Francis O'Neill

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Christmas Past (eBook, ePUB)

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A great stocking filler! Christmas Past offers the intriguing stories behind why and how we celebrate Christmas. Did you know: Santa and Father Christmas are not one and the same person? Jesus was probably born seven years before the date we have set for his birth? Christmas, by another name, was celebrated before it became part of the Christian calendar? The "Star of Bethlehem" was arguably not a star at all but a conjunction of two important planets? There was an astrological prediction, heralding the arrival of a warrior king/messiah, that was made back in ancient times, well before Jesus was born? Whether you did or didn't know the answers to these questions, I'm sure you'll find the exploration around them of interest, food for thought. This beautifully compact book contains six commentaries that cover: The way we tend to treat Christmas now. Who was Father Christmas, or Santa Claus? What lies behind the time of year chosen for Christmas. If another infant birth could have been born at this time of year - and before Jesus. The gospels for their take on the Magi, and the birth of Jesus. And the Star of Bethlehem from an astrological perspective.

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About the Author Francis O'Neill writes, in an investigative approach, about mind, body & spirit matters. He has spent over 40 years studying the spiritual and esoteric perspective on life. He currently has four books available: 1. Life and Death: Making Sense of It; 2. Steps to Health, Wealth and Inner Peace. 3. Love's Story of Why We Are Here. 4. Christmas Past. Others are in the pipeline. Some background on the writer As well as being a professional astrologer and before taking up a writing career he spent a much of his working life in archaeology and as a lecturer in adult education. He was born on the south coast of Ireland (County Waterford), but has spent most of his life in England. Raised as a Catholic, he later questioned his religion and became a fully-signed up existentialist by his late teens. He says that he would have continued on in his non-spiritual direction except for the occasional paranormal experience that made him question his then worldview. Also seeing UFOs, on more than two occasions (but two in particular), didn't help him to maintain the notion that everything, that didn't fit into his secular view of the world, could be explained away by science as nonsense. Reading a book by C. G. Jung provided him with a turning point in the direction of what he later came to believe. From that point on, he sought to understand life from a spiritual perspective. He writes, that, "In my studies I was still ploughing through books based upon materialistic thinking, but now I was also looking into all kinds of 'fringe' topics too." These topics included astrology, which he began a serious study of taking diplomas in it. He says that (spiritual) astrology has become the foundation stone for much of his understanding of how life actually works. Vocation Work-wise he spent a good chunk of his life in archaeology, supervising rescue excavations (mostly prehistoric or Roman) in the UK. Later he went into teaching, and ran his astrology practice alongside. He now writes book and articles on the philosophical and spiritual matters close to his heart. His books can be found in Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Blackwell's, Powell's, Waterstones, Book Depository and others. You can find articles written by him on hs website: https://SomeInspiration.com. Also check him out on Twitter @FrancisEONeill and @SomeIn...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Francis O'Neill
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780993462672
• Artikelnr.: 70646688