Eng11 Thursday Zoom class notes

Good morning.

Eng 11 will start at 9.

Tomorrow is a holiday- Good Friday

Monday is a holiday – Easter Monday

We will be back in class on Tuesday

Tuesday 9am Zoom class

Next week will be our last week.

One or two more tests or essays.

Easter – Christian holiday, crucifixion of Jesus Christ

death and rebirth

Easter is celebration of rebirth, new life

Springtime – new life, new flowers, new life

many cultures celebrate the new life of Spring –

Japan Cherry Blossom Festival

older pagan holiday – celebrate the new life and rebirth of spring

Easter – symbols are ancient pagan symbols –

rabbits – no rabbits in the Bible, ancient symbol of life and fertility

eggs – new life comes from eggs, birds are having their babies now, eggs in nests

nothing to do with the Bible

chocolate? why chocolate?

Easter – estra – estrogen – hormone that makes girls into women

testosterone – hormone that makes boys into men

Easter is Christian holiday

celebration marks the end of Holy Week- Christians commemorate crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ

according to Gospel- he was bodily raised from the dead on the third day — Sunday, the day of Easter

Easter does not appear in Bible- developed later

Easter Sunday can fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25- Sunday immediately following the Paschal Full Moon- lunar festival- feminine

governed by the phases of the moon

Good Friday- day that Jesus was crucified

Easter is a pagan festival.

celebrate the spring equinox, whilst religious culture celebrates the resurrection

pragmatic acceptance of ancient pagan practises, most of which we enjoy today at Easter

. The general symbolic story of the death of the son (sun) on a cross (the constellation of the Southern Cross) and his rebirth, overcoming the powers of darkness- ancient world.

long dark winter, sun is back, longer days, rebirth

plenty of parallel, rival resurrected saviours

Sumerian goddess Ishtar, was hung naked on a stake, and was subsequently resurrected and ascended from the underworld.

oldest resurrection myths is Egyptian Horus. Born on 25 December

Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican Hill. Cybele's lover Attis, was born of a virgin, died and was reborn annually.

This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection.

There was violent conflict on Vatican Hill in the early days of Christianity between the Jesus worshippers and pagans who quarrelled over whose God was the true, and whose the imitation.

All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare.

Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it. The early church clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes being baked at Easter. In the end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan women, they gave up and blessed the cake instead.

rabbits represent fecundity

eggs represent rebirth

easter- names on board Ishtar, Eostre, Easter

estrogen- female sex hormone

philipino cultish violent easter celebrations “cruc” pics

Mel Gibson- gory, violent- Braveheart, Passion of the Christ

I’d rather celebrate spring

chocolate eggs – 19^th Century development, French confectionary