Astrotheology for Life: Unlocking the Esoteric Wisdom of Ancient Myth - Softcover

Mathisen, David Warner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996059040 ISBN 13: 9780996059046

Publisher: Beowulf Books, 2017

Synopsis

What do the world's ancient myths have to say for your life? This book will help you learn to converse with humanity's myths, scriptures, and sacred stories in the language that they are actually speaking: the language of the stars. Clear, systematic explanation accompanied by over fifty illustrations, diagrams and star charts shows the astonishing evidence that virtually all the world's ancient myths (including the stories in the Bible) are built upon a common, worldwide system of celestial metaphor -- and explains the system to you, allowing you to interpret their meaning for yourself, so that you can gain direct access to their profoud wisdom.

Explore recurring patterns which appear in myths around the world, and what they may be trying to tell us. Examine the evidence that these myths may have come from a long-forgotten ancient civilization (or civilizations) of incredible spiritual sophistication, predating the most ancient civilizations known to conventional history such as ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient China, and the ancient Indus-Saraswati civilization. And plumb the depths of spiritual meaning encoded in these Star Myths, and how their celestial metaphors point us towards the presence of an invisible and infinite realm, and the reality of the concept of the Higher Self taught in many cultures where some of the connection to the ancient wisdom has still survived.

Brought to you by David Warner Mathisen, the author of The Undying Stars and of Star Myths of the World, and how to interpret them (Volumes One, Two and Three).

About this title

From the Author

*What is astrotheology? *
Is it "for real"? *
And if so, how does it apply to my life -- and to Life in general?*
I set out to write a book that would explore these questions -- *a book which would not only explore the evidence which shows that the world's ancient myths, scriptures and sacred stories are built upon an ancient system of celestial metaphor, but also a book which would explore what this knowledge means for individual men and women . . . and for humanity.*What messages do we begin to hear, if we listen to the ancient myths and sacred stories in the language which they themselves are actually speaking?*Join me in considering those questions, while exploring some important myth-patterns which appear in myths from cultures separated from one another by vast distances or even by millennia -- such as the story of:.* The baby set adrift in a basket of reeds, a pattern which appears in the legend of Sargon of Akkad (from 2300 BC), the story of Karna son of Madri in the Mahabharata, the story of Moses among the bulrushes, the story of baby Maui who is cast into the sea-foam by his parents according to the sacred traditions of the peoples of the Pacific islands, and the story of Hiruko son of Izanagi and Izanami in the Kojiki of ancient Japan . . ..* The crossing of a great flood, which appears in the legend of Deucalion in ancient Greece, and of Uta-napishtim in ancient Mesopotamia, and of Noah in the Hebrew scriptures, and of Sigu son of Makunaima among the indigenous Akawaio in the continent now known as South America -- and which has echoes to the experience of Odysseus in the Odyssey as well . . ..* The failed "retrieval from the dead," in which a lover descends to the underworld in order to bring back his beloved, found in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in ancient Greece, but also in the story of Izanami in ancient Japan, and in numerous important variations from Native American nations stretching from coast to coast -- and which also has echoes to the story of Baldr or Balder in Norse mythology . . ... . . and many other myth-patterns (sometimes called "oicotypes") which surface in recognizable forms in the ancient stories of cultures from across the globe.    *Not only will we examine the celestial foundations upon which these ancient myths are built (illustrated with clear star-charts showing the constellations in question), but we will also explore how the ancient language of myth uses specific constellations to convey specific knowledge that we ourselves need today, as we make our way across the difficult "ocean crossing" of this life.*And, we will also see how the overwhelming evidence that suggests the ancient myths share a common world-wide language shatters many of the conventional narratives of humanity's ancient history -- and provides additional support for the existence of a now-forgotten culture (or cultures), possessing tremendous spiritual insight, which has been given to us in the form of the a precious inheritance. *We have always needed this ancient wisdom -- but today we may need it more than ever.*

Edition details

• Publisher: Beowulf Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996059040
• ISBN 13: 9780996059046
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334