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Lost Star Of Myth And Time.


Lost Star Of Myth And Time

Walter Cruttenden

St. Lynn's Press

PO Box 18680, Pittsburgh, PA 15236

0976763117 $19.95 1-412-466-0790 www.loststarbook.com

In Lost Star Of Myth And Time, Walter Cruttenden argues that a binary relationship of two heavenly bodies may well be the cause of the Dark Ages and the Golden Ages of mankind down through the millennia. An heretofore unknown star in its relationship to the sun has had a profound influence on human consciousness and on our planet. Cruttenden draws upon archaeoastronomy ar·chae·o·as·tron·o·my  
n.
The study of the knowledge, interpretations, and practices of ancient cultures regarding celestial objects or phenomena.



ar
, ancients texts, myths, and folklore folklore, the body of customs, legends, beliefs, and superstitions passed on by oral tradition. It includes folk dances, folk songs, folk medicine (the use of magical charms and herbs), and folktales (myths, rhymes, and proverbs). , presenting his findings and theories enhanced with vivid graphics and scientific commentary that will engage the reader's attention from beginning to end. A work of seminal seminal /sem·i·nal/ (sem´i-n'l) pertaining to semen or to a seed.

sem·i·nal
adj.
Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed.
 originality, meticulous reasoning, and iconoclastic i·con·o·clast  
n.
1. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.

2. One who destroys sacred religious images.
 insights, Lost Star Of Myth and Time is thoughtful and thought-provoking, and most assuredly recommended reading for students of astronomy, metaphysics metaphysics (mĕtəfĭz`ĭks), branch of philosophy concerned with the ultimate nature of existence. It perpetuates the Metaphysics of Aristotle, a collection of treatises placed after the Physics [Gr. , and the historical upsurges and contractions of the human consciousness and human civilizations.
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