans would sometimes gather Amanita muscaria and place them under trees as offerings to their communities to be consumed for healthy and spiritual purposes, even by children. In fact, ancient pagans used psychedelics because they were therapeutic and medicinal, with the potential of improving physical and mental health.
Given that psychedelic mushrooms were psychoactive and opened a "gateway to the divine", ancient pagans considered them "gifts from the gods". This practice symbolised the connection between God and humanity through Nature. Similar to how stories morph as they are retold over time, placing sacred mushrooms under pine trees evolved into the modern tradition of placing gifts under Christmas trees.
The practices of yesteryear and today are reminiscent of each other and highly similar, although the deeper meaning has been replaced with a superficial alternative.
Ancient pagans revered evergreen trees, which remained lush and green throughout the harsh winter. They symbolised immortality, renewal, and the continuity of life, making them central to solstice celebrations.
Amanita muscaria was seen as a medium to access the spiritual world, akin to a gift from Nature or the gods, thereby contributing to the Christmas gifting tradition.
Many pagan winter festivals revolved around the solstice, marking the "rebirth" of the Sun and the gradual return of longer days. This theme of rebirth aligns with later Christian interpretations of Christmas as a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Symbolism and the Evolution of Traditions
Ancient pagans revered evergreen trees, which remained lush and green throughout the harsh winter. They symbolised immortality, renewal, and the continuity of life, making them central to solstice celebrations.
Amanita muscaria was seen as a medium to access the spiritual world, akin to a gift from Nature or the gods, thereby contributing to the Christmas gifting tradition.
Many pagan winter festivals revolved around the solstice, marking the "rebirth" of the Sun and the gradual return of longer days. This theme of rebirth aligns with later Christian interpretations of Christmas as a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
In ancient biblical times, at least, although less so now, people believed in a geocentric cosmology with specific numerics, including the twelve constellations of the zodiac. In the Christian bible, Jesus has twelve apostles, while Israel has twelve tribes, the kingdom of God has twelve gates and so on.
Ancient pagan beliefs were also geocentric, and just like stories of mushrooms, cosmology has been twisted and repurposed for a modern audience. Nowadays, most people, including atheists and Christians, believe in heliocentrism, which strips out the majesty of Nature and replaces it with coincidental amalgamations through chance.
As Christianity spread, it absorbed and reinterpreted many pagan symbols and practices to facilitate conversion. Many such "conversions" were violent and oppressive. Millions of pagan natives living in small, tight-knit communities across Europe were brutally conquered and assimilated. Over time, these ancient rituals were secularised and transformed as the evergreen tree became the modern Christmas tree. Psychedelic mushrooms and their symbolism morphed into colourful ornaments and gifts under the tree.
The shamanic figure of the mushroom-gatherer may have influenced the development of Santa Claus, often depicted in red and white, colours reminiscent of Amanita muscaria.
From Old to New
As Christianity spread, it absorbed and reinterpreted many pagan symbols and practices to facilitate conversion. Many such "conversions" were violent and oppressive. Millions of pagan natives living in small, tight-knit communities across Europe were brutally conquered and assimilated. Over time, these ancient rituals were secularised and transformed as the evergreen tree became the modern Christmas tree. Psychedelic mushrooms and their symbolism morphed into colourful ornaments and gifts under the tree.
The shamanic figure of the mushroom-gatherer may have influenced the development of Santa Claus, often depicted in red and white, colours reminiscent of Amanita muscaria.
More sinister interpretations suggest that the words "Santa Claus" are anagrams of/audibly similar to "Satan Claws" and are a symbolic tribute to the principles this archetype inspires.
As a side note, Satanism is the notion of being in opposition to God, which in metaphysical terms would mean relativism, ignorance, materialism, decay, and deceit—precisely the same principles conveyed by Christmas, specifically to children.
One small but relevant example is the ritual of decorating a luscious pine tree with worthless trinkets and storing it indoors (an unnatural environment for a pine tree) to see it decay, wither and die. The ritual is fun and enjoyable, yet it symbolises separation from Nature, artificiality, decay and death.
Another example is that the undercurrent theme of Christmas is giving gifts, especially to well-behaved children who follow instructions without question.
And so, too, in adulthood.
Adults, by and large, rely on their government for information, security and guidance. They learn how to interpret the world, including current affairs, history, morality and ethics, through government-approved lenses. They are punished if they do not comply with laws and regulations arbitrarily set by civil servants with a monopoly on force. In the case of "law enforcement", individuals are given the legal right to accost, question, arrest and even kidnap people they deem as suspects based on subjective laws and regulations. Moreover, they are rewarded for the unjustified violence they are ordered to commit as they are formally legitimised and considered noble in society.
Societal governance and parenting are philosophical doppelgangers indeed.
The Emperor is Naked
Most importantly, despite originating from a spiritually rich background and history, pagan traditions such as solstice celebrations have been deliberately twisted and misrepresented to lure unsuspecting practitioners into achieving the exact opposite of what ancient pagans did.
Instead of sharing knowledge and understanding of Nature and life with healthy rituals to ultimately achieve health in body and mind -- modern folks have embraced sinister forgeries celebrating death and decay to ultimately achieve disorder in body and mind.
Merry Christmas!
Written by George Tchetvertakov
