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BLINDLY CELEBRATING SAVAGERY: THE FESTIVAL OF LUPERCALIA & THE PAGAN ORIGINS OF VALENTINE'S DAY2/14/2014 It is a well-known, but conveniently ignored, fact that Each & Every One of the Holidays came from some Pagan-if not-animalistic ritual. In modern times these events were given a new face & used as reasons to make the mindless consumer spend more & more of their hard-earned money. For Valentine's Day in particular, its beginnings are rooted in The Festival of Lupercalia. The Festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on February 15th, is said to have been highlighted by men using goat & dog skins to whip random young women. The belief was that the ritual would enhance the young women's fertility. During the Roman Empire, the participants would run around naked & have sex in public. After the rise of the Christian Church, The Festival of Lupercalia was so popular that even religion could not steer the people away from their pagan ways. Thus the Church co-opted the festival & began claiming that it was in honor of St. Valentine-who legend says was executed by Emperor Claudius II for performing marriages outside of the rule of the Clergy. Today's version of Valentine's Day is linked to the legend of a love letter sent to the daughter of St. Valentine's jailer, and/or the engagement between England’s Richard II and Anne of Bohemia. KNOW WHAT YOU CELEBRATE.
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