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There are three main branches of astrology, namely Western astrology, Indian astrology, and Chinese or East Asian astrology. The study of Western astrology and the belief in it, as part of astronomy, is first found in a developed form among the ancient Babylonians; and directly or indirectly through the Babylonians, it spread to other nations. It came to Greece about the middle of the 4th century BC, reaching Rome before the advent of the Christian era.
Yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli: योग yóga) is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India,[1][2] whose goal is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility.[3] The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.[4][5][6]
Originally posted by racasan
i'm trying to find out when
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Thursday -- Thor's day
Friday -- Freya's day
started been used as the names for days
www.crowl.org...
Originally posted by bogomil
Originally posted by racasan
i'm trying to find out when
Wednesday -- Woden's day
Thursday -- Thor's day
Friday -- Freya's day
started been used as the names for days
www.crowl.org...
A short, and possible digressing addition.
Monday = moon-day.
Tuesday = Tir's (or Tyr's) day (another germanic 'god')
Saturday = surprisingly breaking the pattern as being 'loeverday' (washing-day)
and sunday naturally being the sun's day.
The Seven-Day Week The Babylonians marked time with lunar months. They proscribed some activities during The major periods are seven days, 1/4 month, long. This seven-day period was later regularized and disassociated from the lunar month to become our seven-day week.
Isn't the issue with astrology somewhat the opposite?
I mean, recent advances in astronomy have required astrologers to modify their methods to have them still "make sense".
So does this mean that the dudes before that had been doing it wrong all those thousands of years?
.....this is called the forer effect
penn and teller, derren brown, james randi and richard dawkins have recreated the same test on different
tv shows.
The Forer effect (also called the Barnum Effect after P.T. Barnum's observation that "we've got something for everyone") is the observation that individuals will give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically for them, but are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, and some types of personality tests.
Just for the record: Mysticism isn't the same as occultism, though recent inflation of new-age language has eradicated the border. It's more 'promotional' (and thus more lucrative) these days to be 'esoteric' than to be a dabbler in the plain unknown area of the just para-natural (as opposed to the super-natural).
The theory states that, with a subconscious set of mental "filters" formed from their beliefs and experiences, every individual interprets the same world differently; hence "Truth is in the eye of the beholder".
Every kind of ignorance in the world all results from not realizing that our perceptions are gambles. We believe what we see and then we believe our interpretation of it, we don't even know we are making an interpretation most of the time. We think this is reality. – Robert Anton Wilson
The idea does not necessarily imply that there is no objective truth; rather that our access to it is mediated through our senses, experience, conditioning, prior beliefs, and other non-objective factors. The implied individual world each person occupies is said to be their reality tunnel. The term can also apply to groups of people united by beliefs: we can speak of the fundamentalist Christian reality tunnel or the ontological naturalism reality tunnel.
Originally posted by ExistentialNightmare
reply to post by bogomil
Just for the record: Mysticism isn't the same as occultism, though recent inflation of new-age language has eradicated the border. It's more 'promotional' (and thus more lucrative) these days to be 'esoteric' than to be a dabbler in the plain unknown area of the just para-natural (as opposed to the super-natural).
I find mysticism very interesting indeed, and regardless of belief or faith; i fully support the investigation into the unknown, the transcendent and the numinous (even the "supernatural") But even with the conviction of a coherent hypothesis; i feel it is wise to maintain one's critical faculties, and to not fall victim to confirmation bias (or even the threats and promises of religious dogma); whatever the ultimate truth.edit on 11-7-2011 by ExistentialNightmare because: (no reason given)
The theory states that, with a subconscious set of mental "filters" formed from their beliefs and experiences, every individual interprets the same world differently; hence "Truth is in the eye of the beholder".
The idea does not necessarily imply that there is no objective truth
If I want to explore transcendent or even supernatural hypothesis I simply cut in the appropriate mental filters and away I go
I use a brake state (what wiccans call a banishing ritual) for me that’s playing ping pong on my xbox kinnect and then I go and try stuff like Taoist alchemy (which I found fascinating) or astral projection (which I enjoy when I can find the time to do it) and the best part is I don’t have to drag around all the fear and other baggage that goes with such things (paths maybe?)