The Real Hercules

            The story of Hercules, the son of a pagan god and a human woman, is one of the best known ancient myths. Tonight the constellation Hercules (The Mighty Victor) is at the Zenith point in the early evening hours, telling the story of the real Hercules.   Ancient Paganism took the story of Christ, Read More …

Comets Real and Imagined

                This week the internet was ablaze with rumors that a 2.5 mile wide comet was going to strike Earth in September.   There are thousands of professional and amateur astronomers who search every night for “Near Earth Objects” like the Phantom Comet. They may miss smaller objects like the one that struck Russia on Read More …

Bullinger’s Struggle in the Stars

            One of the early popularizers of the Star Bible was E.W. Bullinger, whose classic book The Witness of the Stars appeared in 1893. Bullinger acknowledged the foundational work of Miss Frances Rolleston, whose earlier work, Mazzaroth: or The Constellations, had collected the research underpinning the Star Bible. He then set about to organize and Read More …