Tag: summer solstice
Pagans celebrate the summer solstice at Stonehenge replica in Washington state
N. B.
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I hope everyone had a HAPPY SOLSTICE! This Stonehenge replica in Washington state looks awesome – now that’s what I’m talking about. “Religions that treat the sun as a deity turned to the summer solstice as a holy day. Greeks celebrated their god of agriculture, Vikings planned raids and early…
Read MoreChristianity and the summer solstice
Acharya S
- 20
From the below article at Examiner.com, it looks like somebody’s been reading my work. Except: “the sun mimics the death and resurrection of Jesus!” Is that what they teach at Harvard Divinity School, that the sun is mimicking Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ during the winter solstice? Couldn’t it…
Read MoreStonehenge founding pushed back 500 years
Archaeologists have provided further confirmation of the astrotheological nature of Stonehenge and that the site is centuries if not millennia older than previously thought. Stonehenge is aligned not only to the sun’s milestones but also to lunar phases, as well as other celestial phenomena, and the site has turned out…
Read MoreManhattanhenge: New York’s ‘magical’ astronomical alignments
Acharya S
- 12
Here’s a short article about a phenomenon that demonstrates astronomical alignment of buildings even in a modern city. Popular astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is quoted here about “Manhattanhenge,” a term he coined almost a decade ago. However, I would be very surprised if Manhattan is the only city in…
Read MoreArchaeologist: American churches astronomically aligned
Acharya S
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One of the more important aspects of my work is to bring to light the ancient religious practice of aligning sacred sites with astronomical events, such as the daily, weekly, monthly and annual movements and phases of the sun, moon and other celestial bodies. This practice dates back thousands of…
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