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Stars are storytellers
R136a1 isn’t just a ball of gas burning bright.
It’s a storyteller.
And its story is one of splendor, power, intentionality, and divine craftsmanship.
Even at 160,000 light-years away, it’s declaring:
> “Look at the One who made me.”
R136a1, as massive and mind-blowing as it is, doesn’t point to itself.
It points beyond — to
... See moreWhat we have with the Boorong is a proof of concept that star lore can be used to guide disparate populations to a specific site for a multitude of spiritual and practical reasons.
Gordon White • Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
There is a comical element here. As experts on the stars, they follow it all the way from “the east” and then lose it as they approach their final destination. And of all people to ask for directions, they choose King Herod who tricks them into betraying the new king of the Jews. This is a bit of a Marx Brothers routine with a dark side.
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