Astrolâtrie

Astrotheology, astral mysticism, astral religion, astral or stellar theology (also referred to as astral or star worship) is the worship of the stars (individually or together as the night sky), the planets, and other heavenly bodies as deities, or the association of deities with heavenly bodies. In anthropological literature these systems of practice may be referred to as astral cults. The most common instances of this are Sun gods and Moon gods in polytheistic systems worldwide. Also notable is the association of the planets with deities in Sumerian religion, and hence in Babylonian and Greco-Roman religion, viz. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Gods, goddesses, and demons may also be considered personifications of astronomical phenomena such as lunar eclipses, planetary alignments, and apparent interactions of planetary bodies with stars. The Sabians of Harran, a poorly understood pagan religion that existed in Harran during the early Islamic period (7th–10th century), were known for their astrotheology ('the astral cult'). The term astro-theology was first used in the context of 18th- to 19th-century scholarship aiming at the discovery of the original religion, particularly primitive monotheism. Astro-theology is any "religious system founded upon the observation of the heavens", and in particular may be monotheistic. More recently, the term astrotheology is used by Jan Irvin, Jordan Maxwell and Andrew Rutajit (2006) in reference to "the earliest known forms of religion and nature worship", advocating the entheogen theory of the origin of religion. The related term astrolatry usually implies polytheism. Some Abrahamic religions prohibit astrolatry as idolatrous. Pole star worship was also banned by imperial decree in Heian period Japan. Astrotheology (or astro-theology) comes from Greek ἄστρον astron, which means "star", and the word theologia (θεολογία), a combination of theos (Θεός, 'god') and logia (λογία, 'utterances, sayings, oracles')—the latter word relating to Greek logos (λόγος, 'word, discourse, account, reasoning'), thus "the study of God".

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Divinité

thumb|250px|Dieux protecteurs sculptés de part et d'autre du pas de la porte (Gyeongju, Nord de la province de Gyeongsang, Corée-du-Sud). Une divinité, une déité ou un dieu (au féminin : déesse), est un être supra naturel, objet de déférence dans différentes religions. Le mot « divinité » est également utilisé pour désigner l'essence de ces mêmes entités, ou la qualité de quelque chose de suprême ou de divin. Le mot français « dieu » vient du latin deus, lié aux mots dies (jour), et diluvium (ciel ouvert) ; il est apparenté au sanskrit div et diu (ciel, jour et luminosité).

Histoire de l'astrologie

L'histoire de l'astrologie (occidentale) est un fait civilisationnel lié à l'histoire sociale et culturelle de l'humanité. Ainsi, les noms des jours de la semaine proviennent des noms latins des planètes. De même, la fête de Pâques, située le premier dimanche suivant la première pleine Lune après l'équinoxe de mars, est déterminée astralement. On verra ici que le corpus de la doctrine astrologique s'est formé à partir d'emprunts divers, voire disparates, de rajouts et modifications successifs datant d'époques différentes.

Seven heavens

In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven levels or divisions of the Heavens. The concept, also found in the ancient Mesopotamian religions, can be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; a similar concept is also found in some other religions such as Hinduism. Some of these traditions, including Jainism, also have a concept of seven earths or seven underworlds both with the metaphysical realms of deities and with observed celestial bodies such as the classical planets and fixed stars.