Also: Disturbing conclusions from Brussels attack; meet Google's "director of regime change"; world debt at least 3x bigger than thought; and flying saucer stolen from Roswell UFO Museum.
Showing posts with label Paganism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paganism. Show all posts
Mar 29, 2016
Ba'al Takes New York
Also: Disturbing conclusions from Brussels attack; meet Google's "director of regime change"; world debt at least 3x bigger than thought; and flying saucer stolen from Roswell UFO Museum.
Mar 3, 2016
David Flynn - Mars/Earth Connection: Cydonia, Genesis 3
You have to listen fast to catch all the info in a David Flynn lecture, but if you can keep up, and put all his points together, the payoff at the end when he reveals what's going on is more than worth the effort.
For more information visit www.mt.net/~watcher (David Flynn's Website) or to order conference DVDs visit www.AncientOfDays.net ---
THE MARS / EARTH CONNECTION: CYDONIA, GENESIS 3 AND ANCIENT MYTHOLOGIES PART 2, with David Flynn. Since 1994, David Flynn has posted his groundbreaking research of ancient mysteries, Masonry, gnosticism, crop circles, UFOs, and Bible prophecy on his famous Watcher website. In his first public speaking appearance, Dave expertly connects the sacred geometry and monuments of a seemingly destroyed culture, to Earth's most ancient mythologies, deities and mystery religions. From a Genesis 3 paradigm, Dave presents these so-called mythologies as fact-based, using both scripture and his amazing grasp of astronomy to draw a clear connection to the serpentine god of multiple cultures, who gave mankind knowledge, or "gnosis."
Dec 22, 2014
Of Dr. Seuss, Satanists and Santa's Dark Helper
As I was posting the series, "Santa Claus, Pretender To The Throne" earlier this month, it occurred to me that Krampus, the Dark Helper of Santa in Northern European countries looked a lot like a character I knew from Dr. Seuss books growing up, The Grinch. Now, if you have seen the old pics of Krampus, the leap to the Grinch is not a big one. And looking at the facts, it's not much of a leap of logic at all.
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was the son of German immigrants, who would have been quite familiar with the Krampus/dark helper stories. Seuss stories were also readily embraced by the self proclaimed wickedest man who ever lived, the infamous Alistair Crowley. Crowley stated in interviews that Seuss's stories were the perfect introduction into paganism and witchcraft. Others have noted some decidedly unfriendly messages being passed on in his books.
So was the Grinch really just a poetic version of Krampus, Santa's dark helper who was known to lick bad children, and perhaps devour them? You be the judge. I have decided for myself that the Grinch is just way to creepy to be part of my Christmas.
Here's a video showing Krampus celebrations from Germany. (Celebration isn't really the word I'm looking for, but here it is.)
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| Krampus and his buddy Ole Nick, I mean Saint Nick |
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was the son of German immigrants, who would have been quite familiar with the Krampus/dark helper stories. Seuss stories were also readily embraced by the self proclaimed wickedest man who ever lived, the infamous Alistair Crowley. Crowley stated in interviews that Seuss's stories were the perfect introduction into paganism and witchcraft. Others have noted some decidedly unfriendly messages being passed on in his books.
So was the Grinch really just a poetic version of Krampus, Santa's dark helper who was known to lick bad children, and perhaps devour them? You be the judge. I have decided for myself that the Grinch is just way to creepy to be part of my Christmas.
Here's a video showing Krampus celebrations from Germany. (Celebration isn't really the word I'm looking for, but here it is.)
This is a brief review of Krampus. If you want to get a bit more detail, please refer to the four part series, "Santa Claus, Pretender To The Throne".
Krampus is the dark companion of St. Nicholas, the traditional European winter gift-bringer who rewards good children each year on December 6. The kindly old Saint leaves the task of punishing bad children to a hell-bound counterpart
known by many names across the continent — Knecht Ruprecht, Certa, Perchten, Black Peter, Schmutzli, Pelznickel, Klaubauf, and Krampus. Usually seen as a classic devil with horns, cloven hooves and monstrous tongue, but can also be spotted as a sinister gentleman dressed in black or a hairy man-beast. Krampus punishes the naughty children, swatting them with switches and rusty chains before dragging them in baskets to a fiery place below.Krampusnacht (Night of Krampus)
Krampus is celebrated on Krampusnacht, which takes place on the eve of St. Nicholas’ Day. In Austria, Northern Italy and other parts of Europe, party-goers masquerade as devils, wild-men, and witches to participate in Krampuslauf (Krampus Run). Intoxicated and bearing torches, costumed devils caper and carouse through the streets terrifying child and adult alike. Krampusnacht is increasingly being celebrated in other parts of Europe such as Finland and France, as well as in many American cities.Krampus's Ancient Origins
The European practice of mummery during the winter solstice season can be traced back tens of thousands of years. Villagers across the continent dress up as animals, wild-men and mythic figures to parade and perform humorous plays. This ancient guising and masking tradition continues to this day as the primary source for our modern Halloween with its costumes, trick-or-treat, and pagan symbolism. Among the most common figures in these folk rituals were Old Man Winter and the horned Goat-Man — archetypes now found in the forms of Saint Nick/Santa Claus, and the Devil (‘Old Nick’), aka Krampus. Santa the Punisher?
In 19th century New York City an American St. Nick emerged in the form of Santa Claus. Although based on the Dutch Saint Nicholas, Santa incorporated more elements from pagan winter solstice customs. He relinquished his white bishop garb for a red suit, traded his horse and staff for a sleigh and reindeer, and moved his franchise to Christmas Eve.
Santa also tried to take over the dark companion’s job of punishing the naughty, but his New World temperament was apparently unsuited for the task. As Santa neglected and abandoned his punishing duties, American kids lost all fear of Santa and his lumps of coal. Thankfully, in the 21st century, Krampus has arrived in this land of spoiled and dissatisfied children to pick up the slack.Krampus Cards
While Santa Claus expanded shop and sold products in mid-1800s America, the holiday card craze exploded in Europe.
In Austria and other parts of Europe, countless season’s greeting cards featured Krampus, often emblazoned with the phrase “Grüß Vom Krampus” (Greetings from Krampus). While the lurid images are suffused with a modern sense of the comic and the surreal, they still resonant with mythic power and primordial horror. 
