Wed, Oct 21, 2020
The Conversation with Cometan series begins by speaking with David Warner Mathisen about the Astronic religious tradition, the origins of religion, Astronism, astronomical religion, the star myths of ancient and prehistoric times, and Mathisen's theory that all religious and cultural systems are based upon observations of the stars and the interpretation of celestial phenomena.
Sun, Nov 8, 2020
The Conversation with Cometan series continues with a second episode featuring David Warner Mathisen. David and Cometan explore Ancient Egyptian conceptions of the night sky and how their religious beliefs regarding the astronomical world certainly possess prehistoric origins. Later, Cometan explains a some fundamentals of the Astronist philosophical worldview of cosmocentrism and David explains his views on the invisible divine world.
Sun, Nov 29, 2020
In Episode 3 of A Conversation with Cometan, a fascinating conversation takes place between Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk and Cometan regarding meta-astrological issues, such as "what is astrology", "should it be considered as religion", . Following on from this, the conversation moves into an explanation of astral magic, the history of astrology in Chinese civilisation, its interactions with Buddhism and Confucianism, and finally, Cometan explains how he sees Astrology's place as being part of the Astronic religious tradition (or Astronicism). A big thank you to Jeffrey for a brilliant conversation this evening.
Wed, Dec 2, 2020
Quickly following on from Episode 3, a Special Episode 4 of A Conversation with Cometan has arrived and includes a lecture given by Cometan titled Astronism: A Space Religion on 2nd December 2020 to a cohort of students and lecturer Harith Ramli at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. In this lecture, Cometan delivers a succinct explanation of the fundamentals of Astronism (including astronality, astrosis and cosmosis), what the phrase space religion means, and how the origins of the Astronic religious tradition can be traced back 40,000 BCE during the Upper Palaeolithic Stone Age. Following on from the lecture itself, a question and answer session ensues followed by a broader discussion of Astronist cosmology and theology with greater interaction with students and from Dr. Ramli himself.
Sun, Jan 10, 2021
A Conversation with Cometan returns in 2021 and this time, Cometan speaks with American author and former publicist Howard Bloom about all things outer space. From religion and spirituality, the greening of worlds beyond our own to the future of Astronism as a belief system, Episode 5 has it all.
Mon, Jan 18, 2021
A Special Episode of A Conversation with Cometan has arrived and is encapsulated by Cometan's recent lecture given to a series of bachelor degree student engaged in scholarship on theology. Cometan's lecture is titled The Eschatology and Soteriology of Astronism. This lecture was given on Tuesday 12th January 2021 remotely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Please enjoy Cometan's latest lecture in full here on the Astronism Channel. Following on from his lecture titled Astronism: A Space Religion, Cometan in this lecture delivers an overview of Astronist beliefs and the philosophical fundamentals of Astronism (including astronality, astrotheism, depadotheism etc.), but then goes into further depth regarding the soteriological (salvational) and eschatological topics of the Astronist religion. The connection between the processes of astrosis and cosmosis with human redemption are explored in the form of transcension as is the physical, spiritual and intellectual ascension of humanity to the stars. Additionally, Cometan reasserts the origins of Astronism as part of a broader tradition of religion called the Astronic tradition which holds Palaeolithic origins at least around 40,000 BCE.
Sun, Jan 24, 2021
In the penultimate episode of Season 1, Cometan and Giulia Bassani (a.k.a. Astro Giulia) discuss a wide range of space-related topics, from the prospect of human settlements on Mars to the possibilities of life in The Cosmos. Giulia also tells Cometan about her career plans to become aerospace systems engineer and hopefully to one day go into space herself as an astronaut. Giulia and Cometan's not only covered humanity's near-fear on Mars, but also the far future of humanity discovering the mysteries of The Cosmos.
Sun, Feb 7, 2021
Ending Season 1 of "A Conversation with Cometan" is Italian cosmist and author of "Tales of the Turing Church", Giulio Prisco. He and Cometan sit down discuss the present condition of human life and our spacefaring futures, both in the short and long terms. Giulio explains how the endeavour to explore outer space is not inconsistent with ongoing social justice and environmentalist movements while Cometan explains the Astronist doctrine of the "scope of man" and why an emphasis placed on humanity's relationship with the stars is integral to the success of our explorations of The Cosmos.