In his book Aion Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes of ... more In his book Aion Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes of the collective unconscious against the identity of Jesus Christ as a model of psychological wholeness, providing ideas about cultural transformation into a New Age. Building upon Christian traditions, Jung reinterpreted the Christ story through astronomy, examining how images of Jesus provide symbolic reflection of slow changes in the visible stars, with a focus on the archetype of the fish. Jung applied the old hermetic idea from the Lord’s Prayer, ‘on earth as in heaven’, to explore how Jesus symbolises eternal truths, aiming to develop a scientific psychology of religion rather than accepting any claims from traditional dogma. My reading of Aion is that Jung’s symbolic cosmology presents a pathway to a Gnostic Reformation of Christianity, pointing to a paradigm shift that uses knowledge to reconcile religion with logic and evidence. Aion investigates a radically different interpretati...
In his book Aion - Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes o... more In his book Aion - Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes of the collective unconscious against the identity of Jesus Christ as a model of psychological wholeness, providing ideas about cultural transformation into a New Age. Building upon Christian traditions, Jung reinterpreted the Christ story through astronomy, examining how images of Jesus provide symbolic reflection of slow changes in the visible stars, with a focus on the archetype of the fish. Jung applied the old hermetic idea from the Lord’s Prayer, ‘on earth as in heaven’, to explore how Jesus symbolises eternal truths, aiming to develop a scientific psychology of religion rather than accepting any claims from traditional dogma. My reading of Aion is that Jung’s symbolic cosmology presents a pathway to a Gnostic Reformation of Christianity, pointing to a paradigm shift that uses knowledge to reconcile religion with logic and evidence. Aion investigates a radically different interpretation of Christian historical origins as primarily Gnostic and cosmological.
The Peratae were a Gnostic group whose teachings are described in the Refutation of all Heresies ... more The Peratae were a Gnostic group whose teachings are described in the Refutation of all Heresies (Volume V) by the third century theologian Hippolytus of Rome. Hippolytus provides a useful source to help reconstruct Gnostic views. His extant work is available at http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050105.htm Information on him is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Rome Hippolytus says of the tenets of the Peratae that " their system is not framed by them out of the holy Scriptures, but from astrological art. " He imagines this provides a decisive refutation, based on the universal acceptance of Christian dogma, but analysis of his argument indicates that he failed to understand the Peratae, who provide a valuable insight into the coherent basis of Gnostic thought. My approach to the reconstruction of the evolution of Christian theology begins with the hypothesis that Christianity was originally a secret doctrine in which astrology was central, seeing Christ as the point of celestial harmony where heaven and earth became one. If this hypothesis is correct, the orthodox contrast between scripture and astrology is a degraded vision, in which an original high cosmic understanding had been forgotten, and become the object of suppression as Gnostic heresy. By this hypothesis, ancient seers observed the slow cycle of the heavens, and perceived the time of Christ as the moment when the cycle of the earth, seen in the timing of the seasons, and the cycle of the heavens, seen in the movement of the sun against the zodiac, were in tune with each other. For readers whose instinct is to dismiss this as baseless speculation, I must emphasise that this cosmology is a purely scientific argument based on the astronomy of precession of the equinox, widely known since at least the time of Hipparchus in the second century BC. Before Christ, the sun had already left the constellation of Pisces and entered Aries at the spring equinox on 21 March. After Christ, the sun was still in the constellation of Pisces at the equinox. Only at the time of Christ, in the decades around the exact transition point of 21 AD, did the sun physically move from Pisces to Aries precisely at the equinox, establishing a base point to see the stars and the seasons in a cosmic harmony. At this time, and at no other historical time before or since, all twelve signs of the tropical zodiac occurred exactly when the sun was in their corresponding stars. The seasons matching the stars embodied the 'as above so below' symbolism that was central to ancient religion. I understand that readers unfamiliar with this material regard it as magical speculation, but I assure you that this information is purely scientific and can readily be confirmed. What it means, when considered against theology, is that Christ represents a cosmic 'alpha and omega' point, the beginning of a New Age and the conclusion of an Old Age.