And with Krampus representing the naughty side of the season, the sexy subtext is hard to ignore in these often very cheeky cards. A century later, the brilliance of these magnificent works of pop art is now gaining global recognition.Krampus in America
BLAB! Magazine curator Monte Beauchamp reintroduced Krampus cards to America nearly a century after their heyday. His art books are the definitive works showcasing Krampus and other Devil-inspired greeting cards. A collector's market for Krampus cards has grown as the figure of Krampus pops up across the cultural landscape. Krampus has been featured on Adult Swim's The Venture Bros and the CW’s Supernatural; in 2009, Krampus visited the The Colbert Report and had Stephen shaking in his Brooks Brothers’ suit. Over the last decade, Krampusnacht celebrations have sprouted up in U.S. cities such as Portland and San Francisco.A New Spirit of Xmas?
The hunger for a darker Xmas holiday has made the evil Santa Claus character a staple of pop culture, as seen in movies such as Rare Exports
, The Nightmare Before Christmas, books such as Dean Koontz's Santa's Twin
and many others.
A resurgence of Saturnalian rituals and animistic practices during the winter season is evident in 
Santarchy, a flash-mob phenomenon started in 1994 on America’s west coast now enacted in many countries including Korea, Norway and Ireland. On selected days in early December, large crowds of costumed Santa Clauses descend en masse on public squares and shopping centers to confound, amuse and frighten spectators. 
A new appreciation of ancient traditions that smoulder in the dark recesses of holiday revelry continues to rise around the world. Krampus, with his horns, hoove and tongue, embodies this revived spirit of the Xmas season!Krampus Through the Ages
2000 BCEEnkidu appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the earliest known appearance of a 'Wild Man' in literature.
600 BCE In the book of Daniel in the Old Testament, King Nebuchadnezzar is punished by God for his pride when he is turned into a hairy beast.
217 BCE Saturnalia is introduced as a winter celebration in Rome, marked by gift giving, wild parties, and a reversal of the normal social roles of slave and master.
4th Century CEDue to Roman influence, many Germanic tribes, such as the Goths and Vandals, convert to Christianity; their pagan traditions survive in small villages in the Alps where the Church cannot penetrate.
1250 CE King's Mirror, a Norwegian text, features a Wild Man character who is described as being covered in hair.
17th Century CE 'Knecht Rupert' appears as a figure in a Nuremberg Christmas procession.
1810 CE The Brothers Grimm began publishing stories of Germanic folktales, marking a resurgence in Germanic pagan folklore.
Early 19th Century CE Holiday postcards from Austria, Germany, and other parts of Europe feature holiday greetings Krampus and other companions of St. Nicholas.
Early 19th Century CE Germanic and Dutch immigrants to the US popularize 'Pelznickel' traditions in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and as far west as Indiana.
2004 CE Blab! Magazine curator Monte Beauchamp publishes Devil In Design, a collection of vintage Krampus postcards from the turn of the 19th century. This book marks an increase in Krampus' popularity in the English speaking world.
2004 CE An Adult Swim show The Venture Brothers features Krampus during a Christmas special.
2007 CE The American television show Supernatural features an evil Krampus character.
2009 CE American satirist Stephen Colbert is visited by Krampus on his television show The Colbert Report.
Oct 13, 2014
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Oct 1, 2014
Is Your Church Worship More Pagan than Christian?
Todd Pruitt
There is a great misunderstanding in churches of the purpose of music in Christian worship. Churches routinely advertise their “life-changing” or “dynamic” worship that will “bring you closer to God” or “change your life.” Certain worship CD’s promise that the music will “enable you to enter the presence of God.” Even a flyer for a recent conference for worship leaders boasted:"Join us for dynamic teaching to set you on the right path, and inspiring worship where you can meet God and receive the energy and love you need to be a mover and shaker in today’s world…Alongside our teaching program are worship events which put you in touch with the power and love of God."
The problem with the flyer and with many church ads is that these kinds of promises reveal a significant theological error. Music is viewed as a means to facilitate an encounter with God; it will move us closer to God. In this schema, music becomes a means of mediation between God and man. But this idea is closer to ecstatic pagan practices than to Christian worship.
Jesus is the only mediator between God and man. He alone is the One who brings us to God. The popular but mistaken notions regarding worship music undermine this foundational truth of the Christian faith. It is also ironic that while many Christians deny the sacramental role of those ordinances which the Lord Himself has given to the church (baptism and the Lord’s Supper) they are eager to grant music sacramental powers. Music and “the worship experience” are viewed as means by which we enter the presence of God and receive his saving benefits. There is simply no evidence whatsoever in Scripture that music mediates direct encounters or experiences with God. This is a common pagan notion. It is far from Christian.
In his helpful book True Worship Vaughan Roberts offers four consequences of viewing music as an encounter with God. I will summarize them.
1. God’s Word is marginalized.
In many Churches and Christian gatherings it is not unusual for God’s Word to be shortchanged. Music gives people the elusive “liver quiver” while the Bible is more mundane. Pulpits have shrunk and even disappeared while bands and lighting have grown. But faith does not come from music, dynamic experiences, or supposed encounters with God. Faith is birthed through the proclamation of God’s Word (Rom 10:17).
2. Our assurance is threatened.
If we associate God’s presence with a particular experience or emotion, what happens when we no longer feel it? We search for churches whose praise band, orchestra, or pipe organ produce in us the feelings we are chasing. But the reality of God in our lives depends on the mediation of Christ not on subjective experiences.
3. Musicians are given priestly status.
When music is seen as a means to encounter God, worship leaders and musicians are vested with a priestly role. They become the ones who bring us into the presence of God rather than Jesus Christ who alone has already fulfilled that role. Understandably, when a worship leader or band doesn’t help me experience God they have failed and must be replaced. On the other hand, when we believe that they have successfully moved us into God’s presence they will attain in our minds a status that is far too high for their own good.
4. Division is increased.
If we identify a feeling as an encounter with God, and only a particular kind of music produces that feeling, then we will insist that same music be played regularly in our church or gatherings. As long as everyone else shares our taste then there is no problem. But if others depend upon a different kind of music to produce the feeling that is important to them then division is cultivated. And because we routinely classify particular feelings as encounters with God our demands for what produce those feelings become very rigid. This is why so many churches succumb to offering multiple styles of worship services. By doing so, they unwittingly sanction division and self-centeredness among the people of God.
Scripture is full of exhortations to God’s people to sing and make music to the Lord. Our God has been gracious to give us this means to worship Him. But it is important to understand that music in our worship is for two specific purposes: to honor God and to edify our fellow believers. Unfortunately, many Christians tend to grant music a sacramental power which Scripture never bestows upon it.
Todd Pruitt serves as Lead Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Raised a Southern Baptist, he is a graduate of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He blogs regularly at Ref21 and 1517. Todd, along with Carl Trueman and Aimee Byrd, is one of the hosts of Mortification of Spin. He and his wife Karen have three children.
