Saturated Saturday Saturnalism

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~ SATUR       in lat FULL as in SATISFIED
~ SATURATE  TO FILL
            note SATURNAL SATURATION
            COMPLETELY SOAKED     or IMPREGNATED
~ SATURDAY  relates to
            SABBATH from SATURN or
     lat    SATURNUS   or
     ukr    SUBOTA     or
     sp     SABADO     from
            SABBATH    from Babylonian
            SHAPATU    and to continue
    lat     SATOR    = SOWER
            SATORIUS   BELONGING TO SEED
            SATUM      STANDING CORN
            SATUR      FULL BELLY
            SATURATUR  FILLED  GLUTTED  SATISFIED
     hx>    BABYLONIAN HOLIDAY CELEBRATED EVERY 7 DAYS
            or SABBATH
     DEDICATED TO THE PLANET SATURN
     THE DAY WAS TO BE FOR SELF PUNISHMENT
     BUT UNDER JEWISH TRADITIONS THE
     SABBATH BECAME A DAY OF JOY AND REST
     myth> DAY OF SATURN THE NOURISHER
           THE ROMAN GOD OF CIVILIZATION
           AND AGRICULTURE
~ SATURN   or
~ SATURNUS hx> the  ROMANS identified him
               with KRONOS or CRONOS
     sug>  CHRONOMETER  CHRONOLOGY CHRONIC
     myth> COMPLEX DEITY
           de facto GOD OF TIME PASSING
     {DECEMBER} and welcomed by
     see> JANUS who represents   see> JANUARY
          ALL NEW BEGINNINGS     sug> NEW YEAR
     SATURNUS WAS A ROMAN GOD ONLY SECOND TO ZEUS
     HIS CONSORT WAS OPS A GODDESS OF HARVEST AND
     WHO GOVERNED JOINTLY WITH SATURN and JANUS
     alt OTHER VERSIONS STATE THAT HIS
         CULT PARTNER WAS THE GODDESS LUA
     WHOSE NAME RELATES TO
     HIS DAUGHTER WAS SATURNIA or JUNO
     med> LUES or SYPHILIS
     note SATURN WAS EXPELLED BY ZEUS
          AND TOOK REFUGE IN LATIUM or ITALY
     lat  LATERE = TO HIDE  note see> LATENT
     giving rise to the word see> LATIN
     SATURN is also known as
     lat STERCES   or            sug> MUD
         STERCULUS               sug> DUNG
     sp  STERCOL = DUNG          sug> MANURE
     note PICUMNUS               sug> SLUDGE
     for some SATURN stood for  MANURING
     THE EMBLEM OF SATURN WAS THE PRUNING KNIFE
     SATURN GAVE RISE TO THE TERM
     "SATURNIA" for" A LAND OF SEED AND FRUIT "
     astr> SATURN IS THE 2nd LARGEST PLANET
     art>  THE ROMANS SHOW SATURN SEATED WITH
            A CAPE ON HIS KNEES AND A VEIL ON HIS
     HEAD AS AN ALLEGORY TO THE OBSCURITY OF
     THE TIMES AND HOLDING IN HIS HAND
     A SICKLE or SCYTHE WITH WHICH HE
     CASTRATED HIS FATHER URANUS or
     PRUNED AND GRAFTED VINES
     BY HIS THRONE THERE MAY BE A SPHERE
     REPRESENTING THE PLANET ON WHICH
     HE MAY REST HIS FEET AND
     ON EACH SIDE THERE MAY BE GENIES or
     A CROCODILE AS SYMBOL OF TIME
     WHICH DEVOURS ALL [9]
     note RUBENS [#] in 1636 painted
          SATURN DEVOURING HIS CHILD and perhaps
          inspired GOYA [#] to do the same in 1819
          both hang in the PRADO Museum in MADRID
              also note that MANY BAROQUE CLOCKS
              ARE DECORATED WITH SATURN REPRESENTED
              AS AN OLD MAN WITH A SCYTHE
~ SATURNALIA  id+ FORERUNNER OF CHRISTMAS
              hx> THE MERRIEST ROMAN FESTIVAL
                  OF THE YEAR CELEBRATED
     DECEMBER 17 TO 23
     A SYMBOLICAL RETURN TO THE GOLDEN AGE
     ALL WORK WAS STOPPED AND WAR WAS DEFERRED
     CRIMINALS COULD NOT BE PUNISHED
     SLAVES WERE GIVEN FREEDOM AND
     SERVED BY THEIR MASTERS
     {DURING THE GOLDEN AGE ALL MEN WERE EQUAL}
     notably STOICS NOTE
     " SUB SOLE NIHIL NOVI "
     or NOTHING NEW ON EARTH
     as if having a premonition that
     CHRISTMAS WOULD RETAIN AND TRANSMIT
     KEY SATURNALIA FEATURES FOR 2000 YEARS
     NOTABLY A TIME FOR MERRY PARTIES
     GLORIFYING PEACE
     EXCHANGE OF PRESENTS PARTICULARLY
     CANDLES AND FIGURINES
     GAMBLING FOR NUTS {symbol of fruitfulness}
     EXCHANGE OF VOWS CALLING FOR PROSPERITY
