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Long before Jesus, humanity celebrated the rebirth of Light for thousands of years. From Yule and Saturnalia to Sol Invictus and Mithras, this book uncovers the ancient roots of Christmas - and explores the psychology of symbols, meditation, and modern neuroscience to reveal why these myths still shape the human mind. Long before Jesus, humanity lived in a world where the divine was not distant but woven into every breath of nature. Across Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East, people honored Yule, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, Mithras, Osiris, Dionysus, and countless solar gods whose stories of birth, death, and rebirth long predate Christianity. Christmas Before Christ brings together archaeology, mythology, anthropology, astronomy, symbolism, and modern neuroscience to explore how ancient humans perceived reality through a unified, intuitive mind - guided by cycles, rhythms, and the sacred presence of nature. THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CHRISTMAS - the solar festivals of the winter solstice - why so many gods were ""born"" on December 25 - the ancient meaning of Yule - the ecstatic rites of Saturnalia - the rise of Sol Invictus, the unconquered Sun - how Mithras and the tauroctony encode the astronomical shift from Taurus to Aries - how the Age of Pisces shaped the birth of Christianity THE GREAT MOTHER AND THE PREHISTORIC SACRED - the Paleolithic worldview centered on the Great Mother - the symbolic power of the prehistoric Venus figurines - matrilineal societies and the feminine divine - Demeter and Persephone as echoes of the oldest cosmic cycles THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MYTH AND CONSCIOUSNESS - how the right hemisphere shaped early human experience through intuition, imagery, and metaphor - why prehistoric humans lived in a unified perception of nature, spirit, and self - how agriculture and patriarchy shifted consciousness toward rationality, hierarchy, and the left hemisphere - why myth reflects shifts in brain specialization and social structures - why today we may be entering a new phase of integration between science and spirituality From the tauroctony of Mithras to the sacred cave, from lunar cycles to the precession of the equinoxes, from matriarchal harmony to patriarchal order, Christmas Before Christ reveals how humanity has always read the sky to understand itself. A book for lovers of myth, history, esotericism, anthropology, and the science of the mind. A book for those who feel that Christmas is not only a date, but the echo of an ancient truth: We have always waited for the Light to return - outside and within.

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