Read this article at - http://www.christianity.com/church/worship-and-hymns/is-your-church-worship-more-pagan-than-christian.html
Jun 26, 2014
UN Report: Kidnapped Children Being Used By Pedophile Sex Tourists For Voodoo Rituals
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The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) urged Britain to do more to stop this brutal form of people trafficking.
“We’re concerned about reports that hundreds of children have been abducted from their families in Africa and trafficked to the UK, especially London, for religious rituals,” Kirsten Sandberg, head of the CRC and a former Norwegian Supreme Court judge, said Thursday.
She said that trafficking for rituals was part of a wider problem where thousands of minors are brought to the UK, who end up being child prostitutes or being sexually exploited.
The CRC advised that Britain should “strengthen the capacity of law-enforcement authorities and judiciary to detect and prosecute trafficking of children for labor, sexual and other forms of exploitation, including for religious rituals.”
There have been numerous cases of children who have been brought to the UK from Africa and suffered torture and abuse, often as part of witchcraft rituals, AFP reports.
Victoria Climbie from the Ivory Coast was killed by her own relatives in 2000, who thought she was a witch.
More recently, in March 2012, Eric Bikubi and Magalie Bamu, both from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who moved to London, were found guilty of murdering Magalie’s teenage brother, Kirsty.
The prosecution argued that Bikubi had a “profound and disturbing” belief in witchcraft and although the defense said that Bikubi was suffering from schizophrenia, the judge sentenced both defendants to life in prison.
A year later the Metropolitan Police found the dismembered corpse of a Nigerian boy in the River Thames, who they believed was a victim of a ritual.
The CRC also warned about the number of British pedophiles who travel abroad – most notably to Southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia and Thailand, for sex with children. Orphanages were a favored destination where sex predators could pick on vulnerable kids.
“There are continued reports that United Kingdom citizens, including some convicted sex offenders, set up charities or travel abroad, where they sexually abuse children,” Sandberg said.
She called on the British government to get its act together to toughen identification, investigation and prosecution of British citizens involved in such crimes, as well making sure convicted and known pedophiles do not travel abroad.
The UK government has said that new orders can now be applied to individuals who are deemed to pose a risk of sexual harm, even if they have never been convicted.
A national group led by the Home Office will look at ways the police and other agencies can better detect and combat sex offenders.
“Our two new civil prevention orders will make it easier to restrict the movement and activities of anyone who poses a risk of causing sexual harm to children and adults – not just those who have been convicted of sexual offences,” Norman Baker, the crime prevention minister, said in a statement.
A BBC journalist posing as a children’s trafficker trawled the bars and cafés of the Kampala underworld in Uganda in 2011. He found a kidnapper who boasted he could “offer as many children as required” without the police knowing for $15,600 a child.
Read this article at - http://rt.com/news/167376-child-voodoo-rituals-pedophile/
Jun 19, 2014
Indian teen with 7-inch tail worshiped as reincarnated Hindu god Hanuman, One of President Obama's Pocket gods
The connections at this late hour of history are too bizarre not to mention. You can click here to see an article of the "pocket gods" (lint excluded) that Mr. Obama has been seen carrying around. Although with executive orders, I don't think he needs Hanuman to grant his wishes.
An Indian boy - Arshid Ali Khan, 13 - is worshipped in the state of Punjab because he has a 7in 'tail'.
Arshid Ali Khan, 13, has become a divine symbol in the state of Punjab.
Locals have hailed him a reincarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman - and refer to him as Balaji.
However, Arshid has to use a wheelchair and he is considering having the 'tail' removed.
He said: 'This tail has been given to me by God. I am worshipped because I pray to god and the wishes of people come true.
'I feel neither good nor bad about having a tail.'
Arshid lives with his grandfather, Iqbal Qureshi, and two uncles, after his father died when he was four and his mother remarried.
Mr Qureshi, a music instructor, said: 'When he spoke for the first time at the age on one all he spoke was the names of Gods from different religions.
'It was that day I realised that he had something divine and godly about him.'
Some people believe that if they worship Arshid their wishes will come true.
He added: 'It does not matter whether we are Muslims or Hindus, I think there is just one path for spiritualism.'
Arshid's home has been converted into a temple where his devotees come to visit him to receive his blessings and touch his 'tail'.
'A lot of people's wishes have come true after they have visited,' claimed Mr Qureshi.
'Sometimes there are childless couples who come to Balaji for help. He blesses them, and often they are then able to conceive.'
However, Arshid often struggles to balance his time with his faithful devotees and attending school and playing with his friends.
He said: 'Mostly on weekdays I have to go to school but when I have a school holiday on Sunday around 20 to 30 people come to see me at my home.'
He added: 'No one teases me. Everybody wants to see my tail and so they keep asking.'
Arshid struggles to walk and is considering having the 'tail' surgically removed.
An Indian boy - Arshid Ali Khan, 13 - is worshipped in the state of Punjab because he has a 7in 'tail'.
- Arshid Ali Khan has been hailed a reincarnation of the Hindu god Hanuman
- Local people believe their wishes will come true if they visit him
- But, Arshid is considering surgery to remove the tail and help him walk
- He has not been formally diagnosed but could have a type of spina bifida
Arshid Ali Khan, 13, has become a divine symbol in the state of Punjab.
Locals have hailed him a reincarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman - and refer to him as Balaji.
However, Arshid has to use a wheelchair and he is considering having the 'tail' removed.
He said: 'This tail has been given to me by God. I am worshipped because I pray to god and the wishes of people come true.
'I feel neither good nor bad about having a tail.'
Arshid lives with his grandfather, Iqbal Qureshi, and two uncles, after his father died when he was four and his mother remarried.
Mr Qureshi, a music instructor, said: 'When he spoke for the first time at the age on one all he spoke was the names of Gods from different religions.
'It was that day I realised that he had something divine and godly about him.'
Some people believe that if they worship Arshid their wishes will come true.
Arshid's home has been converted into a temple where his devotees come to visit him to receive his blessings and touch his 'tail'.
'A lot of people's wishes have come true after they have visited,' claimed Mr Qureshi.
'Sometimes there are childless couples who come to Balaji for help. He blesses them, and often they are then able to conceive.'
However, Arshid often struggles to balance his time with his faithful devotees and attending school and playing with his friends.
He said: 'Mostly on weekdays I have to go to school but when I have a school holiday on Sunday around 20 to 30 people come to see me at my home.'
He added: 'No one teases me. Everybody wants to see my tail and so they keep asking.'
Arshid struggles to walk and is considering having the 'tail' surgically removed.
