![]() I show, too, how in the Bible Lucifer is identified with ‘the morning star’, which is to say Venus. In The Secret History of the World I show how at the time the Fourth Gospel was written ‘the Word’ was a traditional title of the Sun god who, it was said, would come to lighten the darkness. Christian archangels are routinely represented as the great spirits of the heavenly bodies – St Michael being the Archangel of the Sun, for instance, and Gabriel the Archangel of the Moon. ![]() ![]() In public Christianity denounces astrology, but many ancient churches from Canterbury to Chartres are full of astrological symbols, and most are built according to an astronomical orientation which is as exact as that of an Egyptian temple. In the great monotheistic religions these roots have of course been covered over and the influence of the gods or spirits of the stars and planets is played down. Our place in the world feels different.īut does spirit really change? Do spiritual realms have their own season? Do spirits behave differently in autumn?Īll the world’s great religions have roots in astronomy. As the nights draw in we are driven indoors and also driven in upon ourselves. ![]() ![]() The arrival of autumn affects the human spirit. In this article Mark Booth (aka Jonathan Black), author of the bestselling The Secret History of the World and The Sacred History, explores the significance of autumn to the spiritual world and recounts two unsettling and thought-provoking folk lore tales. ![]()
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