Bill Darlison

The Gospel and the Zodiac

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“Darlison elucidates the zodiac’s significant place in the Gospels, most specifically in the Book of Mark . . . An intriguing leap into faith” (Kirkus Reviews).
For millennia the world has been driven by the differences between the great patriarchal religions. Western civilization—or Christendom, as it was once called—received its values and its confidence from a belief in God, the Father, and Jesus, his only son. But what if this conviction were founded on an error? Who is the man in the factually inconsistent Gospel stories? And who is the man who makes a brief appearance carrying a jar of water?
This extraordinary study by a Unitarian minister suggests that Jesus never existed historically; he was simply a representation of an astrological theology—a representation, simply put, of the zodiac sign of Aquarius. In The Gospel & the Zodiac, Rev. Bill Darlison demonstrates that all the other signs are present too, in perfect zodiacal order. The Gospel story is not the product of historians or eyewitnesses, but an older, mystical text produced by an ancient, esoteric school as a guide to the Age of Pisces. Every bit as revelatory and controversial as it sounds, The Gospel & the Zodiac will shake up the religious status quo, and in doing so, provide both a new look at a religious icon and a deeper understanding of the faith that binds millions together.
“Darlison begins by looking at different scholarly approaches to the gospels, then outlines his astrological interpretation logically and lucidly, matching the zodiacal signs to the narrative of Mark.” —Fortean Times
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475 printed pages
Original publication
2008
Publication year
2008
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    Venus, ‘The Morning Star’ (one of Mary’s titles in the litany of the Blessed Virgin). The great feast days in honour of Mary, her ‘birthday’ on 8 September, and her ‘Assumption into Heaven’ in August, both owe their origin to astrology, as we shall see in the chapter on Virgo. November, for Catholics the month of the ‘holy souls’ in Purgatory, is the Scorpio month, chosen because Scorpio is associated with purgation, expiation and regeneration.
  • Raquel GChas quoted5 years ago
    Virgins do not give birth; people do not walk on water; storms cannot be calmed with a word; a few loaves and a couple of fish cannot feed thousands of people; and people, once dead, do not come back to life
  • Raquel GChas quoted5 years ago
    What rough beast, its hour come round at last,

    Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

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