Read the rest of this article at - http://www.sott.net/article/280624-Indian-teen-with-7-inch-tail-worshiped-as-reincarnated-Hindu-god-Hanuman
Jun 8, 2014
Project Bluebeam, Demons and the Antichrist with Freeman Fly
Since we delved into the X-Men and Aleister Crowley a couple of posts back, lets look at what Crowley believed and how it's translated into our culture, that is "western" culture today.
Freeman Fly breaks down the signs of the Antichrist and how it ties into Project Bluebeam
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Credit Music - Block McCloud - The Ring
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For First Time Ever Pope to Allow Reading of Quran and Islamic Prayers at Vatican This Sunday
I added a video at the bottom on the amazing (and frightening) similarities between Roman Catholic practices and Islamic practices. It's time we opened our eyes to what is true...
By Eric Odom
The Muslim world is finding much to rejoice about in a confusing and quite shocking decision made by the Pope. The Pope will allow Muslims to read from the Quran and chant Islamic prayers from the Vatican in a move said to promote peace. More here. For the first time in history, Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran will be heard at the Vatican on Sunday, in a move by Pope Francis to usher in peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Problem is, in many instances the Quran promotes violence and war. The Quran calls for forced conversion of all Catholics to Islam, so I fail to see how allowing its words to flow through the Vatican is a good thing.
Just how bad is the Quran when it comes to tolerance of the Catholic faith? You be the judge.
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called ‘hypocrites’ and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, the verses of violence in the Quran are mostly open-ended, meaning that they are not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding text. They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Quran. The context of violent passages is more ambiguous than might be expected of a perfect book from a loving God, however this can work both ways. Most of today’s Muslims exercise a personal choice to interpret their holy book’s call to arms according to their own moral preconceptions about justifiable violence. Apologists cater to their preferences with tenuous arguments that gloss over historical fact and generally do not stand up to scrutiny. Still, it is important to note that the problem is not bad people, but bad ideology.
Unfortunately, there are very few verses of tolerance and peace to abrogate or even balance out the many that call for nonbelievers to be fought and subdued until they either accept humiliation, convert to Islam, or are killed. Muhammad’s own martial legacy – and that of his companions – along with the remarkable stress on violence found in the Quran have produced a trail of blood and tears across world history.
Read more at - http://www.libertynews.com/2014/06/shock-for-first-time-ever-pope-to-allow-reading-of-quran-and-islamic-prayers-at-vatican-this-sunday/
Know Your Enemy (Part 29 - The Islamic Catholic Connection)
By Eric Odom
The Muslim world is finding much to rejoice about in a confusing and quite shocking decision made by the Pope. The Pope will allow Muslims to read from the Quran and chant Islamic prayers from the Vatican in a move said to promote peace. More here. For the first time in history, Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran will be heard at the Vatican on Sunday, in a move by Pope Francis to usher in peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Problem is, in many instances the Quran promotes violence and war. The Quran calls for forced conversion of all Catholics to Islam, so I fail to see how allowing its words to flow through the Vatican is a good thing.
Just how bad is the Quran when it comes to tolerance of the Catholic faith? You be the judge.
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called ‘hypocrites’ and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, the verses of violence in the Quran are mostly open-ended, meaning that they are not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding text. They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Quran. The context of violent passages is more ambiguous than might be expected of a perfect book from a loving God, however this can work both ways. Most of today’s Muslims exercise a personal choice to interpret their holy book’s call to arms according to their own moral preconceptions about justifiable violence. Apologists cater to their preferences with tenuous arguments that gloss over historical fact and generally do not stand up to scrutiny. Still, it is important to note that the problem is not bad people, but bad ideology.
Unfortunately, there are very few verses of tolerance and peace to abrogate or even balance out the many that call for nonbelievers to be fought and subdued until they either accept humiliation, convert to Islam, or are killed. Muhammad’s own martial legacy – and that of his companions – along with the remarkable stress on violence found in the Quran have produced a trail of blood and tears across world history.
Read more at - http://www.libertynews.com/2014/06/shock-for-first-time-ever-pope-to-allow-reading-of-quran-and-islamic-prayers-at-vatican-this-sunday/
Know Your Enemy (Part 29 - The Islamic Catholic Connection)
Series exploring the coming New World Order from a Biblical perspective. In this part, we cross reference elements of Islam with Catholicism and discover similarities that betray shared origins.
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Sep 30, 2013
Miley Cyrus Invokes Kali VMA 2013
No one covers the occult rituals quite like Freeman, so I had to put this up. I didn't see Ms. Cyrus performance, but have seen countless references ever since to her bizarre behavior. Leave it to Freeman to point out that she looks exactly, and I mean exactly like the Goddess of Death in Hinduism, Kali.
Freeman points out this is an occult forewarning of Death coming in a major way. Just for background, those from Europe and the U.S. often picture death as a skeleton in cloak with a scythe, that is, without emotion, but an entity carrying out it's grim duty. However the Hindus see Kali as one who revels in death, and the more violent and bloody, the better. I've seen those Hindus possessed of spirits in the Thaipusam parade of Singapore some years ago. They embrace the murderous and lustful appetite of the goddess. In this video, the bizarre and pornographic Miley Cyrus embodies the goddess of death. Hollywood ritualism at it's best, or worst.
Freeman points out this is an occult forewarning of Death coming in a major way. Just for background, those from Europe and the U.S. often picture death as a skeleton in cloak with a scythe, that is, without emotion, but an entity carrying out it's grim duty. However the Hindus see Kali as one who revels in death, and the more violent and bloody, the better. I've seen those Hindus possessed of spirits in the Thaipusam parade of Singapore some years ago. They embrace the murderous and lustful appetite of the goddess. In this video, the bizarre and pornographic Miley Cyrus embodies the goddess of death. Hollywood ritualism at it's best, or worst.
Aug 16, 2013
Jan 30, 2013
Fairies, Changelings and the False Messiah from Magonia
PART 9: FAIRIES,
CHANGELINGS...
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and the False Messiah from MagoniaBy Tom Horn & Cris Putnam |
Stories of anomalous cryptids moving in and out of man’s reality such
as described in the previous two entries were once considered fact in ancient
times. Early people around the world viewed “them” as coexisting with man and
who could be seen whenever the netherworld beings willed it. This included the
opening of portals or spirit gateways and the idea that through these openings
could come the sudden appearance of werewolves, ghosts, goblins, trolls, and
those mythical beings of legend that have an even more interesting connection to
modern UFO lore known as fairies.
