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6th week of the #lamagiadelleerbe column and, this time, we talk about the plant that symbolizes Easter: the olive tree. THE TRUE ORIGIN OF EASTER ☀️ Do you know that the origins of Easter are not Christian? In fact, every Easter symbol derives from much more ancient Gentile traditions, nothing to do with Jesus and Christianity. The very name of Easter, in English Easter, derives from Ostara / Eostre, a festival dedicated to the Mother Goddess, Lady of light, fertility, sex and rebirth. This recurrence corresponded to the vernal equinox, which is the same period as Easter. "THE OLIVE TREE: the origin of the Olive tree, used by Christians as a symbol of peace, was actually the symbol of the Goddess Minerva / Athena. She was in fact equipped with armor and weapons but her mission was not that of war but of the defense of peace, it is no coincidence that wisdom, arts and knowledge are the qualities of Athena that inspired the Athenian people. The olive tree was his sacred plant and therefore became a symbol of peace and the struggle for peace and justice. Furthermore, the Mother Goddess was often represented as She who brings the light, represented with a torch raised to the sky and it is no coincidence that the olive tree was also the tree from which the oil was obtained that was used to illuminate the darkness and " anoint "during the Rites (" casually "Christ really means" the anointed ")." Dalla pagina Facebook: L'almanacco della Strega