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Allen was notoriously bad at dating. He also made certain assumptions about what constellations should exist at what time of the year and assumed they were created at that point. The creation of constellations (not the modern ones) can be shown to have happened as early as 15,000 BCE. The neolithic cave drawings in Spain and France are in reality calendars. The cave in France does have a bull in the same spot as Taurus, but then it has several bull drawings. Google Lascaux and Fred Edge or Dr. Michael Rappenglueck.
The constellations were larger back then. They were broken up into smaller constellations. I would suggest that the earlier worship of a lesser number of gods was a result of having fewer constellations. I site Neith as an example in my book. She was a super goddess with multiple duties which corresponded astrologically to numerous adjacent constellations around Virgo. Later these duties were assigned to other gods/godedess who had limited duties. Neith did not fade away after these later gods were established. She remained to make matters complicated.
Sargon commissioned the study of the stars in the Early Bronze Age. This was the Golden Age of astrology/astronomy. Cosmically, historically, and politically it appears that the first cosmic myth (a proto-text) on which the Bible was based would have appeared in Ur around 1930 BCE after the Amorite conquest. Most likely at the temple of Sin.
Stars were reserved for only important or special people. Not everyone's soul morphed into a star. Perhaps I should clarify that. From Celtic legend we have this tidbit:Aisling Bronach, Celtic Skies. http://www.shadowdrake.com/celtic/celticskies.
html.
“The constellation known as Corona Borealis was called Caer Arianrhodd [“fort of the
gift-silver”] or Llys Arianrhodd [“court of the gift-silver”], by the Welsh. From May 10th to
the 18th, there are meteor showers which appear near this constellation. These shooting
stars are believed to be souls returning to earth to be reborn.”
Shooting stars, aka points of light in the sky were considered "souls." Greek legends have certain people placed in the constellations.
The Bible story is an Amorite retelling of Akkadian myths and history. The first line is Genesis 2:4a: "These are the histories of the heavens and earth."
The birth of Jesus is based on the story or meaning of the constellations one would see right before sunrise during the winter solstice. Likewise the passion story is based on the constellations one sees right before sunrise on Easter morning. The reason why so many religions have similar stories is that they were all cosmic myths. The differences resulted in slight regional differences of interpretation of those myths.
The birth of Jesus, for instance incorporates Orion, Cancer, and Sirius for the most part. The birth narrative is nearly identical to the birth narrative of Abraham in the Book Of Jasher (available on line thanks to the folks at LDS). Sirius was known as the "Star of the East." As it moves about the sky it is followed by Orion. The belt of Orion is the 3 wise men. Some cultures actually name the stars after the wise men. Orion was Herod, or in the case of the Abraham story, Nimrod. The Hebrews referred to Orion as Nimrod, the great hunter. (Hint: if a religion has a great hunter it is Orion.) Cancer, the dark constellation, is generally a cave reference. The cave shows up in numerous Jesus myths as well as other solar gods(Mithra). Within Cancer there are a few stars. Two of the stars the Greeks referred to as the Northern Ass and Southern Ass. Here we get the ass Mary rode upon and most likely the ass of prophecy that Jesus rode into Nazareth. Cancer also contains a fuzzy area known as a beehive. The Arabics had it as an oasis, however the Greeks saw it a manger, and the Romans (according to one source) claimed it was an inn. All characteristics of our story...but wait there is more.
The constellation of Cancer was based on the Scarab, or dung beetle. The nature of how the dung beetle laid its eggs puzzled the ancients so Cancer became the constellation of the barren birth. All OT references to barren births are about Cancer. Then the Greeks came along and connected the barren birth of Cancer to the constellation of Virgo, hence barren births became virgin births. The constellation of Coma, shown as a woman and child in Denderah, was the constellation of the annunciation of the wonderful child.
The slaughter of the innocents can occur in two different constellations located at the foot of Orion. It is a little more complex to explain.
These are the common elements of a good cosmic myth from the time of Jesus. This is what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown.
