Receptivity. These sorts of things, they connect more to how we receive them rather than what they are actually saying. It is a lot like tarot. The truth of it is in our response, as built upon that strange archetypal system that was somehow created
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Astrology contains and shapes the chaos of the world through a clearly defined system that penetrates into what it means to live within a -living- cosmic environment. Not necessarily all sentient, but all interacting regardless. this would explain the multitude of forms, all ..
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Valid not because of the cut and dry truth they are revealing but the way in which they shape that cosmic environment into a web of something that makes sense archetypally to that culture. Which is why western astrology is so heavily influenced by Greco Roman symbology of thegods
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.. it is a complex and multifaceted realm to explore but it has its rewards with the depths it imparts. That sort of sacred fascination you find in asking why, I find it in asking where will this take me within myself. I would suggest the book ‘Cosmos & Psyche’ -Richard Tarnas
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You're talkin pretty magical here but honestly if I can't tell the difference between the sort of reasoning my old fundie religious cult used and this then I'm not very excited by it. None of what you said is something I can test, or falsify, or use.
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It sounds magical because there is no other method of grasping at it to ground it into what you are seeking which is purely rational explanation. It is not a ‘rational’ (by 21st cen def of rational) system. There are things in life that are bigger than our minds and it takes..
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humility to explore the truths contained therein. If you choose not to embrace that realm of thought, by all means. But reducing it to a condescending stream of what you deem nonsense because there are not methods in place to prove it to your system of thought is unnecessary and
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Frankly, small minded. Just because we cannot pinpoint the mechanics in our current technological/scientific/cultural understanding does not automatically deny the existence of those very mechanics at work. Some are just more attuned to interpreting and interacting with those
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and I'm not saying we need to pinpoint the mechanics - I just want any plausible theory at all that we can then pursue testing. I don't mean I need to know how it works, I mean I need to know a path towards testing it and discovering more about how it works.
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I think that will only come when scientific culture has developed enough courage to step into that space of the seemingly unknowable. Quantum physics will surely be a gateway, it will just take a while
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I don't need scientific culture - it's just me, with my own curiosity. Just give me literally any theory that isn't immediately disprovable or extremely unlikely, like literally any one. Otherwise there's no way to differentiate what you're saying from complete bullshit
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I’m not steeped in the techniques of it enough to give you a testable theory. I function more in that blank space, archetypal kind of knowing. I wouldn’t doubt there are some out there though, hold on let me go quickly skim that book and see if I can find something for you
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