Today marks the day that Christians the world over solemnize the execution of a man known as Jesus and celebrate his resurrection from death.
Now, don’t panic: This post isn’t going to preach the Easter message since that isn’t the point of this blog.
What I do find interesting to point out is how a centuries-old pagan tradition was adopted by another culture and made to spread the world over. Imagine taking a more than 2000 year-old pagan practice and repackaging it to influence the thinking of a large portion of humanity. It seems all the more impressive when you realize this was during a time with no Internet and no social media to influence our thinking!
So, if we can take an ancient practice of celebrating Ēostre and influencing whole societies to ritualize differently, imagine what we can do with a centuries-old practice of monetary exchange and influencing humanity to adopt a new one?
See what I did there?
