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SUMMARY:The Ancient Roots of Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The Ancient Roots of Christmas\nPresented by visiting author\nH
 arita Meenee\n(audio recording not available)\nSunday\, 4:00 PM\, December
  9th\, 2007\n\nThe roots of Christmas are deeply buried in ancient traditi
 ons rich in archetypal content. The Christian holiday succeeded the celebr
 ations of the Winter Solstice\, which honored the rebirth of the Sun God\,
  an older Savior. The Roman Saturnalia and Bacchanalia\, as well as the Gr
 eek fertility festivals in honor of Demeter and Dionysus\, occurring durin
 g the same season\, have added their own symbolic significance. Exploring 
 the figures of the Mother of God and her Son\, which lie at the core of Ch
 ristmas\, we also discover the primordial image of the Great Goddess\, who
  was at once Virgin and Mother\, giving birth to all life.\nHarita Meenee 
 is a scholar and author of The Women's Olympics and the Great Goddess\, wr
 itten in English\; The Sacred Feminine and Mary Magdalene\, Neo-Paganism: 
 The Rebirth of the Old Religion and On the Path of Aphrodite are written i
 n Greek. She studied classical literature and language as well as psycholo
 gy and currently works as a freelance writer and facilitator of personal g
 rowth seminars. She lives in Athens\, Greece and regularly visits Southern
  California. Her website iswww.hmeenee.com.
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