January 2011
184 posts
“Not a moment passes that isn’t spiritual practice.”
— Dan Millman (via tumblrcoven)
December 2010
175 posts
“Patterns establish reality, so break all patterns. Do it one way today, and another tomorrow. Periodically break all habits, regardless of how good they are. Learn something new. Teach by example. And share the excitement of your discovery with a child by letting him see your own genuine excitement in discovery.”
—Alexander Shulgin (TiHKAL: 334-335)
The Tree of Life Became the Christmas Tree
5000 Years of History
When the Fathers of the Christian Church in AD 340 decided upon an exact date to celebrate Christ’s birth event, they wisely chose the day of the Pagan Winter Solstice, which was already firmly fixed in the minds of the people.
Pagans had considered the “World Tree” or the “Tree of Life” as a representative of life and their universe for thousands of years. It was only natural to continue to use a tree as a symbol for the birth and re-birth of Christ.
In the early seventeenth century, Germans began bringing these trees indoors at Christmas and decorating them with candles.
The end result is that today we see these trees all over the world, used in a festive spirit of peace and joy, and still place a star or an Angel over the top, much as the Ancients did over 5000 years ago.
