It should
be mentioned that the subject of astrology in the past was much
less a divination tool and more a spiritual study. It was a
comprehensive system of organizing creation on the Spiritual, Astral and
Physical levels. The ancient herbalists used this system wisely to categorize
herbs, minerals, metals and animals with respect to their attributes
which is also
their "signature." In the work of Jakob Lorber
it is stated that this ancient and very wise
methodology based on the science of analogy will be restored in the
future times.
Many people condemn this sacred science without
any understanding of it. Not accepting that the Creator created that we may understand Him
better through His own creations. They accept that these physical things
exist but cannot fathom that they may have a higher spiritual purpose or
have been created according to a spiritual order.
It is not insignificant that over the millennia there has always been an
almost religious wonder as to the effect of the stars upon our Earth.
But, because the actual mechanism of action that produces the effects
has never been adequately or openly explained it is easy to understand that this
subject and others like it are shrouded in the sort of ignorance that
gives rise to an almost superstitious fascination. Many intelligent people
observe the effects and associate them with this or that heavenly body
but do not know why or how the effects manifest.
The various religions of old
all made a point of dispensing only just enough information for the populace to
make their actions seem that much more mysterious in order to place themselves
above them and exert control over them.
Example:
In Europe the Catholic Church was very much aware of the effect of the
heavenly bodies on our Planet. (We are not against the Catholic Church
or Catholicism in general but, history itself has had issues with some of its practices)
A)
They knew that weather patterns often followed Lunar cycles and that
rain was more likely with the new Moon. If there was a period of drought
the farmers would beseech the priests to supplicate God for them. The
priests complied for a fee. A special Mass was said for rain. But, the
priests waited for the most advantages astronomical time to say their Masses
- waiting for the new Moon. When the rains came they were very quick to
take full
credit for this blessing.
B) The concept of the flat Earth was also created by the religion of the
day for the same reasons in spite of the fact that the Egyptians, Greeks, Vikings
and Romans were well aware of the Earth being spherical.
C) Also the concept of the celestial bodies rotating around the Earth
had the same origins. They took the truth and deliberately
misinterpreted it. They took the spiritual Kabbalistic concept of the
"Order of the Spheres" (also known as the Sephirothic Spheres) which is Earth centric and declared it to be
applied literally to physical circumstances. This of course is
ridiculous. This model of reality accurately depicts the astral order of
beings relative to the Earth but not the actual physical circumstances
of the solar system.
Or, Earth centricity can only be justifiably accepted in the context of us
perceiving the other created stars and planets when viewed from Earth as
a vantage point.
In this context we are the center of our universe, while not actually
being at the center of existence.
The fact that all religions throughout time including the Christian
religions made it a point to meticulously observe stellar activity. It
would be foolish to think that this was being done without purpose.
Information laying out
the framework of the stellar influences abounded but was kept
exclusively by the elite. With it the priesthoods could anticipate climatic or even pestilential events
and manipulate the people in their ignorance. Because the
general population witnessed the foretold events but in their utter
ignorance could not explain
them rationally, they attributed undue powers and abilities to the priesthoods
(all priesthoods) who used their ignorance for monetary profit. Their
superstitions were borne out of their
fragmented knowledge. Up until recently, in Italy, the land of the Catholic Church it was considered
"officially" evil to merely star gaze.
To this day those in the know will guard this information
jealously and will deliberately proclaim this information to be mere
superstition. And in addition educated people will reject it because in
their education there was no provision for it and therefore regard it as
old-fashioned superstitious nonsense. Yet who cannot say that they
perceive the differences in how it feels to experience 70 degrees in
spring, summer and fall. They "feel" different with the change in
constellation.
Today we accept that the Sun and Moon seasonally influence plant and animal life.
We have long measured time by the movements of these heavenly bodies deriving the
times of day, days of the week and months of the year. The names of the
week are named according to the "order of the spheres" which also
have the names of the planets. Using this method these repetitive cycles
are predictable and exact.
Why then is it so far fetched that
if all this can be derived from the Sun and Moon, that the other stars might affect the
Earth and what grows and lives on it. The
mechanism that brings about the effects and how they manifest is at the heart of this very intriguing
subject.
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