The cosmological origin of religions - Spanish Version

Have the religions an astronomical basis...? ...Probably. What is the cause of life on Earth? ...Undoubtedly the Sun, because our star provides energy in the form of heat and light, ...for that life evolve on our planet. For millennia, all cultures have worshiped the Sun as the bigger deity recognizing this simple fact: that the sun gives the life. The modern man, in his own way, also surrender to the Sun But why did the religions of Sun their god?... ...What do we perceive?... The Sun goes through a minimum or maximum points in relation with the position of the Earth: ...the Solstices. As the axis of rotation of the Earth is tilted 23° and a half in relation to the Celestial Equator to moving the earth in its annual orbit, this tilt causes the seasons. The higher the latitude of the observation, greatest is the differentiating effect of each season. That is, within the lines of the tropics there is almost sunstroke difference between the different seasons,… but above and below them, the effect becomes dramatic. On December 21th, the Sun reaches a minimum latitude in the Northern Hemisphere because their decline is minimal: 23º27' South Declination. The days have been getting shorter and shorter from September 23th (day of the autumnal equinox) and the sun has been coming increasingly under on the horizon and fewer hours has remained visible. Why these dates are important for humanity...? Today we do not understand it easily. Today we have distanced ourselves from the natural cycles: we usually have solved the problem of food and heat and if it's cold, we take shelter in a well-heated houses. But think about how the man lived thousands of years ago... Centuries ago the people needed food store to survive the winter. They were invented for that preserves of all kinds: salted fish and meat, smoked... produced grain during the summer to be stored in the cold season. Fermented foods were also a solution. During the winter they feeding on those reserves or hunting they could get. But hunting is also scarce in the cold season because many animals retreat to their dens and hibernate. At certain latitudes, above 40° in both the North and the South the situation becomes extreme and many people died from cold and starvation. Under these conditions it is understandable that the decrease sunlight to produce sadness and fear, In addition, biochemists today know that, with the light changes, we synthesize two molecules, ...Melatonin and serotonin. The secretion of melatonin, called "hormone of darkness" is stimulated by darkness and makes us to sleep better and longer. With a greater the difference between the seasonal cycles and day-night cycle, our body secretes more melatonin. The electric light, for example, inhibits the secretion of melatonin. Serotonin by contrast, is secreted by the sunlight, and induce us optimism, wellbeing and happiness. The absence of the this neurotransmitters causes us depression and sadness. Serotonin also is precursor of melatonin. Having regard to the relationship between the degree of sunlight and mood we have laid the biological basis of worship of the Sun For this reason, the dates of the solstices eventually became very important for humanity, because they represent milestones in the welfare of hope. The Winter Solstice (December 21th) in particular was very held because, at the beginning of the days become longer, health brought hope, joy and life, after the Fall and humanity feasted it. The dates of the feast have changed because in the old Julian calendar, the solstices coincided with the 25th. Meaning of Christmas Christmas has not always been a Christian feast. In fact its origin is in the III century AD Roman rites and Christians initially banned it. No one knows when Christ was born and his birth date was set December 25th in 330 AD by Constantine, the roman emperor... identifying Christ as the "Sol Invictus" or the Sun victorious over the shadows of winter. During the days when the Sun entered into Capricorn (sign) the Romans celebrated the feast of the "Saturnalia," in honor of Saturn. This feast really began the day December 17th and lasted a week. The Sun enters in Capricorn the Solstice day, ie on December 21th. Saturn has been identified for centuries with Capricorn by the ancient astrological traditions. Saturn is the god of time, old age, the standard and structure and the measure or restraint. The Saturnalia responded fully to these archetypes as the Romans lived this holiday excessively, eating and drinking to excess. Also made gifts of old objects and exchanged their roles masters and slaves. Very similar to the way we live Christmas actuals. Also it was practice of the Romans turn on lights and candles in the night ... ... Symbolizing of this way the growth from the Solstice and the fact that the days were longer. Countless cultures in all times been held and celebrate rites during the winter solstice in both hemispheres. In the southern hemisphere is held in June: The Festival of the Sun or Inti Raymi of the Incas the feast of the "new sunrise" or We Tripantu of the Mapuche people in Chile, holding the Maruaroa among the Maori of New Zealand The Noche de San Juan, throughout Latin America. In December, in the northern hemisphere, the celebration of Amaterasu, in Japan, celebrating the rebirth of the Goddess of the Sun In the Nordic countries, the Sami have Beiwe worship, the sun goddess of fertility and health... ...and other pagan festivals in Gaul, in Persia, Ireland, East Asia, Vietnam, China, Mali, etc, etc ... Easter: Easter also began as a pagan feast. How is calculate the date of Easter each year by the Catholic Church...? The Church sets the date of Easter as the Sunday following the first full moon "ecclesiastical" after the Spring Equinox. But ... what is a moon "ecclesiastical"?... is the phase of the moon as calculated or the rules of the Catholic Church. The Moon does not always coincide with the astronomical moon, but is that for 17 centuries, the spring equinox was on March 20th and today is the 21th. Additionally, the dates of the ecclesiastical full moon are approximate and have been calculated in advance and sometimes the error with the astronomical Moon is about two days. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Christ ... or of the sun Indeed, during the spring equinox the sun crosses the Ecuator, from the South declination to North declination. The travel of the Sun God through the "underworld" South has lasted six months and comes to an end. Until that day, and an observer in the northern hemisphere... the duration of the night was greater than that of the day. The day of the equinox, March 21th, both are the same length, and from there the day is longer than night. In the northern hemisphere, and from this date, life reborn, plants and animals reproduce and bear fruit, because the hemisphere is bathed in light and vital energy from the sun In other words, life "resurrect". The Sun God "return" of hell. It was in those three months, from the Solstice Winter (December 21th) and returned to communicate that life goes on. The English the word "Easter" means Easter, according to Bede... comes from "Eostre," a feast Saxon in honor of the goddess of the dawn goddess of fertility. This goddess was symbolized by a rabbit and an egg. Even today the tradition is maintained in many places to Easter eggs, or fill cakes with eggs.