Hi Skip Knox,
I'm responding to the first comment in thread.
How do you know that i'm not just creating fantasy, that can be believed, a lot of fantasy writers use the stars, the difference with me is you never know when i'm kidding Ha Ha!
The best myths in "World Building" are ones that mix...
Some follow 6th January as the birthday of Jesus Christ, some 25th December, we really don't know, sadly i know when Cleopatra and Julius Caesar died but have no idea of the date or year Christ was born or died. however we may find some information in investigating these dates.
I will now go...
The "Order of the Phoenix" was a master stroke, it is a logo of many secret societies, as the Phoenix burns and is reborn, the symbolism is taking away old beliefs to be initiated into the mysteries:-
Phoenixmasonry, Inc.
Order of the Phoenix
I'm very interested in Mithraism:-
Roman Temple of Mithras May Align with Sun on 'Jesus' Birthday' | Live Science
The celebration of Mithra’s birth, Saturnalia, and Yuletide
Please note i'm not discussing religion here as such, just giving interesting links.
I can be suspicious of "The Birth of...
Over the years, there has been many theories about the "Belt of Orion and Alnilam:-
But nothing beats Sirius, the Dog Star, for myths and legends:-
Aligning to Sirius and Alnilam is only one part of astrology magic, but be careful what you read in rare magic books and how you apply it...
I used to exchange emails with Michael Ward, who found a code in the Narnia books, relating to astrology myths (Leo being Aslan).
It isn't unusial to find codes that are intended in some childrens books.
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were members of "The Inklings", link below:-
Inklings -...
The Temple of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was at 17 Fitzroy Street, it was consecrated on 1st March 1888.
Secret Paran astrology magic, is usaully applied by the day, but there are three day markers, ancient Egyptian and Roman being sunrise, ancient Greek day marker which is previous...
A small picture of Fitzroy Street below, where the Isis Urania temple of the Golden Dawn was near to:-
Car dealers loiter outside the Fitzroy Cafe
on the corner of Warren Street and Fitzroy Street
Number 12 Grimmauld Place was where Sirius Black was born, and was also the H.Q. of the Order of the Phoenix, so is very important to the story, it is said to be a Georgian terraced house, a twenty minute walk from kings Cross Station.
Because i think i know the true story behind Harry Potter, i...
Could Kingsley Shacklebolt be Kingley Martin?
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Kingsley Martin - Wikipedia
There isn't much really known about the mystical beliefs of George Bernard Shaw, one of the leading lights of the Fabian Society as shown below:-
George Bernard Shaw - Wikipedia
but we might get a...
Hi Red Star,
If you are creating a book where the characters practice Magic, i would look to "Hermeticism", some still believe the philosophy in the modern world, like some secret societies.
Hermeticism - Wikipedia
Which is why the Golden Dawn was a hermetic magical order:-
Hermetic Order of the...
Sometimes assassins use the power of Sirius, they pick a day or actual time to do thier dark magic, the sad event below happened on the "Ides of March" associated with the assassination of Julius Caesar, the massacre happened at 13:40 pm, in Christchurch, New Zealand, when Sirius was rising...
I was interested in Sirius Black, it is confirmed that he was born on 3 November 1959 by J.K. Rowling, was she giving us a clue by also using deliberate astrology by this?
www.hp-lexicon.org....
J.K. Rowling never confirmed where Sirius Black was born, we surmise it would be in Grimmauld Place...
Jimmy Page, did have an occult bookshop in Kensington, London, the reason he called it Equinox was due to books by A. Crowley having a number of periodicals named EQUINOX, indeed he even at one time owned one of his houses, called Boleskine House on the banks of Lock Ness, Scotland:-...