     lit+ "ALL IS MERRY and MIRTHFUL
           THE SERIOUS IS BARRED
     WE PRETEND {that} WE ARE BACK
     IN THE GOLDEN AGE
     A TIME OF BLISS AND PLENTY
     AS IF ALL MEN ARE GOOD ... and
     PEACE ON EARTH
     {no wars could be incited}
     A TIME FOR PARTIES recommended for
     'MORE THAT GRACES' (THREE)
     and 'LESS THAN MUSES' (NINE)
     the above was extracted from comments by
     LUCIAN [#] MACROBIUS [#] VIRGIL [#]
     among others
     note     SATURN WAS WELCOMED BY JANUS
              WHO INTRODUCED THE NEW YEAR
         art> SOME STATUES DEPICTED JANUS
              HOLDING THE NUMBERS 300 AND 65
~ SATURNIA    name for ITALY
~ SATURNALIA  or "OPTIMUS DIERUM" or
              THE OPTIMAL DAY
              a feast underscoring the idea that
              ALL HUMANS ARE EQUAL BEFORE SATURN
  DURING SATURNIA THE GODS CALLED FOR
  A FEAST GRANTING TEMPORARY EQUALITY or
  FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES WHO WERE TO BE
  SERVED BY THEIR MASTERS
  hx> WEEK LONG CELEBRATION DURING
      DECEMBER 19-26th TO HONOR SATURN AS
  THE ROMAN GOD OF AGRICULTURE
  SLAVES WERE FREE AND THEIR MASTERS
  SERVED THEM AT THE TABLE etc
  THE ALSO WAS A "LORD OF MISRULE"
  AKIN TO KING MOMUS DURING MARDI GRAS
  THEIR LIBERTY LED TO LIBERTINE BEHAVIORS
  also A FEAST TO APPEAL TO THE SUN
       TO EXPRESS A CONCERN ABOUT WINTER AND
  THE GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL OF THE SUN eg SHORTER DAYS
  BEFORE ROMAN TIMES
  PRIMITIVE PEOPLE LIT PINE TREES TO ATTRACT BACK
  THE SUN
  THIS WAS REPLACED BY LIT CHRISTMAS TREES
  myth> CHRISTIANS ADOPTED DECEMBER 25th
        FROM MITHRAISM
  THE BIRTHDAY OF MITHRA IS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
  THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST WAS CELEBRATED JANUARY 6th
  UNTIL CHANGED TO DECEMBER 25TH
  JANUARY 6TH BECAME THE EPIPHANY
  note THAT THESE FESTIVITIES COINCIDE
       WITH THE WINTER SOLSTICE
  note SATURNIA is also known as KRONIA
       DURING SATURNALIA FESTIVALS
  RESTRAINTS WERE RELAXED
  THE FEASTS CALLED FOR MIRTH AND PLEASURES
  RECOLLING THE GOLDEN ERA WHEN
  KRONOS or SATURN RULED AND
  HARVEST TIME WAS ETERNAL or TIMELESS  sug> IMMORTAL
  note how THE ROMAN FESTIVAL           sug> FIESTA
  LASTED 5 to 7 DAYS [32] and that
  ORDINARY CLASS DISTINCTIONS DISAPPEARED   sug> ECHELON
  PARTICULARLY BETWEEN MASTER AND SERVANT   sug> SERVILE
  TEMPORARILY SLAVES BECAME EQUALS          sug> KING FELIX
  DURING THE FESTIVAL
  NO ASSEMBLIES WERE HELD        sug> FELICITOUS
  NO CRIMINAL COULD BE PUNISHED  sug> MORATORIUM
  SLAVES DRESSED LIKE MASTERS    sug> CARNIVAL
  IN ROME A TEMPLE OF SATURN
  AT THE FOOT OF CAPITOLINE HILL SHOWED
  SATURN WITH THE CURVED GARDEN KNIFE
  SIGNIFYING THAT IT WAS HE
  WHO SHOWED HUMANS HOW TO
  TRIM GRAPE VINES AND OLIVE TREES
  id+ THE CARNAL LICENSE AND EROTICA
      DURING THE SATURNALIA ARE
      SUGGESTIVE OF CARNIVAL or MARDI GRAS
  sp CARNE = FLESH
  see> CARNIVAL and MARDI GRAS
  astr> note FORMERLY THE NEW YEAR WAS IN
        SPRING AND RELATED TO THE CURRENT DATES
  OF CARNIVAL MARDI GRAS or EASTER   
  THE DATE REFLECTS THE COINCIDENCE
  OF THE CYCLE OF THE MOON and SUN
  formerly known as "COPULATION" POINT
  which relates to the SPRING or
  BIRTH OF NEW LIFE or PRIMA VERA
  art> MANY CLOCKS INCLUDE
       THE FIGURE OF SATURN HOLDING
  A SICKLE AS A SYMBOL OF THE
  IRREVERSIBILITY OF OUR MORTAL NATURE
  biol> ins SATURNIA IS A GENUS OF MOTHS
        IT INCLUDES THE SILKWORM
  also note SATURNULUS  SATURNINUS
  sc>  SATURN is the old former name for LEAD
       symbol Pb    = LEAD
       in sp  PLOMO = LEAD         sug> PLUMBER
       in ukr PLOMBA  TOOTH CAVITY METAL FILLER
  med> SATURNINE COLIC refers to SYMPTOMS OF LEAD POISONING
       SATURNIZE denotes to CASTRATE or to MIX WITH LEAD
  ply> | MIXING HUMANS WITH LEAD IS CASTRATING |