Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

By Antonia ffoulkes-Shippy, Yahoo! Contributor Network It is a respectable estimate that zodiacs are found in 80% of medieval churches. This may surprise modern Christians warned against what the Catholic Church calls the "new paganism." The trouble is that  even churchmen of old, dedicated to stamping out heathen custom, could not deny the presence of stars and planets and the more scientifically suspect idea of their influencing the motions of animals, vegetables, and minerals. The old adage "God rules the stars; the stars rule man." supported the idea that God alone had the final word when it came to celestial influence though such influence did exist. The other factor in the puzzle of Christian use of zodiacs is that to people living without the organizing guidance of clocks and calendars, zodiacs imposed a system of organized time. Not only were months and days assigned to planetary ruers but the regular slices of time we call hours. Hence the "horosc...

Vastu Visiting Fees Kathmandu Valley Residential Farm House Rs. 5,000.00 500 sq.Yd & more Rs. 5,000.00 200-499 Yards Rs. 11,000.00 Apartments Rs. 7500.00 Industry & Commercial 1Residence + 1 Industry (up to 1 acre) / Show Room / Shop. Rs. 11,000.00 Additional each 1 site. Rs. 5000.00 Industry Medium size up to 1000 Sq. Yd./Commercial shop/office Rs. 11,000.00

M R Venkatesh from Chennai Inductivity theorists who swear by the generalisation that ‘all crows are black’ now have a counter-example to ponder over.  There is at least one ‘golden crow’. That bird as the vehicle of Lord Saneeshwara (the Hindu planetary God symbolising Saturn), graciously silhouettes the deity’s feet, in the famous shrine at Tirunallar at the tail-end of the Cauvery river in Karaikal bordering composite Thanjavur district. One of India’s rare shrines for Saturn, who is pivotal for believers in astrology and that nine orbiting planets influence human destiny, is housed inside the 7th century ‘Darbaraneshwarar Temple’ dedicated to Lord Shiva. The crow at Tirunallar is gold-plated, sceptics and rationalists may counter. But it is weaved in with a profound mythology and would not have seen the light of day, had the legendary King Nala remained a lowly cook in the Palace of the King of Ayodhya after the former lost his kingdom. Thanks to sage Narada’s advice, the c...