An important new discovery, proving that the Leonardo Da Vinci used the star patterns of the zodi... more An important new discovery, proving that the Leonardo Da Vinci used the star patterns of the zodiac as his template for The Last Supper. This is the real Da Vinci Code, which has been hidden in plain sight for half a millennium, due to a range of complex cultural reasons. This paper was presented in a talk to the Canberra Jung Society. Watching it on youtube is likely to be the most accessible way to read it as the animated powerpoint presentation provides a simple and compelling proof of the hypothesis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib3hM7c7rm4&t=24s
In his book Aion Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes of ... more In his book Aion Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes of the collective unconscious against the identity of Jesus Christ as a model of psychological wholeness, providing ideas about cultural transformation into a New Age. Building upon Christian traditions, Jung reinterpreted the Christ story through astronomy, examining how images of Jesus provide symbolic reflection of slow changes in the visible stars, with a focus on the archetype of the fish. Jung applied the old hermetic idea from the Lord’s Prayer, ‘on earth as in heaven’, to explore how Jesus symbolises eternal truths, aiming to develop a scientific psychology of religion rather than accepting any claims from traditional dogma. My reading of Aion is that Jung’s symbolic cosmology presents a pathway to a Gnostic Reformation of Christianity, pointing to a paradigm shift that uses knowledge to reconcile religion with logic and evidence. Aion investigates a radically different interpretati...
In his book Aion - Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes o... more In his book Aion - Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Carl Jung analysed archetypes of the collective unconscious against the identity of Jesus Christ as a model of psychological wholeness, providing ideas about cultural transformation into a New Age. Building upon Christian traditions, Jung reinterpreted the Christ story through astronomy, examining how images of Jesus provide symbolic reflection of slow changes in the visible stars, with a focus on the archetype of the fish. Jung applied the old hermetic idea from the Lord’s Prayer, ‘on earth as in heaven’, to explore how Jesus symbolises eternal truths, aiming to develop a scientific psychology of religion rather than accepting any claims from traditional dogma. My reading of Aion is that Jung’s symbolic cosmology presents a pathway to a Gnostic Reformation of Christianity, pointing to a paradigm shift that uses knowledge to reconcile religion with logic and evidence. Aion investigates a radically different interpretation of Christian historical origins as primarily Gnostic and cosmological.
The Peratae were a Gnostic group whose teachings are described in the Refutation of all Heresies ... more The Peratae were a Gnostic group whose teachings are described in the Refutation of all Heresies (Volume V) by the third century theologian Hippolytus of Rome. Hippolytus provides a useful source to help reconstruct Gnostic views. His extant work is available at http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/050105.htm Information on him is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Rome Hippolytus says of the tenets of the Peratae that " their system is not framed by them out of the holy Scriptures, but from astrological art. " He imagines this provides a decisive refutation, based on the universal acceptance of Christian dogma, but analysis of his argument indicates that he failed to understand the Peratae, who provide a valuable insight into the coherent basis of Gnostic thought. My approach to the reconstruction of the evolution of Christian theology begins with the hypothesis that Christianity was originally a secret doctrine in which astrology was central, seeing Christ as the point of celestial harmony where heaven and earth became one. If this hypothesis is correct, the orthodox contrast between scripture and astrology is a degraded vision, in which an original high cosmic understanding had been forgotten, and become the object of suppression as Gnostic heresy. By this hypothesis, ancient seers observed the slow cycle of the heavens, and perceived the time of Christ as the moment when the cycle of the earth, seen in the timing of the seasons, and the cycle of the heavens, seen in the movement of the sun against the zodiac, were in tune with each other. For readers whose instinct is to dismiss this as baseless speculation, I must emphasise that this cosmology is a purely scientific argument based on the astronomy of precession of the equinox, widely known since at least the time of Hipparchus in the second century BC. Before Christ, the sun had already left the constellation of Pisces and entered Aries at the spring equinox on 21 March. After Christ, the sun was still in the constellation of Pisces at the equinox. Only at the time of Christ, in the decades around the exact transition point of 21 AD, did the sun physically move from Pisces to Aries precisely at the equinox, establishing a base point to see the stars and the seasons in a cosmic harmony. At this time, and at no other historical time before or since, all twelve signs of the tropical zodiac occurred exactly when the sun was in their corresponding stars. The seasons matching the stars embodied the 'as above so below' symbolism that was central to ancient religion. I understand that readers unfamiliar with this material regard it as magical speculation, but I assure you that this information is purely scientific and can readily be confirmed. What it means, when considered against theology, is that Christ represents a cosmic 'alpha and omega' point, the beginning of a New Age and the conclusion of an Old Age.
An important new discovery, proving that the Leonardo Da Vinci used the star patterns of the zodi... more An important new discovery, proving that the Leonardo Da Vinci used the star patterns of the zodiac as his template for The Last Supper. This is the real Da Vinci Code, which has been hidden in plain sight for half a millennium, due to a range of complex cultural reasons. This paper was presented in a talk to the Canberra Jung Society. Watching it on youtube is likely to be the most accessible way to read it as the animated powerpoint presentation provides a simple and compelling proof of the hypothesis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib3hM7c7rm4&t=24s
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