Reveals how Christian mythology has more to do with long-standing pagan traditions than the Bible • Explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion • Identifies pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints • Shows how all the major holidays in the Christian calendar are modeled on pagan rituals and myths; including Easter and Christmas In this extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated Europe in the Middle Ages; author Philippe Walter reveals how these stories and the holiday traditions connected with them are based on long-standing pagan rituals and myths and have very little connection to the Bible. The author explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion. Rather than tear down the pagan temples in Britain; Pope Gregory the Great advised Saint Augustine of Canterbury to add the pagan rituals into the mix of Christian practices and transform the pagan temples into churches. Instead of religious conversion; it was simply a matter of convincing the populace to include Jesus in their current religious practices. Providing extensive documentation; Walter shows which major calendar days of the Christian year are founded on pagan rituals and myths; including the high holidays of Easter and Christmas. Examining hagiographic accounts of the saints; he reveals the origin of these symbolic figures in the deities worshipped in pagan Europe for centuries. He also explores how the identities of saints and pagan figures became so intermingled that some saints were transformed into pagan incarnations; such as Mary Magdalene’s conversion into one of the Celtic Ladies of the Lake. In revealing the pagan roots of many Christian figures; stories; and rituals; Walter provides a new understanding of the evolution of religious belief.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerPhenomenal book! Right up there with Francis Parker Yockey and Julius Evola!14 of 18 people found the following review helpful. Great BOOK!By SteppLet me keep this review short and sweet.ALL White people should read this book! I am not saying that it has all the answers and or is perfect in every way. But; it forces you to think like a real White person - Before the Jews over ran our media world and claimed it as ONLY their own.Either European man changes back to what they used to be as a group and as individuals - that being a LEADER or game over for us. The world really will fall into a 'dark age' for all time.32 of 40 people found the following review helpful. The only Ideology that can save the White Man and his High Culture and Civilisation.By A Wandering Philosopher"Imperium Europa" is the only Ideology that can save the White Man and his High Culture and Civilisation."Imperium Europa" is indeed the best synthesis I have read so far of all the pertinent ideas our white race will need in the future;if we want to return to the upward path and become masters of our own destiny again:A planetary Imperium for the European race which will also be a laboratory for the creation of the "Ãœbermensch".Yin and Yang; Male and Female; Imperium and Dominium; Elitism and Populism;Two white rings north and south of the Equator will girdle the earth;bringing together Slavs; Teutons; Anglo-Saxons and Latins.Cosmotheism: we must become the conscious manifestation of the Cosmic WillBeing myself a disciple of Wagner; Nietzsche and the new paradigm they both gave birth at the end of the XIXth Century; Superhumanism; I have particularly enjoyed all the references to them and to their artistic; philosophical or political epigones. Lowell and his IDEA are the best vademecum for the Superman!