Fairy variety is considerable and listing each type here is
beyond the scope of our interest. However, some of them are virtually identical
with ancient descriptions of demons including a particular one called the bogie or “bogeyman” who haunts the dark
and enjoys harming and frightening humans. These fairies appear very similar to
traditional descriptions of “Bigfoot” with the same furry bodies together with
fiery red eyes. Other Fairy classifications are practically indistinguishable
from the flying witches of Classical Antiquity and the Ancient Near East. Olaus
Magnus, who was sent by Pope Paul III in 1546 as an authority to the council of
Trent and who later became canon of St. Lambert in Liége, Belgium, is best
remembered as the author of the classic 1555 “Historia de Gentibus
Septentrionalibus” (History of the Northern Peoples), which chronicled the
folklore and history of Europe. In it, he provided engravings of fairy-demons
carrying women away for intercourse. Before him, in 1489 the legal scholar
Ulrich Molitor did the same, providing etched plates in his Latin tract on
sorcerous women (“De laniis et phitonicis mulieribus”) depicting demons
abducting women for coitus. Besides such similarities to current UFO and
alien-abduction activity, these fairies often left “the devils mark”—a permanent
spot or scar believed to have been made by the demon (or the devil himself)
raking his claw across the flesh or by the red hot kiss of the devil licking the
individual. This happened at night, at the conclusion of the nocturnal abduction
episode. This mark was also known as “fairy bruising” and as the “witche’s teat”
and appeared as a raised bump or scoop mark in the flesh often on the most
secret parts of the body. In modern times, alien abductees often bear the same
marks as those described in olden days as the Devil’s Mark—cuts or scoops on the
backs of the legs, arms, neck, purplish circular spots around the abdomen and
genitals, and in patterns consistent with those from medieval times ascribed to
witches, incubi and fairies. Thus the actual mythology of these creatures and
the “little people” that traveled with them between our reality and fairyland or
“Elfland” portrays an image quite different than that of cutesy “Tinkerbell”
fluttering overhead at Disneyland! Fairy legend includes the identical
alien-sounding roles of abduction, inducing some type of paralysis in which the
victim can see what is happening but is powerless to intervene (the Oxford
Dictionary of Celtic Mythology says the colloquial English usage of ‘stroke’ for
cerebral hemorrhage derives from its relationship with “paralysis” and
originated with the “fairy-stroke” or “elf-stroke” of legend [i]), levitating of people and flying them away to “fairyland” (or
what some today call “Magonia”), and traveling in UFO-like discs or circular
globes of light.
In the 1960s,
legendary French UFO researcher Dr. Jacques Vallée began to explore these
commonalities between UFOs, alien abduction, and fabled figures like fairies in
his book Passport to Magonia: From
Folklore to Flying Saucers (this
work by Vallée is no longer available but will be provided free in digital
format with the release of the book Exo-Vaticana that this series is
based on). Out of this research he developed a “multidimensional visitation
hypothesis” beyond space-time that would allow for undetected coexistence
between humans and non-human beings, which have been seen and detected for
thousands of years and that seem to present themselves in a way that suggests:
1) either they are mutating their persona to match our current belief systems
(i.e. they once were called the little people of Elfin lore who stole and
replaced children with “changelings” while today they are the little grays of ET
abduction who steal and replace embryos with hybrid babies); or 2) they are
doing what they have always done and we are the ones interpreting their
presence in ways that accommodate our current understanding of science and
religion. For Vallée, the comparisons between the ancient fairy stories and
modern alien-abduction phenomenon were too similar to be coincidence. He cites
the work of Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878—1965), an anthropologist and expert
on “fairy-faith” in Celtic countries (whose 1911 book/dissertation on the
subject is also free with the data packet that comes with Exo-Vaticana), as powerful
evidence for consistency of the phenomenon throughout history.
Evans-Wentz,
also a theosophist, is famous for compiling and editing the sacred texts on
Tibetan Buddhism which were published by Oxford University Press in the early
twentieth century. Consequently, he is widely credited with pioneering western
Buddhism associated with Astrobiologist Chris Impey (whom we discuss later).
However, before his travels to Sri Lanka and India, Evans-Wentz wrote his
doctoral thesis at Oxford University on the Celtic belief in fairies. He
approached the subject as a scholar examining the history and folk-lore of the
British Isles through the lens of anthropology and psychology. It is perhaps one
of the most thorough and scholarly endeavors ever conducted on the subject.
As
the nineteenth century rolled over into the twentieth the industrial revolution
was driving the populations toward the cities and the population was booming.
Evans-Wentz did extensive ethnographic fieldwork interviewing folks in Ireland,
Wales, Scotland, Brittany and the Isle of Man. Encounters with fairies were
plentiful enough to be commonplace in the early nineteenth century, but as
modernity approached they waned. Today fairies are largely forgotten, relegated
to old wives tales and legend, albeit the phenomenon still exists.
Jacques Vallee is convinced that the fairies were not only
real but that they currently endure under the modern guise of extraterrestrials.
What Evans-Wentz was able to capture was the time of transition when the
entities plagued by the encroachment of modernity transformed themselves.
Through his field work Evans-Wentz noted that the nearly all of the older folks
had witnessed fairies or believed in them. It transcended legend as a commonly
accepted fact. However, the next generation, influenced by the industrial
zeitgeist, lacked fairy belief. John Bruno Hare, founder of the internet
Sacred-Text.com archive, surmised, “We come away from this study with a
multi-dimensional view of the fairies, who, much like the grey aliens of UFO
belief, inhabit a narrative which seems too consistent to be the product of
insanity, yet too bizarre for conventional explanation.”[ii] This suggests a line of congruence between the accounts of fairies
and that of today's so-called extraterrestrials. Vallée writes:
We
have now examined several stories of abductions and attempts at kidnappings by
the occupants of flying saucers. These episodes are an integral part of the
total UFO problem and cannot be solved separately. Historical evidence, gathered
by Wentz, moreover, once more points in the same direction.
This
sort of belief in fairies being able to take people was very common and exists
yet in a good many parts of West Ireland. . . . The Good People are often seen
there (pointing to Knoch Magh) in great crowds playing hurley and ball. And one
often sees among them the young men and women and children who have been taken (emphasis in original).
Not
only are people taken, but—as in flying saucer stories—they are sometimes
carried to faraway spots by aerial means. Such a story is told by the Prophet
Ezekiel, of course, and by other religious writers. But an ordinary Irishman,
John Campbell, also told Wentz:
A
man whom I have seen, Roderick Mac Neil, was lifted by the hosts and left three
miles from where he was taken up. The hosts went at about midnight.
Rev.
Kirk gives a few stories of similar extraordinary kidnappings, but the most
fantastic legend of all is one attached to Kirk himself: the good reverend is
commonly believed to have himself been taken by the fairies.
Mrs.
