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Thus, you can expect to find heightened emotions surfacing, the energizing of the [[astral body]], and the coming to the fore of old momentums like “Old Nick”—that is another name for the [[dweller-on-the-threshold]]. These must be slain once again, with the sounding of the final death knell upon that carnal mind, by your own enlightened spirits which take the sword of Maitreya and stand guard in the [[Church Universal and Triumphant]] and in the heart of the mystical body.<ref>Kuthumi, “The Light of Winter Solstice,” {{POWref|27|58|, December 9, 1984}}</ref>

Amaryllis, the Goddess of Spring, has explained why Christmas is celebrated at winter solstice:

Christmas, you know, is also the eternal spring. For Christ was born in the spring of the year and we do celebrate our Christmas on the very first day of spring, as the hierarchies of Pisces pass the torch of God-mastery to the hierarchies of Aries. At that point of the release of the Christ consciousness the Manchild is born and the angels sing, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”<ref>Luke 2:14.</ref>

And therefore, while the fallen ones and these archenemies of the Christ yet lurked across the planetary body, seeking whom they might devour<ref>I Pet. 5:8.</ref> up until the hour of their being taken by Michael the Archangel, it was seen by the ascended masters that mankind needed a focal point of the Christ consciousness, a rallying point, a point of elevation of consciousness in this darkest hour of the year.