Saturnalia: Rome's Topsy-Turvy Day

Io, Saturnalia! Rome’s most famous holiday begins tomorrow (Dec. 17), so I wanted to say a bit about it and offer some ideas if you want to celebrate.

Suetonius on Augustus’ gifting habits: Life of Augustus 75

Other Works to Check Out:
- Macrobius, Saturnalia
- Horace, Satire 2.7

There are a ton of works on the Golden Age, but two that I like are:
- Hesiod, Works & Days
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 1

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Images:
- Fresco of Saturn wearing a winter cloak: Carole Raddato (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Pietro da Cortona, The Golden Age: public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Peter Paul Rubens, Kronos devouring one of his children (1636-1638): public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Francisco De Goya, Saturno devorando a su hijo (1819-1823): public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum: Marcok (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Temple of Saturn (another view): Diana Ringo (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, marble statue: public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Pablo Salinas, Roman Festivals of the Colosseum: public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Roman relief of an animal sacrifice: public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- 2nd c. CE Roman relief of Saturn holding a sickle: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Jan van Dalen, Bacchus (1648): public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Reproduction of a Roman wall calendar (pre-Julian): Bauglir (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Winter sunrise: stock (Pixabay)
- Sol Invictus (with rays) and the Genius of a military unit, Roman relief: public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Sol Invictus, 3rd c. Roman silver, Pessinus: Jastrow (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Planet Saturn: public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)

[VolcanicLioness]

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[feralfoods]

saturnalia sounds like a "Roman Mardi Gras" of sorts. i think it funny that Saturn, at least today, is seen as the most serious taskmaster of the gods, yet has this silly fun-loving holiday named after him. great video, thank you for posting!

[jhoughjr]

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[AndYourLittleDog]

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[zachrumney]

Amazing topic. I never knew this existed. Thank you for the history lesson.

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[starmelodyelizabethb]

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[YouloveKT]

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[jimyost]

The following is my reply to a YouTube video titled "The Truth About Christmas - The Start of the Tribulation." The video was posted on YouTube on Sunday December 11, 2022. Here's my reply:

The Canaanites were celebrating the winter solstice ritual in honor of Baal 5000 years ago. In each household they had a tree (phallus symbol), a wreath (vagina symbol), and they exchanged gifts. Many centuries later the ancient Romans were celebrating the ritual in honor of Saturn and doing it the same way (tree, wreaths, gifts). Their name for the ritual was 'Saturnalia.' In around 300 A.D. the Catholic Church priestclass renamed the ritual 'Christmas.' They did it as an evangelistic ploy to attract people away from Saturn worship. The majority of the Roman people were Saturn worshipers. The temple of Saturn was the biggest building in ancient Rome. The temple priests were very wealthy and the Catholic priestclass wanted to get in on the cash cow.

The spirit behind Christmas is Saturn (Old Testament Baal). The Apostle John called him 'The Spirit of Antichrist" (counterfeit Christ who seeks to mimic the Holy Spirit). John also called him the Beast. He is the leader of the kingdom of darkness fallen angels under Satan and he is Satan's right-hand-man (per Rev. 13:2). He is the principality of idolatry, plus he is the spirit of top-down-control (seeks to operate through men-at-the-top, e.g. leaders of nations, governments, religions, corporations, military, academia, medicine, media, finance, etc.). The ancient Babylonians and Assyrians called him Bel. The ancient Greeks called him Cronos. The ancient Hindus called him Indra. Same spirit going by different names in different time periods and in different cultures.

It was very important to him to implement the winter solstice ritual as he understood that when a person celebrates (honors) the ritual it gives him automatic rights of access to their human spirit (conscience, intuition, and the ability to commune with the Holy Spirit) and to have ongoing influence on their spiritual life (the kingdom of darkness is all about control).

As a side note, Jesus was born on September 11, 3 B.C. by the Julian Calendar. Bethlehem is 2500 ft. above sea level so that in December there would've been no grass for the sheep to eat (see Luke 2:8-20 in the King James Version). Jesus had nothing to do with Christmas (never did and never will). You can verify this information online, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to find information that goes against the system narrative (propaganda/brainwash).

[jamespoynor]

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[TempleofBrendaSong]

IO SATVRNALIA amicus

Felix Saturnalia omnibus et prudenter ac moderate vivas.
Happy Saturnalia to all, and live prudently and moderately.

[ulfetkoroglu]

See Robert Sepehr piece on sarurnalia, very interesting