The Dissemination of Astrology in the West [Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans]

[@TheModernHermeticist]

And we're back thanks to the return of the Internet Archive after its particularly disruptive hack. Please like, share, subscribe and leave a comment to be a sweet-smelling incense unto the algogods.

[@johnnewton8017]

Happy to see IA back!!

[@NevisYsbryd]

Yeah, that happened right while I was using it to read Ficino's Three Books on Life for class!

[@KarlKarsnark]

The Book of Revelations is an absolute Master Class on Zodiacal symbolism and imagery. Every "monster", animal, dragon, etc....is just a Zodiacal reference or allusion. "As above, so below."

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

👍 we see the patterns in nature too.

[@Wyattinous]

Placeholder comment to boost the algorithm until I watch this fully, your a gift to us all M.H. ❤

[@brendawilliams8062]

It has to have the ever present Battle of the Gods.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Wonderful to get comfortable in a quiet place and listen to you read.

[@paladinkhan]

I bring a comment with frankincense and myrrh, and kind words to bless you. Thank you for your fine work and may the algorithm gods shine upon you. What an incredible and inspiring video, truly awesome content and life changing. Really though i appreciate the hard work and it shows, thank you for the lovely videos

[@SobekLOTFC]

Keep up the exceptional work, Dan 👍

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks as always Jason

[@KarlKarsnark]

'You say that we worship the Sun. Well, so do you!" -Tertullian

[@Regurgitatingnineoclocknews]

I believe the sun our sun is God

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Any chance of reading Project Hindsight's Definitions and Foundations? haha; that's modern scholarship on ancient astrology. Not a tiny advance. Robert Schmidt was a genius. See his System of Hermes. Beautiful reading voice by the way. Thanks for uploading on this topic.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Alas, it probably isn't in the public domain, which is usually a prerequisite for doing these sorts of recordings. You'll notice most of what I post is from 100+ years ago.

[@DolanIre_blackhair]

Good timing.... you're quite in tune with the zeit!

[@mrwondering2594]

I swear you are the best in all of KZbin regarding this type of content…. The big words alone make me feel as though my IQ is being raised

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thank you kindly 🙏

[@bsmetal]

GREAT!

[@biff-6603]

Aurelian was a Thracian and so was Constantine. The cult to the Sun-God-Emperor among the Thracians may be older than that of the Egyptians.

[@Cholatemilk1]

Heck ya dan

[@TheModernHermeticist]

heck ya cholate

[@brendawilliams8062]

Thankyou

[@JoeDubs432]

Can you get into the cosmic egg possibly in another episode? Good stuff

[@joshuasheets9236]

That was an interesting read along, I had to pause several times to look people up, and rewind a few times to make sure I heard that right. Bromance? Lol

[@brendawilliams8062]

Suppose that’s one rock you can only set up a post on

[@mrshts]

So good.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

Man this stuff is like crack to me; pulling back the curtain on the theological waves of Antiquity that, in our modern age, are so thoroughly bastardized to the point of parody is like breathing freely after being shut in a stuffy room for ages. Keeping feeding us good things Dr. Dan, we eating good on this channel.

[@animir7631]

Remedial question on an assumed definition. Asians and those east of Hellenistic Europe are considered “oriental” from my understanding...but what regions, culture, philosophy, or religion is Cumont calling out specifically in his comparisons? I have general ideas but don’t want to make assumptions.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

When he says oriental, I think he generally means Syrians, Anatolians, Egyptians, Chaldeans/Babylonians, and Persians (and perhaps to a limited extent Indians, but not so much east of that).

[@animir7631]

@@TheModernHermeticist OK thanks, so not as far as China. Wasn’t sure about the reach of the Silk Road. PS I’ve enjoyed your readings Dan! Makes older texts more palatable and accessible. Please keep addressing the intersection of astrology and religion 🙏

[@davidshoesmith3780]

Hey Dan, do you think the heavens have any spiritual significance or do you think that modernity has pretty much obliterated any notion of this idea, limiting all that is to what is merely natural?

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

Summary: 1. Josephus Flavius was wrong about the Wilderness Tabernacle structure being "50 cubits wide and a 100 cubits long." In truth, the Exodus blueprints measure a 100-cubit diameter, a 50-cubit radius, and a 314-cubit circumference because of Exodus 26.4, 13. It's a circle and NOT a rectangle. He did NOT follow the "pattern" in chronological order as directed by God. 2. For accommodation, "selvedge" has been incorrectly inserted in place of the right word מִקָּצָ֖ה or "cut off/warp," from Exodus 26.4. The basics of Hebrew and loom weaving make this error easy to see and correct. This means the inner courtyard curtains are to be coupled/joined short end-to-end, not long side-by-side. God gave Moses three kinds of Pi on Mt. Sinai to build the Wilderness Tabernacle in 1440 BC. But Josephus, the historian, misinterpreted the Exodus blueprints in 94 AD, 1500 years after Moses, and was unaware that Exodus 26-27-38 approximated Pi. Fortunately, after two millennia, Exodus has been correctly translated and interpreted. Exodus 26.4a "And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the WARP in the coupling;" A) Pi from Exodus 26.13 330 cubits long = Exodus 26.8 Eleven curtains each 30 cubits long 315 cubits long = Exodus 26.12 One curtain is folded in half to 15 cubits long 314 cubits long = Exodus 26.13 Curtain hang over/seams taken in 1 cubit long & B) Pi from Exodus 27.18 3.14 = 314 circumference/100 diameter ≈ π ratio (100-cubit court per Exodus 27.18) & C) Pi from Exodus 38.13 c = 2 π r Pi is woven together in the spiral of the double helix in your DNA. ................. In 2 Kings the Israelites rediscovered their FORGOTTEN scriptures in Solomon's Temple itself. 2000 years ago, the Church accepted Josephus Flavius' inaccurate description into our religious dogma. They all derive from the same bad-data, Josephus the historian's history is NOT holy canon, friend. We lost the understanding of Exodus ≈ Pi almost 3500 years ago on Mt. Nebo when Moses died, but now we have it back. In good faith, regardless of your religious beliefs, begin with Exodus 26 and adhere rigorously to the exegetical method, keeping in mind that these are blueprints for a large tent. Renformation.com

[@DolanIre_blackhair]

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[@jennywilloughby3236]

Hey🙃

[@TheModernHermeticist]

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[@user-qb8gp7df1n]

So this is what magna carta is based on?

[@agnieszkaswietlik5322]

I must not watch; it disrupts the listening

[@GanaminoSalammo-g6e]

Perhaps that the astrological mechanism was imposed for a reason, and in antipathy to it, I constructed a work by which to exorcise it from a man for the sake of his freedom of it.

[@UnbornBliss]

I'm interested to hear more about this work. How did it go? Need any help? I like to organize and feel like this is a project that could use an assortment of hands. Python programming can help a lot of things.

[@GanaminoSalammo-g6e]

@@UnbornBliss Thanks for the interest. In the past I had considered the need for a program in regards to the A.M., but it has evolved into a very complex set of conditions since that time. If you have an interest in this, I wrote the book 'As Mighty a Tree as Babaaturatu' that instructs on both deity and said exorcisms of the A.M. (and the influence of deity) from out of a man. The first two chapters; or 'books' contain the instructions of what follows in the rest of it.