THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS December 21, marks the winter solstice- when the days begin to get longer. The reason for the season, whether Chanukah or Diwali or Swansea or Saturnalia or Christmas, all of them are known as the festival of lights, they all come from the worship of Nimrod the Enlightener or mankind. When you place the yule log on, or you have the great bon fires, it is to encourage the sun to come back which has gone into hiding during these darkest days of the year. And now it has worked once again the sun is now coming back. Who knew? Know the facts; whatever it is that you call your festival of lights, it is all the worship of the dead. You will notice all the candles that are lit for the dead- such as what was depicted at Nelson Mandela’s funeral. They are to encourage the dead (nimrod) to come back. The little candle to encourage the sun to come back. In Egypt and Babylon each person was to place a candle in the window during these dark days to encourage the sun to return and it is this very picture of a candle burning in the frosty window of some snow covered log cabin that makes many of you feel warm and fuzzy. Diwali (also spelled Devali in certain regions) or Deepavali , popularly known as the “festival of lights,” is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reasons. For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. For Jains, Diwali marks the attainment of moksha or nirvana by Mahavira in 527 BC. Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore, and Fiji. The name “Diwali” is a contraction of “Deepavali” (Sanskrit: दीपावली Dīpāvalī), which translates into “row of lamps”.[7] Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps (diyas or dīpas) in Sanskrit: दीप) filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil.[8] These lamps are kept on during the night and one’s house is cleaned, both done in order to make the goddess Lakshmi feel welcome.[9] Firecrackers are burst in order to drive away evil spirits. During Diwali, all the celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with family members and friends. The festival starts with Dhanteras on which most Indian business communities begin their financial year. The second day of the festival, Naraka Chaturdasi, marks the vanquishing of the demon Naraka by Lord Krishna and his wife Satyabhama. Amavasya, the third day of Diwali, marks the worship of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth in her most benevolent mood, fulfilling the wishes of her devotees. Amavasya also tells the story of Lord Vishnu, who in his dwarf incarnation vanquished the Bali, and banished him to Patala. It is on the fourth day of Diwali, Kartika Shudda Padyami, that Bali went to patala and took the reins of his new kingdom in there. The fifth day is referred to as Yama Dvitiya (also called Bhai Dooj), and on this day sisters invite their brothers to their homes. Diwali falls on the one new moon night (Amavasya) between mid-October and mid-December. Diwali is celebrated for five days according to the lunisolar Hindu Calendar. It begins in late Ashvin (between September and October) and ends in early Kartika (between November and December). The days in Ashvin are in the Krishna Paksha (“dark fortnight”) of that month, while the days in Kartik are in its Shukla Paksha (“bright fortnight”). The first day is Dhan Teras. The last day is Yama Dvitiya, which signifies the second day of the light half of Kartika. Each day of Diwali marks one celebration of the six principal stories associated with the festival. On the auspicious night of Diwali, Hindus worship the goddess Lakshmi ceremonially at home, pray for her blessings. It is believed that on this night the goddess herself visits the homes and replenishes the inhabitants with wealth. Just like Santa Claus who brings things to those who have set up the sacred christmas tree. Does this not also sound like Chanukah? The triumph of good over evil and the lighting of lamps for 5 days. We also have people lighting up the Christmas lights at this time of year and of course there are the new converts to Chanukah who also will light up the Channukah bush, (really just a miniature christmas tree in any other circles, but they say it is not. Sure looks like a Christmas tree though; but what do I know?) Here you have Diwali and Chanukah and Christmas all celebrated for about a week in length of time. People gather at their homes where they share sweets and special snacks prepared for this festive occasion. The Christians say that Jesus was born on this day and thus was the light brought into this dark world. I find it amazing that this is the exact same thing that is said of Nimrod. Nimrod was the one who enlightened man about the worship of himself and how his coming at this time of year, the darkest days of the year, that Nimrod brought light into the world of men and as such they began to light Yule logs to him and candles and many other fires at this time of year to encourage the sun to come back. The Sun of course represents