tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post3483843274869357432..comments2024-01-17T02:31:02.846-08:00Comments on Suecae Sounds: Merry Christmas / Happy SolsticeSuecae Soundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04949168285331693357noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-56872477972576255002009-12-27T17:16:35.539-08:002009-12-27T17:16:35.539-08:00Thanks so much for your all-inclusive post. We sh...Thanks so much for your all-inclusive post. We share many of the same beliefs and attitudes toward this time of year.<br /><br />God Jul och Gott Nytt År,<br /><br />FeliciaFelicia Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818959964833434203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-17111343687201198992009-12-27T08:17:39.188-08:002009-12-27T08:17:39.188-08:00The wonder of the snow makes the world sleep and r...The wonder of the snow makes the world sleep and rest, which my father said it needs to to for some months. That, in itself, is enough to be religious: the white powder covering virtually everything, even the sky as it is filled with heavy, snowy clouds.<br />So, thank you for this one, my dear friend Roberto! Cya this evening!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-5828031266462350672009-12-26T16:35:49.263-08:002009-12-26T16:35:49.263-08:00The picture you have posted with Christ and the ho...The picture you have posted with Christ and the horses has a lot of symbolism to it that comes from the temple imagery of the first temple.The temples were constructed and aligned to establish a solar calendar and faced East."As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing East;The spirit lifted me up (horses?)and brought me into the inner court and the Glory of God filled the temple" (Ezek 43.2,4,5)God was envisioned as sitting on a chariot throne in the Holy of Holy's and the original temple had horses mounted on the top of it.At the Autumn equinox the rays of the rising sun would shine through the gate and illuminated the great golden throne in the debir.The temple horses appear else where as steeds of the Lords agents and St. John alludes to them in the book of Revelations.In 2 Kings 23:11 we read of King Josiah reform of the Jewish religion prompted by the Duteronomists (the puritanical reformers and editors of the Pentateuch)"He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance at the house of the Lord".It was at this time that Judaism became monotheistic and Wisdom,The Queen of Heaven (El Shaddai,God with breasts)was purged from the temple cult.She had been represented by the shew bread,"Bread of Presence" and later O.T. texts describe the shew bread as having been polluted.The vine in the picture alludes to the Tree of Life,the Menorah.Jesus was both the Light and the Vine and the picture shows him riding his chariot throne pulled by solar horses.Early Christians understood first temple imagery and saw Christ as fulfilling it.It maybe that the Pagan imagery we see is not so much an addition to Christianity but rather an aspect of an earlier form of Judaism that got purged during the period of the 2nd temple reforms.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985247445476558468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-67896772139357197042009-12-24T12:44:48.348-08:002009-12-24T12:44:48.348-08:00Your blog is always very interesting.
Merry Chris...Your blog is always very interesting.<br /><br />Merry Christmas.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-32375954273874951192009-12-24T09:30:04.329-08:002009-12-24T09:30:04.329-08:00I am glad you stumbled upon my blog. Yes, I love s...I am glad you stumbled upon my blog. Yes, I love snow to look at but it gets really tiring to live in for four or five months. Hence we go down south for the winter and travel back home for Christmas with the family. We are blessed!Delenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267264823175290041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-68761435284138093402009-12-24T08:35:48.169-08:002009-12-24T08:35:48.169-08:00I could not have said it better if I had tried hon...I could not have said it better if I had tried hon!! Wow..wonderful post!<br />I struggle with this myself..being spritual rather than one thing..many. I also would love to have some of the commercial part of the holidays go away a bit!! I think it truly takes away from the beauty of the season.<br />I am green..you have snow..somehow we do not! I do love the snow!! Such beauty!<br />May your holiday season be bright hon..full of love and light.<br />I have been blessed to get to know you this year..here is to a wonderful next!<br /> Namaste and hugs, SarahSarah Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03835112406617937224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36437581.post-56625057598641372882009-12-23T19:15:54.245-08:002009-12-23T19:15:54.245-08:00Wonderful correlation between the solstice and the...Wonderful correlation between the solstice and the birth of Jesus!<br /><br />Here in the states...I'm wishing you a very Merry Christmas!!Alicia @ boylerpfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494653464202092752noreply@blogger.com