Thursday, March 20, 2008

Liam has a habit of occasionally waking up and screaming like a caged beast if we try to put him back to bed. We are considering the possibility this might coincide with a heightened sensitivity to things spiritual seeing as tonight is a full moon. And, just for posterity, it's a green light night.

Lunar phases

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Last week's lunar eclipse reminded me of something I used to consider often. I explred astrology partly because I wanted to see what, if any, basis is real and partly because I know for everything counterfeit their is something real God created which the enemy is trying to replicate. Anyhow, I noticed there was a lot of dream activity in our house. I had something like 6 dreams the night before the eclipse. But, on a more regular basis, where full lunar eclipses aren't happening, there are forces exerted by the lunar cycles we have overlooked in our "scientific" Westernized worldview.

The Hebraic world worked on the lunar cycles. It still does. Indeed, their calendar is lunar whereas ours is based on the solar calendar. That being true, I wonder why we, as Christians in our scientific worldview, don't ditch the science. God hasn't changed his mind about the way the universe ran since Jesus' day. Many modern day Christians have simply never been shown that the solar model of time is not the real first-century model Christ and the apostles used. I just wonder, what are we missing because we are not paying attention to this? What sort of signs are being ignored because we have the wrong focal point?

The basic issues are well-known. High and low tide are directly related to lunar movements. Dream cycles work in conjunction with lunar patterns, as do planting and harvesting patterns. What else have I just not noticed. Even though it is anecdotal, as far as I know, many hospitals see increased frequency of activity around full moons as well as, though there's no real standard for weirdness, an increase in the bizarre factor around those times as well. In other words, there are lots of obvious indicators the lunar cycle is something that is real and its effects are powerful, albeit a discounted element of the forces being exerted on people.

On another note, I know that the "planetary" influences in astrology are more about the "spirits" or the "energies" of the planets than about astronomical or physical influences. Nonetheless, I often wonder, speaking in terms of macrocosmic patterns and gravitational influences, what sort of patterns can be attributed to the constantly changing interactions of planets upon each other. Most people don't follow the astronomical positioning of different planetary cycles enough to try and track the different patterns that might reveal themselves. Again, I often wonder what we're missing as a result.

Certainly, our call as Christians is primarily theocentric, first and foremost, but, anthropocentric next. We are to focus on the Kingdom of God and upon people. Beyond that, Christians are not really directed to pay too much attention to these Old Testament types of realities. In spite of this, I suspect there are dimensions of the spiritual walk of Christians that could benefit from being more aware of the heavens above. Perhaps God will make it a bit more clear to me what these influences are supposed to be and how they matter in our everyday lives.