A Propos The Satan Pit

[poliphilo]

Things with horns don't scare me.

Comes of being a pagan, I think.

The freaking out at horns is a  Christian thing; a bit parochial.

Before Christianity came along horns were  a symbol of divinity. Osiris has horns, so does Isis, so does Hermes, so does Diana, so does Pan and so on and on and on....

Horns of beasts, horns of the moon.

I guess the Christians gave the devil horns (a) because they associated him with the old gods and (b) because they were iffy about Nature.

So Satan- he's just Pan with a  makeover- and Pan is cool.

Just saying...

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've never really known what that biblical image of the horn being exalted was all about.

And here's another thing. In the Bible they have altars with horns.

If bunny grew a horn I'd take him to the vet. And maybe sell the story to the News of the World.