Zoroastrianism was the first religion to be Monotheist, because Zoroaster took all the powers from all the Gods and gave them to 1 God. But that started 3000 Years ago, and since then Mithra has made his way in to a higher position. Zoroastrianism was not only the first religion to have 1 main God, but it was also the first religion to have a constant war between Good and Evil. Today, the Zoroastrian Fire Temple is called The Court of Mithraand the Priests are given a Mithraic mace with 100 edges. Mithra himself is seen as Between Light and Dark, a Path of Liberation. And Mithras name itself has 3 meanings in Farsi. Mithra is Love, Mithra is the Sun, and Mithra is Friend. The Mandrake plant is known as Mithras Plant. This is the plant from Harry Potter that had screaming babies for roots. In real life they have roots like kind of look like little people, and in Medeival Europe they used to think that the plants actually had screaming babies on them. They would tie a dog to the plant and cover their ears, then make the Dog pull the plant out and get the curse from hearing the scream. That was not just made up for Harry Potter, people actually used to think that. Mandrake is a Sedative and Poison. Mithra can be found in Chinese mythology as the Friend and there is a possible link between Mithra and the Last Buddha or the Buddha of the Future who is the embodiment of love and is known as Maitreya. Mithra can be traced back to Zoroasterianism and Sumer where he is known as Mica or Mehr. Mithra was and is the God of Promises and Contracts, which is why Christmas Holidays have always been associated with gift giving. Mithra, being the God of promises and contracts, was commonly involved in Marriage. If you noticed, the people in the New Testament pretty much died in jail and stuff, but Christianity is very focused on Marriage. During the Time of Paul, Mithraism was popular. It had made its way all the way from Persia, to Greece, to Rome and Mithraism was one of the last Pagan religions to survive in the Roman empire because it was ingrained into the politics, so even Christian leaders would do Mithraic ceremonies, like Marriage. Paul was converting Pagans to Christianity, and if you read what he said according to the Bible, he said I am all things to all men and he was doing that so that people would like Jesus. Mithra can be found in pretty much EVERY culture. A blatant example (and other examples) can be seen in the Middle East. If you have ever heard of the Oman people, when they become men according to their culture, they have to start carrying a knife. But not just any knife, a Khanjar. Below is a Omani man with his knife, then below that is the Emblems of Mithra, which is the Phrgian cap and the J shaped knife. i62.tinypic/57hau.jpg i58.tinypic/2wbz2tw.jpg And this is actually not even rare. Mithraism was popular all the way from the Island of Britain to the Middle East. If you remember ISIS was chasing the Yizidi people up that Mountain and America had to bomb the ISIS members at the bottom of the mountain? The Yizidi people are a still practicing Mithraic group that is seen as related historically to the birth of Christianity. If you look up Yizidi you will see people wearing the Red and White Mushroom colors. And below is the Kurdish Flag, which has the Star of Mithras on it. Then, if you look at pretty much any Middle Eastern Flag you will find the Colors Red, White and Green. Which is out Christmas Colors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis i59.tinypic/vqm9lw.jpg Mithraism was the base nature religion before the Romans, Christians and Muslims started making Empires. Then the Empires absorbed the Mithraism and suppressed it. But it was always there. Today, we see it in the Christmas Holiday and in the nations described above. As well as in Christianity/Catholicism. Most people have probably heard of Bull fighting. Mithra was known for killing a bull, and wearing a Red Cape. Bull Fights are pretty much a perfect example of how we are still doing Mithraic ceremonies around the world.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 01:37:13 +0000
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