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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Thanks everyone for your questions and comments -- Michael thank you for your insights here and in other posts -- in reply to some of the questions I've made a new video which attempts to address some of the areas being discussed -- always a stimulating interaction with Alex and the wider...
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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Alex, Haven't been sure quite how to respond to this post. First, glad to hear you are "playing role of loyal opposition" and are "first and foremost a huge supporter"! My difficulty is seeing how what you are writing here is a disagreement with what I am saying. You say "this seems to me like...
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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Hi Alex -- The arch of Titus shows that Jerusalem was indeed sacked by the Romans under Titus and Vespasian, but I'm not sure why you think this contradicts my research -- on the contrary, it supports my arguments (please see my extensive treatment of this entire history in my 2014 book The...
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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Alex, you wrote: I've done a bunch of interviews with joe atwill and he makes a pretty strong case connecting josephus ( who is probably a fictional character whose works were most likely historical accounts of a group of roman historians in the field) anyways these guys went to great lengths...
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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Sorry -- let me try again. I do not understand how, given the perspective that the figures and events described in the Bible are esoteric metaphor (in common with all other myths), one can for example make a distinction between the "jesus of the bible" and the "christ consciousness" -- the...
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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Ahhh -- ummm -- did nobody hear what I was explaining in this interview or in the videos that I embedded in my earlier post here? The figures and episodes described in the "Old Testament" (so called) are CONSTELLATIONS. So is the figure of Jesus in the gospels who is "referencing" the scriptures...
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    David Mathisen, Do Ancient Star Myths Tell the Same Story? |426|

    Thank you to Alex and the Skeptiko community for graciously having me over for another conversation! I have written a blog post here in which I attempt to give more coherent form to the position that I was trying to articulate during our discussion...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Hi JoeR -- thanks for your comments, and glad that you listened to the podcast and found it to be fascinating. I certainly find the subject fascinating as well! Those are some important insights about the transmission of knowledge prior to what we might term the "technology" of writing. The...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks Nelson -- great examples -- I particularly liked the story Herodotus gives about the origin of cinnamon when I was growing up! However, for the record, I would also suggest the possibility that these examples you have provided might be an indication that the ancient Greeks (at least some...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks Nelson for your tenacity in exploring the important question of "is literalism really the problem or is there something else at work here" -- I will concede that we do need to be more precise to get to the bottom of the issue, while still retaining a few points of disagreement (even...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    I would offer the observation that the assertions that (a) a literalistic and hierarchical religion based on externalization (and hence inversion) of the ancient Star Myths might be categorized as a "psy-op" and (b) the ancient Star Myths themselves, which are found in the stories of the Old...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Hi Alex, to your first point, I agree of course that "contact with non-ordinary reality" produces different messages (or "downloads") in different individuals. But I would say that our living in a specific time and culture (Baby Boom / Gen X, united states / California) might bias us towards...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks Larry for this question and for your subsequent message to me specifically referencing the work & theories of Carl Jung. My reply: 1. I believe that Jung was attempting to explain some of the same evidence that I am addressing -- specifically, the presence of very clear mythical...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks Alex -- Let me reply in reverse order: 2. My short answer would be "no -- I personally believe it is the same information / knowledge / gnosis." I usually refer to this body of knowledge as simply the "ancient wisdom." Hertha von Dechend and Giorgio de Santillana in Hamlet's Mill...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    In response to the excellent suggestions from the forum, I've recently created a video that attempts to give some overview to what is admittedly a vast subject, in order to try to give an idea of my overall thesis in less than 16 minutes. Those interested can check that out here: Thanks...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks Nelson! Very happy to see that the celestial connections have apparently "struck a chord" and are resonating with what you've already perceived in your own study of ancient myth. All those are excellent insights. Perhaps you will also be publishing some books on myths and stars in the...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks, Nelson! Cheers!
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thanks Nelson -- point well taken -- a concise and clear video would be a worthy project and I will add it to my plans. My skills and resources as an amateur video-maker are not superlative, but I have made a few that are available on the "video" section of my website at Star Myth World (dot...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    Thank you Nelson for the positive words about my work -- and the constructive suggestions -- I do think that if those interested were to tackle the Star Myths of the World series in order, beginning with Volume One, they'd find that I try to arrange a systematic progression, beginning with...
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    David Mathisen is changing the way we think about Hercules |337|

    -------------- No problem -- happy to answer honest questions and challenges to my hypothesis. In the above-quoted response, you wrote: "I was hoping for a more direct comparison, such as your excellent "jawbone weapon" example from the interview. If the Hanuman story had him using an object...
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