J. MacGregor who keeps the key to the old churchyard where there is a tomb to
Kirk, though many say there is nothing in it but a coffin filled with stones,
told me Kirk was taken into the Fairy Knoll, which she pointed to just across a
little valley in front of us, and is there yet, for the hill is full of caverns
and in them the “good people” have their homes. And she added that Kirk appeared
to a relative of his after he was taken.
Wentz,
who reports this interesting story, made further inquiries regarding the
circumstances of Kirk’s death. He went to see the successor to Kirk in
Abcrfoyle, Rev. Taylor, who clarified the story:
At the time of his disappearance people said he was taken
because the fairies were displeased with him for disclosing their secrets in so
public a manner as he did. [iii]
Some UFO researchers go so far as to call the Reverend
Robert Kirk “the first genuine martyr of the exo-politics movement.”[iv] His seminal The Secret
Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies provides a wealth of parallels to
modern UFOlogical research (which is also included in the free data
packet that
will come with Exo-Vaticana). Was Kirk spirited away to the ever-enigmatic place called
Magonia?
Vallée documented how “the physical nature of Magonia, as it
appears in such tales, is quite enigmatic. Sometimes, it is a remote country, an
invisible island, some faraway place one can reach only by a long journey.
Indeed, in some tales, it is a celestial country…. This parallels the belief in
the extraterrestrial origin of UFO’s so popular today. A second—and equally
widespread—theory, is that Elfland constitutes a sort of parallel universe,
which coexists with our own. It is made visible and tangible only to selected
people, and the ‘doors’ that lead through it are tangential points, known only
to the elves. This is somewhat analogous to the theory, sometimes found in the
UFO literature, concerning what some authors like to call the ‘fourth
dimension’—although, of course, this expression makes much less physical sense
than does the theory of a parallel Elfland. (It does sound more scientific,
however!)” [v]
Vallée’s argument is persuasive
given the history of demonic entities and their deceitful record of assuming any
appearance that gains them acceptance into society. Recall the creatures in the
film “They Live” and their ability to appear quite human. According to 2
Corinthians 11:14 even Satan himself can manifest as “an angel of light”! Vallée
also notes this deception on the part of the modern alien-fairies seems to be
for the purpose of taking and replacing babies or smaller children with
“changelings.” In alien abduction many women report the removal of their fetus
followed later by introduction to (supposedly) the post-gestational baby. In
fairy lore the child is removed and replaced with a “changeling,” a
human-looking copy especially of Western European folklore and folk religion.
Numerous theories were developed between the 13th and 15th
centuries to explain the reason for this abduction and replacement of children
including that the earthly child was a “tithe to Hell” or tribute paid by the
fairies to the devil every seven years. But Vallée updates this point, noting
how the modern alien-abduction phenomenon and the numerous accounts of
abductions by the fairies focused “especially on pregnant women or young
mothers, and they also are very active in stealing young children.” He
says:
Sometimes, they substitute a false child for the real one,
leaving in place of the real child …one of their children, a changeling: By the
belief in changelings I mean a belief that fairies and other… beings are on the
watch for young children…that they may, if they can find them unguarded, seize
and carry them off, leaving in their place one of them. [vi]
Vallée
then points to a television series that capitalized on the aspect of UFO lore
and the connection between modern and ancient abductions:
In
the show, the human race has been infiltrated by extraterrestrials who differ
from humans in small details only. This is not a new idea, as the belief in
changelings shows. And there is a well-known passage in Martin Luther’s Table
Talk, in which he tells the Prince of Anhalt that he should throw into the
Moldau a certain man who is, in his opinion, such a changeling—or killcrop, as
they were called in Germany.
What
was the purpose of such fairy abductions? The idea advanced by students of folk
talks is again very close to a current theory about UFO’s: that the purpose of
such contact is a genetic one. According to Hartland:
The motive assigned to fairies in northern stories is that of
preserving and improving their race, on the one hand by carrying off human
children to be brought up among the elves and to become united with them, and on
the other hand by obtaining the milk and fostering care of human mothers for
their own offspring. [vii]
Baby
switched with a changeling in “The legend of
St. Stephen” by Martino di Bartolomeo
St. Stephen” by Martino di Bartolomeo
Thus
the idea of deceptive nighttime creatures probing humans to gather genetic
material for use in generating hybrid offspring agrees with Vallée and
his contemporaries who, following extraordinary research, determined that
whatever the modern alien abduction encounters represent, its goal is a repeat
of ancient activity involving the collection of DNA for 1) a Breeding Program, followed by 2) a Hybridization Program, and finally 3) an
Integration Program, exactly what
Watchers accomplished with Nephilim in ancient times.
But why would “aliens” be involved
in such a program? Over the last few decades secular alien abduction researchers
like Budd Hopkins and Dr. David Jacobs have posited that the aliens are a dying
race and must pass on their genetic material through hybrids to maintain their
species. The Barney and Betty Hill case of September 19–20, 1961, marked the
first widely-publicized claim of such alien abduction and the beginning of the
public’s knowledge of the phenomenon. Yet the part of their story often
overlooked is how ova was reportedly retrieved from Betty Hill’s body and sperm
from her husband Barney, presumably for use in the hybridization scheme. In the
years since, tens of thousands of people have slowly emerged from around the
world to claim they too have been subject to a mysterious alien procedure in
which human genetic material is harvested including sperm and eggs for a
reproductive agenda involving human hosts as surrogates and incubatoriums for
fetuses wherein alien-human hybrids are produced. Entire communities have grown
up around the idea that children now exist on earth that are part-human and
part-alien. Some claiming to be parents of hybrid children have their own
websites, host conferences, and are building social networks across the web.
These people include academics, physicists, psychologists, attorneys, actresses
and school teachers. Furthermore, according to researchers, it isn’t just child
hybrids that are now among us. Adult versions have spread throughout society
too. Budd Hopkins—who, before he died of cancer at the age of 80 in 2011, was
considered the father of the alien-abduction movement—claimed that he and Dr.
Jacobs especially were building new case files containing disturbing evidence
related to specific entities and their integration within human society. He was
planning to illustrate that the science fiction-horror film “They Live” was not
that far off after all, and that, from local bread factories to halls of
congress, alien-human hybrids are now firmly entrenched within earth’s cultures.
