is a very critical point. It is the astronomical location
of the triumph of the Sungod and of the arrival of Spring.

How was this location defined? Among what stars was
the Sun moving at that critical moment? (For of course
it was understood, or supposed, that the Sun was deeply
influenced by the constellation through which it was, or
appeared to be, moving.) It seems then that at the
period when these questions were occupying men's minds
--say about three thousand years ago--the point where
the Ecliptic crossed the Equator was, as a matter of
fact, in the region of the constellation Aries or the he-
Lamb. The triumph of the Sungod was therefore, and quite
naturally, ascribed to the influence of Aries. THE LAMB
BECAME THE SYMBOL OF THE RISEN SAVIOR, AND OF HIS PASSAGE
FROM THE UNDERWORLD INTO THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN. At first such
an explanation sounds hazardous; but a thousand texts and
references confirm it; and it is only by the accumulation
of evidence in these cases that the student becomes convinced
of a theory's correctness. It must also be remembered
(what I have mentioned before) that these myths and legends
were commonly adopted not only for one strict reason but
because they represented in a general way the convergence of
various symbols and inferences.

Let me enumerate a few points with regard to the Vernal
Equinox. In the Bible the festival is called the Passover,
and its supposed institution by Moses is related in Exodus,
ch. xii. In every house a he-lamb was to be slain,
and its blood to be sprinkled on the doorposts of the