Happy St George's day!

hurrah, all blighty under the alcafluence of incohol all day...

this year

last year

the southwark st george's day festival has offered us a table for the tweed run. we're going to have a picnic. and tea, of course. come down tomorrow to stoney street between 1 and 3pm and join us!

In Catalunya, boys give girls roses and girls give boys books. Seems a bit one-sided, but I'm not complaining. Looking forward to my book(s). Apparently there are roses all over the street outside, but I'm still in bed with a hangover. Sure they'll still be there in a couple of hours.

I've heard it said that there is no St George, in the sense of a beatified saint, rather that he's a mythological figure. According to my lecturer in the Vedic tradition whilst at University, George is closely identifiable with the hindu deity Indra and his part in their creation mythology ... Indra slew a great serpent demon (Vṛtrá) from whose belly poured the water of life onto the earth...

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[B]Indra and Vṛtrá**

Vṛtrá, an asura, stole all the water in the world and Indra drank much Soma to prepare himself for the battle with the huge serpent. He passed through Vṛtrá's ninety-nine fortresses, slew the monster and brought water back to Earth.

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Ha^ repost. God, I'm like a cracked record.

Next you'll be saying something controversial about St Nicholas not really flying around on a magic sleigh delivering presents.

"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life." Cecil Rhodes

No but he wears green, from a Finnish pagan myth I think. The reindeer eat Fly Agarics (whose wee the reindeer herders allegedly drank in order to have visions) and that's what makes em 'fly'.

"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life." Cecil Rhodes

Unless you're born without a silver spoon in your mouth.

No but he wears green, from a Finnish pagan myth I think.

Come off it, everyone knows Santa wears red. You must be thinking of Robin Hood, or Peter Pan.

Come off it, everyone knows Santa wears red. You must be thinking of Robin Hood, or Peter Pan.

you have coca-cola to thank for that

you have coca-cola to thank for that

nah, we dont...

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/cocacola.asp

you have coca-cola to thank for that

Nonsense, Coca-Cola was originally orange and called Sunny Delight, based on the patriarchal sun-god Ra.

rapacious imperialism and propagation of english values all over the planet, at the expense of other nations and cultures.

Quite rightly so.

^ you made my List.

Nonsense, Coca-Cola was originally orange and called Sunny Delight, based on the patriarchal sun-god Ra.

Haha repoed

I am always 100% serious when I post on this forum.

No but he wears green, from a Finnish pagan myth I think. The reindeer eat Fly Agarics (whose wee the reindeer herders allegedly drank in order to have visions) and that's what makes em 'fly'.

What the fuck?

I've heard it said that there is no St George, in the sense of a beatified saint, rather that he's a mythological figure. According to my lecturer in the Vedic tradition whilst at University, George is closely identifiable with the hindu deity Indra and his part in their creation mythology ... Indra slew a great serpent demon (Vṛtrá) from whose belly poured the water of life onto the earth...

The reality of George is lost in fable. He was likely a Roman soldier in or around Turkey in the early Christian period. He was accepted as England's patron saint around the time of the crusades but is also patron saint of many other places. He was "decanonised" along with the equally mysterious St Christopher, by Pope Paul VI.

*"Pagans used to have festivities to ward off evil spirits. In Finland these spirits of darkness wore goat skins and horns. In the beginning this creature didn't give presents but demanded them. The Yule Goat was an ugly creature and frightened children."

*So merry, our Christmasses.

And I've understood Finns used their oldest and ugliest hags to filter the poison in the mushrooms. No matter if their kidneys got fucked -- they were ugly. And the shamen drank the hags' urine and went flying.

Sill happens in Wales.

Just ask Big Daddy W

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX8Dg4nW7lU

Repost.

Repost.

I lose.