Not long before he passed away, he wrote on the Journal of Abduction-Encounter
Research (JAR) website:
I investigated the reports of two women who described seeing an adult
male hybrid wearing glasses. Each made a drawing of the hybrid, and the two
drawings are amazingly similar. Both portray a strange-looking man, with sharp
cheeks, wearing oddly-shaped glasses. The two women independently drew the same
person. Some of these hybrid beings have been seen by more than three people at
once and they are described by the witnesses the same way. As far as hybrids
operating in the human world, we have many reports of them driving automobiles,
shopping in stores, and behaving more or less naturally in other mundane places,
but manifesting the kinds of powers aliens seem to have, i.e., the ability to
control minds, and to communicate telepathically. The powers the gray aliens
possess in the world can entail a complex series of repeated similar events, as
if these adult hybrids do not really understand our world and our behavior but
are trying to learn exactly how we act and what we say, all of which gives us an
uneasy feeling of what their agenda might be leading to. There definitely is
strong evidence that an infiltration into human society is taking place.
[viii]
Jan 29, 2013
Zimbabwe Home Explosion Attributed to Beheading a Goblin
This is fairly normal for Zimbabwe, so understand the newspaper article is not being facetious. It's just another news story for Africa.
Chitown Blast: Beheaded goblin fought back, says eyewitness
The survivor, Ms Clara Banda, who escaped with visible minor burns and eye injury, says the blast occurred soon after her counterpart, 24-year-old Speakmore Mandere, popularly known as Sekuru Shumba, beheaded the goblin.
She claims to have miraculously escaped after failing to land the major role of conducting the ceremony. In a state of shock, she ran to her nearby home soon after the blast.
According to Ms Banda, transport operator Mr Clever Kamuyedza approached Mandere seeking help to dispose of the troubling goblin. He was to pay $15 000 for the ritual.
"The tragedy fell upon us while we were conducting the ceremony to dispose of the goblin that this businessman brought to Sekuru Shumba," said Ms Banda.
According to the traditional healer, Mr Kamuyedza acquired a money-spinning goblin from a nearby country to boost the fortunes of his transport business.
He, however, decided to dispose of it after it started "to make extreme demands.'' Mandere is said to have assembled a team of traditional healers including Ms Banda, to assist in conducting the ceremony. "After assembling the team, Sekuru Shumba invited Mr Kamuyedza, his wife and two of their associates to his home for consultations," said Ms Banda. "The consultations lasted three days during which we discussed whether or not we could handle this kind of ritual."
Ms Banda said during the three days Mr Kamuyedza kept the goblin at home and only brought it to Sekuru Shumba's lodgings for destruction on the fourth day. "Sekuru was in the bedroom with three other men who were members of the group. I was with Mai Tsitsi (Mr Kamuyedza's wife) and Virginia (another healer) in the lounge.
"Other members of the group sat outside since the house was already packed. Sekuru Shumba beheaded the goblin. Clever (the businessman), subsequently, told his wife to collect the US$15 000 from their car that was parked outside.
"That is when Sekuru shouted that the goblin was fighting back. All I remember after that is a loud sound coming from the bedroom. The walls of the house crumbled. Virginia and I struggled to get outside."
Ms Banda - who was slightly injured by debris - says she later disappeared from the scene before crowds gathered. Another healer is believed to have been among those rushed to hospital for treatment.
"I was hit by debris falling off a crumbling wall, but my friend Virginia was not as lucky. She is still nursing serious injuries from that blast," said Ms Banda.
Read more at - http://www.newsdzezimbabwe.co.uk/2013/01/chitown-blast-beheaded-goblin-fought.html
Chitown Blast: Beheaded goblin fought back, says eyewitness
© NewsdzeZimbabwe
She claims to have miraculously escaped after failing to land the major role of conducting the ceremony. In a state of shock, she ran to her nearby home soon after the blast.
According to Ms Banda, transport operator Mr Clever Kamuyedza approached Mandere seeking help to dispose of the troubling goblin. He was to pay $15 000 for the ritual.
"The tragedy fell upon us while we were conducting the ceremony to dispose of the goblin that this businessman brought to Sekuru Shumba," said Ms Banda.
According to the traditional healer, Mr Kamuyedza acquired a money-spinning goblin from a nearby country to boost the fortunes of his transport business.
He, however, decided to dispose of it after it started "to make extreme demands.'' Mandere is said to have assembled a team of traditional healers including Ms Banda, to assist in conducting the ceremony. "After assembling the team, Sekuru Shumba invited Mr Kamuyedza, his wife and two of their associates to his home for consultations," said Ms Banda. "The consultations lasted three days during which we discussed whether or not we could handle this kind of ritual."
Ms Banda said during the three days Mr Kamuyedza kept the goblin at home and only brought it to Sekuru Shumba's lodgings for destruction on the fourth day. "Sekuru was in the bedroom with three other men who were members of the group. I was with Mai Tsitsi (Mr Kamuyedza's wife) and Virginia (another healer) in the lounge.
"Other members of the group sat outside since the house was already packed. Sekuru Shumba beheaded the goblin. Clever (the businessman), subsequently, told his wife to collect the US$15 000 from their car that was parked outside.
"That is when Sekuru shouted that the goblin was fighting back. All I remember after that is a loud sound coming from the bedroom. The walls of the house crumbled. Virginia and I struggled to get outside."
Ms Banda - who was slightly injured by debris - says she later disappeared from the scene before crowds gathered. Another healer is believed to have been among those rushed to hospital for treatment.
"I was hit by debris falling off a crumbling wall, but my friend Virginia was not as lucky. She is still nursing serious injuries from that blast," said Ms Banda.
Read more at - http://www.newsdzezimbabwe.co.uk/2013/01/chitown-blast-beheaded-goblin-fought.html
Jan 21, 2013
Jan 9, 2013
How Christianity Changed the World - Stay Free part 5
Great story in here about the difference between paganism (rampant abortion) and Christianity (sanctity of life). Also a great story about the communist and the cannibal...worth listening to in this short infomentary...
Dec 23, 2012
Is The Grinch Really Krampus, Santa's Dark Helper?
As I was posting the series, "Santa Claus, Pretender To The Throne" earlier this month, it occurred to me that Krampus, the Dark Helper of Santa in Northern European countries looked a lot like a character I grew up with, The Grinch. Now, if you have seen the old pics of Krampus, the leap to the Grinch is not a big one. And looking at the facts, it's not much of a leap of logic at all.
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was the son of German immigrants, who would have been quite familiar with the Krampus/dark helper stories. Seuss stories were also readily embraced by the self proclaimed wickedest man who ever lived, the infamous Alistair Crowley. Crowley stated in interviews that Seuss's stories were the perfect introduction into paganism and witchcraft.
So was the Grinch really just a poetic version of Krampus, Santa's dark helper who was known to lick bad children, and perhaps devour them? You be the judge. I have decided for myself that the Grinch is just way to creepy to be part of my Christmas.
Here's a video showing Krampus celebrations from Germany. (Celebration isn't really the word I'm looking for, but this is a parade.)