Allen was notoriously bad at dating. He also made certain assumptions about what constellations should exist at what time of the year and assumed they were created at that point. The creation of constellations (not the modern ones) can be shown to have happened as early as 15,000 BCE. The neolithic cave drawings in Spain and France are in reality calendars. The cave in France does have a bull in the same spot as Taurus, but then it has several bull drawings. Google Lascaux and Fred Edge or Dr. Michael Rappenglueck.
The constellations were larger back then. They were broken up into smaller constellations. I would suggest that the earlier worship of a lesser number of gods was a result of having fewer constellations. I site Neith as an example in my book. She was a super goddess with multiple duties which corresponded astrologically to numerous adjacent constellations around Virgo. Later these duties were assigned to other gods/godedess who had limited duties. Neith did not fade away after these later gods were established. She remained to make matters complicated.
Sargon commissioned the study of the stars in the Early Bronze Age. This was the Golden Age of astrology/astronomy. Cosmically, historically, and politically it appears that the first cosmic myth (a proto-text) on which the Bible was based would have appeared in Ur around 1930 BCE after the Amorite conquest. Most likely at the temple of Sin.
Stars were reserved for only important or special people. Not everyone's soul morphed into a star. Perhaps I should clarify that. From Celtic legend we have this tidbit:Aisling Bronach, Celtic Skies. http://www.shadowdrake.com/celtic/celticskies.
html.
“The constellation known as Corona Borealis was called Caer Arianrhodd [“fort of the
gift-silver”] or Llys Arianrhodd [“court of the gift-silver”], by the Welsh. From May 10th to
the 18th, there are meteor showers which appear near this constellation. These shooting
stars are believed to be souls returning to earth to be reborn.”
Shooting stars, aka points of light in the sky were considered "souls." Greek legends have certain people placed in the constellations.
The Bible story is an Amorite retelling of Akkadian myths and history. The first line is Genesis 2:4a: "These are the histories of the heavens and earth."
The birth of Jesus is based on the story or meaning of the constellations one would see right before sunrise during the winter solstice. Likewise the passion story is based on the constellations one sees right before sunrise on Easter morning. The reason why so many religions have similar stories is that they were all cosmic myths. The differences resulted in slight regional differences of interpretation of those myths.
The birth of Jesus, for instance incorporates Orion, Cancer, and Sirius for the most part. The birth narrative is nearly identical to the birth narrative of Abraham in the Book Of Jasher (available on line thanks to the folks at LDS). Sirius was known as the "Star of the East." As it moves about the sky it is followed by Orion. The belt of Orion is the 3 wise men. Some cultures actually name the stars after the wise men. Orion was Herod, or in the case of the Abraham story, Nimrod. The Hebrews referred to Orion as Nimrod, the great hunter. (Hint: if a religion has a great hunter it is Orion.) Cancer, the dark constellation, is generally a cave reference. The cave shows up in numerous Jesus myths as well as other solar gods(Mithra). Within Cancer there are a few stars. Two of the stars the Greeks referred to as the Northern Ass and Southern Ass. Here we get the ass Mary rode upon and most likely the ass of prophecy that Jesus rode into Nazareth. Cancer also contains a fuzzy area known as a beehive. The Arabics had it as an oasis, however the Greeks saw it a manger, and the Romans (according to one source) claimed it was an inn. All characteristics of our story...but wait there is more.
The constellation of Cancer was based on the Scarab, or dung beetle. The nature of how the dung beetle laid its eggs puzzled the ancients so Cancer became the constellation of the barren birth. All OT references to barren births are about Cancer. Then the Greeks came along and connected the barren birth of Cancer to the constellation of Virgo, hence barren births became virgin births. The constellation of Coma, shown as a woman and child in Denderah, was the constellation of the annunciation of the wonderful child.
The slaughter of the innocents can occur in two different constellations located at the foot of Orion. It is a little more complex to explain.
These are the common elements of a good cosmic myth from the time of Jesus. This is what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown.
"On Earth as it is in Heaven, the Cosmic Roots of the Bible" available on the Amazon.
