Astrotheology
<h2 >Astro-theology</h2>
<p >Astrotheology is the study of the astronomical origins of religion; how gods, goddesses, and demons are personifications of astronomical phenomena such as lunar elipses, planetary alignments, and apparent interactions of planetary bodies with stars.
The term <i>astro-theology</i> appears in the title of a 1714 work by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Derham" title="William Derham" >William Derham</a>, <i>Astro-theology: or, A demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from a survey of the heavens</i>based on the author's observations by means of "Mr. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens" title="Christiaan Huygens" >Huygens</a>' Glass". Derham thought that the stars were openings in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmament" title="Firmament" >firmament</a> through which he thought he saw the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyrean" title="Empyrean" >Empyrean</a> beyond.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrotheology#cite_note-2" >[3]</a></sup> The 1783 issue of <i>The New Christian's magazine</i> had an essay entitled <i>Astro-theology</i> which argued the "demonstration of sacred truths" from "a survey of heavenly bodies" in the sense of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmaker_analogy" title="Watchmaker analogy" >watchmaker analogy</a>. Higginson (1855) argues a compatibility of "Jewish Astro-theology" of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible" >Hebrew Bible</a>, which places God and his angelic hosts in the heavens, with a "Scientific Astro-theology" based on observation of the cosmos.
Manly P Hall (1901-1990) who was a mystic and a 33 degree mason, lectured on astrotheology teaching that each of the three abrahamic faiths has a planet that governs that religion. Judaism is Saturn, the symbol of judaism is a hexagram symbol of Saturn , the day of worship is on saturday day of Saturn. Christianity is the Sun , symbol of christianity is the cross symbol of the Sun ,day of worship sunday day of Sun. Islam is Venus , symbol of Islam the five pointed star and the crescent each symbol is a venus symbol, day of worship is on friday day of venus.
The same term is used by Irvin, Maxwell and Rutajit (2006) in reference to "the earliest known forms of religion and nature worship", advocating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen" title="Entheogen" >entheogen</a> theory of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_religion" title="Origin of religion" class="mw-redirect" >origin of religion</a>.</p>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraea_(mythology)" title="Astraea (mythology)" >Astraea (mythology)</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraeus" title="Astraeus" >Astraeus</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_astrology" title="Babylonian astrology" >Babylonian astrology</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosphorus" title="Eosphorus" class="mw-redirect" >Eosphorus</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_host" title="Heavenly host" >Heavenly host</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavens_(disambiguation)" title="Heavens (disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" >Heavens (disambiguation)</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_astrology" title="Hellenistic astrology" >Hellenistic astrology</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astrology" title="History of astrology" >History of astrology</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idolatry" title="Idolatry" >Idolatry</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_worship" title="Moon worship" class="mw-redirect" >Moon worship</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_worship_(disambiguation)" title="Nature worship (disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" >Nature worship (disambiguation)</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_cosmology" title="Religious cosmology" >Religious cosmology</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaism" title="Sabaism" class="mw-redirect" >Sabaism</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Father" title="Sky Father" class="mw-redirect" >Sky Father</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_worship" title="Sun worship" class="mw-redirect" >Sun worship</a></li>
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