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| Krampus and his buddy Ole Nick, I mean Saint Nick |
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was the son of German immigrants, who would have been quite familiar with the Krampus/dark helper stories. Seuss stories were also readily embraced by the self proclaimed wickedest man who ever lived, the infamous Alistair Crowley. Crowley stated in interviews that Seuss's stories were the perfect introduction into paganism and witchcraft.
So was the Grinch really just a poetic version of Krampus, Santa's dark helper who was known to lick bad children, and perhaps devour them? You be the judge. I have decided for myself that the Grinch is just way to creepy to be part of my Christmas.
Here's a video showing Krampus celebrations from Germany. (Celebration isn't really the word I'm looking for, but this is a parade.)
This is a brief review of Krampus. If you want to get a bit more detail, please refer to the four part series, "Santa Claus, Pretender To The Throne".
Krampus is the dark companion of St. Nicholas, the traditional European winter gift-bringer who rewards good children each year on December 6. The kindly old Saint leaves the task of punishing bad children to a hell-bound counterpart
known by many names across the continent — Knecht Ruprecht, Certa, Perchten, Black Peter, Schmutzli, Pelznickel, Klaubauf, and Krampus. Usually seen as a classic devil with horns, cloven hooves and monstrous tongue, but can also be spotted as a sinister gentleman dressed in black or a hairy man-beast. Krampus punishes the naughty children, swatting them with switches and rusty chains before dragging them in baskets to a fiery place below.Krampusnacht (Night of Krampus)
Krampus is celebrated on Krampusnacht, which takes place on the eve of St. Nicholas’ Day. In Austria, Northern Italy and other parts of Europe, party-goers masquerade as devils, wild-men, and witches to participate in Krampuslauf (Krampus Run). Intoxicated and bearing torches, costumed devils caper and carouse through the streets terrifying child and adult alike. Krampusnacht is increasingly being celebrated in other parts of Europe such as Finland and France, as well as in many American cities.Krampus's Ancient Origins
The European practice of mummery during the winter solstice season can be traced back tens of thousands of years. Villagers across the continent dress up as animals, wild-men and mythic figures to parade and perform humorous plays. This ancient guising and masking tradition continues to this day as the primary source for our modern Halloween with its costumes, trick-or-treat, and pagan symbolism. Among the most common figures in these folk rituals were Old Man Winter and the horned Goat-Man — archetypes now found in the forms of Saint Nick/Santa Claus, and the Devil (‘Old Nick’), aka Krampus. Santa the Punisher?
In 19th century New York City an American St. Nick emerged in the form of Santa Claus. Although based on the Dutch Saint Nicholas, Santa incorporated more elements from pagan winter solstice customs. He relinquished his white bishop garb for a red suit, traded his horse and staff for a sleigh and reindeer, and moved his franchise to Christmas Eve.Santa also tried to take over the dark companion’s job of punishing the naughty, but his New World temperament was apparently unsuited for the task. As Santa neglected and abandoned his punishing duties, American kids lost all fear of Santa and his lumps of coal. Thankfully, in the 21st century, Krampus has arrived in this land of spoiled and dissatisfied children to pick up the slack.Krampus Cards
While Santa Claus expanded shop and sold products in mid-1800s America, the holiday card craze exploded in Europe.In Austria and other parts of Europe, countless season’s greeting cards featured Krampus, often emblazoned with the phrase “Grüß Vom Krampus” (Greetings from Krampus). While the lurid images are suffused with a modern sense of the comic and the surreal, they still resonant with mythic power and primordial horror. And with Krampus representing the naughty side of the season, the sexy subtext is hard to ignore in these often very cheeky cards. A century later, the brilliance of these magnificent works of pop art is now gaining global recognition.Krampus in America
BLAB! Magazine curator Monte Beauchamp reintroduced Krampus cards to America nearly a century after their heyday. His art books are the definitive works showcasing Krampus and other Devil-inspired greeting cards. A collector's market for Krampus cards has grown as the figure of Krampus pops up across the cultural landscape. Krampus has been featured on Adult Swim's The Venture Bros and the CW’s Supernatural; in 2009, Krampus visited the The Colbert Report and had Stephen shaking in his Brooks Brothers’ suit. Over the last decade, Krampusnacht celebrations have sprouted up in U.S. cities such as Portland and San Francisco.A New Spirit of Xmas?
The hunger for a darker Xmas holiday has made the evil Santa Claus character a staple of pop culture, as seen in movies such as Rare Exports, The Nightmare Before Christmas, books such as Dean Koontz's Santa's Twin and many others. A resurgence of Saturnalian rituals and animistic practices during the winter season is evident in Santarchy, a flash-mob phenomenon started in 1994 on America’s west coast now enacted in many countries including Korea, Norway and Ireland. On selected days in early December, large crowds of costumed Santa Clauses descend en masse on public squares and shopping centers to confound, amuse and frighten spectators. A new appreciation of ancient traditions that smoulder in the dark recesses of holiday revelry continues to rise around the world. Krampus, with his horns, hoove and tongue, embodies this revived spirit of the Xmas season!Krampus Through the Ages
2000 BCEEnkidu appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the earliest known appearance of a 'Wild Man' in literature.
600 BCE In the book of Daniel in the Old Testament, King Nebuchadnezzar is punished by God for his pride when he is turned into a hairy beast.
217 BCE Saturnalia is introduced as a winter celebration in Rome, marked by gift giving, wild parties, and a reversal of the normal social roles of slave and master.
4th Century CEDue to Roman influence, many Germanic tribes, such as the Goths and Vandals, convert to Christianity; their pagan traditions survive in small villages in the Alps where the Church cannot penetrate.
1250 CE King's Mirror, a Norwegian text, features a Wild Man character who is described as being covered in hair.
17th Century CE 'Knecht Rupert' appears as a figure in a Nuremberg Christmas procession.
1810 CE The Brothers Grimm began publishing stories of Germanic folktales, marking a resurgence in Germanic pagan folklore.
Early 19th Century CE Holiday postcards from Austria, Germany, and other parts of Europe feature holiday greetings Krampus and other companions of St. Nicholas.
Early 19th Century CE Germanic and Dutch immigrants to the US popularize 'Pelznickel' traditions in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and as far west as Indiana.
2004 CE Blab! Magazine curator Monte Beauchamp publishes Devil In Design, a collection of vintage Krampus postcards from the turn of the 19th century. This book marks an increase in Krampus' popularity in the English speaking world.
2004 CE An Adult Swim show The Venture Brothers features Krampus during a Christmas special.
2007 CE The American television show Supernatural features an evil Krampus character.
2009 CE American satirist Stephen Colbert is visited by Krampus on his television show The Colbert Report.
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