Blinded By the Light - The Occult of Roman Catholicism

According to the myths of Babylon, it was from an egg that the goddess Astarte
hatched, thus becoming one of the major symbols of Easter.

ìAn egg of wondrous size is said to have fallen from heaven

into the river Euphrates. The fishes rolled it to the bank,

where the doves having settled upon it, hatched it, and out

came Venus, who afterwards was called the Syrian Goddess,

Astarte. Hence the egg became one of the symbols of Astarte

or Easter.î 9

Another name for Astarte is Ostara, the Norse goddess of fertility. Because of
their renown for reproduction, the rabbit also became one of the symbols for this
goddess.

ìHer sacred animal was the hare.î 10

ìThe Norse Ostara or Eostra (from which the name, ëEasterí is

derived), was honored by a pagan festival of spring which fell

at the vernal equinox, March 21. Prominent symbols in this

celebration of the resurrection of nature after the winter were

rabbits, signifying fecundity (reproduction), and eggs, colored

like the rays of the ëreturning suní and the northern lights, or

aurora borealis.íí 11

ìÖthe Egg, the Rabbit, and the Chick, are all Pagan fertility

symbols associated with Ostara and the Spring Equinox.î 12

ìThe hare, the symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt, a symbol

that was kept later in EuropeÖIts place has been taken by

the Easter rabbit.î 13

Hares are not only a universal symbol of fertility, but they are closely tied to
witchcraft. The phrase, ìMad as a March Hareî probably comes from this
association.

ìRabbits, or more correctly Hares, have long been associated

with Witches, as well as the month of March. It was once

believed that Witches turned themselves into Hares to travel

in secret to their Coven meetingsÖî 14

ìMany of the animals associated with various deitiesÖare

animals that appear as witches ëfamiliars.î 15

ì[A familiar spirit] is a creature that aids and protects a

witch.î 16