Talk:Jordan Maxwell

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EXPLANATION TO THE CRITIC

The Pagan and so the derived jewish days begin and end at sunset. Creeds of the Christians state that for 3 days he descended into hell and on the third day he rose again from the dead (no less ambiguous than Jordan's position, as stated). The Vernal Equinox (a Solar festival like the Solstices) is a midway between the two Solstices which could be seen as an attempt to share both but Easter is a Lunar fertility festival (The Christians do it on the first Sunday after the full Moon as they do not acknowledge the femininity of deity and force the festival to a male day of the week.), that of the Goddess Oestivus, which is why we have oestrus (estrus), oestrogen (estrogen), Easter Eggies and baby Easter Bunnies - it is the time of new and renewed life: deciduous plants are shooting again and wild mammals' and wild birds' offspring appear.

RESPONSE

I'm not sure I follow your explanation. Could you quote the passage that you think shows a misunderstanding of this particular theory of Maxwell's? I am aware that spring festivals are usually associated with fertility and rebirth. Note that most historians consider Easter as named after Eostre, which is not related to eggs or fetility.

I have not heard of the Goddess Oestivus before and cannot find any references on the Internet or the books I have. Are you sure it is spelled correctly? Where is it from? Etymology for oestrus which I found says that it is based on the Latin oestrus or Greek oistros which means passionate frenzy. The Latin oestivus means summer or heat, and is the root for the English word festival. This might be why we say animals are "in heat?" Anyway, there is no goddess named Oestivus that I could find.

(And don't forget about Easter Moonday! I'm not sure how that would work into your explanation, but keep it in mind!)

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