Nimrod. The lighting of Christmas lights, Chanukiahs Lamps, Diwali row of lamps or Yule logs are all done for the worship of Nimrod. All of the celebrations that are done at this time of year are to the one who brought light to this dark world. To the one who “enlightened” us. All of these different religions lighting up the festival of lights to the one who has enlightened them. To the Buddhist they call this time of year Bodhi Day: 8 December – Day of Enlightenment, celebrating the day that the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Guatama) experienced enlightenment (also known as Bodhi). Even the Chinese do this calling it Lantern Festival. And where does this celebration of lights come from? It comes from the worship of Nimrod. Nimrod is the black Buddha. The worship involved fire to represent the sun, the giver of light. Therefore, the “deified” Nimrod was worshiped as the giver of light to mankind; he “enlightened them” just as the Buddhist say above. In fact, the statue of Buddha is Nimrod; so as to show them good and evil. Hence came the name Lucifer, the “light giver” or “enlightener.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer Lucifer or is the King James Version rendering of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer word הֵילֵל in Isaiah 14:12 This word, transliterated hêlêl heylel, occurs only once in the Hebrew Bible and according to the KJV-influenced Strong’s Concordance means “shining one, morning star, Lucifer”. The word Lucifer is taken from the Latin Vulgate which translates הֵילֵל as lucifer,[Isa 14:12] meaning “the morning star, the planet Venus“, or, as an adjective, “light-bringing”. The Septuagint renders הֵילֵל in Greek as ἑωσφόρος (heōsphoros),a name, literally “bringer of dawn”, for the morning star. Even the snake was worshiped as a secret symbol of the mysteries. But do not be deceived and jump from one pagan ditch to another. That is, by jumping from pagan Christian festival of lights to a Jewish festival of lights called Chanukah. It is the exact same festival only with a different name given to it. The ancient Egyptian worship of Isis and its later expression, when Her religion spread throughout the Greco-Roman world, is also known as the festival of lights. Isis is known as a “Lady of Light.” The ancient Egyptians held Festivals of Lights in which the entire town or city would light oil lamps that would burn throughout the night—entirely equivalent to our own stringing of lights at Halloween or Yule. (My imagination sees Egyptian neighbors vying with each other over elaborate displays of lights just like they do now for Christmas.) The historian Herodotus (5th century BCE) writes about such a Festival of Lights at Sais, the city of Neith. He says: “At the times when they gather together at the city of Sais for their sacrifices, on a certain night they all kindle lamps many in number in the open air round about the houses; now the lamps are saucers full of salt and oil mixed, and the wick floats by itself on the surface, and this burns during the whole night; and to the festival is given the name Lychnocaia (“Lamp Lighting”). Moreover those of the Egyptians who have not come to this solemn assembly observe the night of the festival and themselves also light lamps all of them, and thus not in Sais alone are they lighted, but over all Egypt: and as to the reason why light and honour are allotted to this night, about this there is a sacred story told.” —Herodotus, Histories, Book II, Chapter 62 There were Festivals of Light at the New Year and on the five epagomenal ( “epagomenal” days are days within a solar calendar that are outside any regular month) days that led up to it. On these days, the birthdays of Osiris, Horus, Set, Isis, and Nephthys were celebrated and lights were placed in tombs for the dead. If we can judge by Herodotus’ statement, then other Festivals of Lights were celebrated in which Egyptian homes were illuminated as well as tombs. Osiris is also known as Nimrod and it his death and birth that is all combined here with the lighting up of lamps. The “sacred story” attached to the Sais festival was that the lights were to assist Isis in Her search for the body of Osiris. Is this not the exact same story of Semiramis searching for the body parts of Nimrod after Shem had him executed and his body torn apart and sent as a warning to the nations at this time in the world? Today, as then, you can still see many people lighting candles for the dead and at funerals or in memory of those that have died. They were lit in order to help Isis search for the body of Osiris, Nimrod, who had been executed. Isis had to search the graveyards at night for fear of being caught and also killed by Shem. When you keep Christmas, or Chanukah, or Dilwali or any other festival of lights during this winter solstice time you are, in truth, worshiping the goddess Lakshmi, as Isis is called in India and the dead Nimrod. Excerpted from an article by Joseph Dummond.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 07:30:04 +0000