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A Conversation with Cometan
A Conversation with Cometan is an online video series produced and hosted by The Founder of Astronism that started as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its related lockdowns around the world. Cometan found it very useful to have conversations with a series of individuals belonging to Astronism and the Space Philosophy Movement during this time of lockdown in order to keep his engagements with the Movement flowing. The series is currently in its second season. Watch all the episodes of A Conversation with Cometan below.
Season 4
Cometan takes on the mantle of interviewer once again as he returns for Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan. The fourth season of the show begins with what has become a tradition at this point, a fascinating discussion with author and star myth expert David Warner Mathisen. Out of the other three published conversations between Cometan and David, this one beats them all. It has everything you could want. They discuss the influence of the stars on the origins and development of religion, the viability of Cometan's space religion of Astronism, and David gives incredible insight into his theories on the ancients passed down their wisdom by their depiction of the stars, wisdom that is still abundant and is ready and waiting to be used by human beings today. Once again, Cometan and David explore all things related to astrotheology and religion, space exploration, and even compare their own philosophical outlooks. All in all, this interview excellently kicks off the brand new season 4.
Cometan explores in his lecture the theology and philosophy of both Astronism and Christianity to compare their similarities and differences as religions. Cometan explores everything from Astronism's astronomical salvation to Christianity's conception of divinity. This is the perfect all-inclusive lecture for anyone remotely interested in Astronism or Christianity.
Cometan's new lecture explores the Astronist doctrine of the Economy of Transcension. On the basis that humanity's transcension is evitable and therefore must be guided and overseen, Cometan establishes the notion that transcension shall be managed by the Astronist Institution. This management then forms the Economy of Transcension, the course to transcension which is filled with a complex system of potential events to progress or regress of transcension of humanity. Cometan delineates and brings clarity to the doctrine of the Siderine Economy and formalises establishes this doctrine as a central part of the Astrosoteriology (Astronism's doctrine of salvation).
As a brand new interview for Season 4, Cometan sits down to have a conversation with James Patton, President and CEO of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy. Although James specialises in the areas of conflict resolution and religious freedom, this conversation takes on a more personal tone with Cometan and James discussing their mutual spiritual journeys. In particular, it is fascinating to learn of James' views on religion and spirituality while Cometan gives further details on his own relationship to religion beginning in his childhood.
Major Astronist Mechanisms are diagrams that explain and visually represent various aspects of Astronism's soteriology and eschatology and up to now, all such Mechanisms have been created solely by Cometan. Now, Cometan explains each part of the fourth instalment in this series of diagrams, this time focusing on the journey of both individual human beings and the collective human species through life and then into the Overworld among the stars after death. A helpful explainer of key Astronist doctrines, Major Astronist Mechanism 4 also reveals for the first time some new doctrines that have their origins in Cometan's upcoming treatise the Astrodoxy such as apagoration (also known as the embargo theory of souls).
Adriano Autino returns to 'A Conversation with Cometan' to reveal updates on his work with Space Renaissance International and to discuss with Cometan matters relevant to Astronism and Autino's own philosophy of astronautic humanism. The conversation also broadens out into the subject of how one can derive a sense of meaning and spirituality from observing astronomical phenomena which, according to Cometan, is grounded in the emotion of astronality. Autino also provides more details on his vision for human expansion into outer space as distinct from mere exploration while Cometan links this secular endeavour to his own vision for a human salvation among the stars called transcension. Overall, Autino makes an excellent and memorable return to the 'A Conversation with Cometan' series.
Cometan reveals a major new contribution to his Astronist religion called the Surosia. The Surosia is a ritual that aims to invoke divine intervenience in the lives of Astronists to increase their scope for transcension. The Surosia is to be the main ritual of the Astronists and works to increase the chances of transcension in the lives of individuals and for the human species as a whole. Cometan provides a preview to the Surosia in this lecture, showcasing the underlying philosophy of the ritual while keeping some parts a mystery in anticipation of their revelation in the publication of Cometan's second and main Astronist treatise called the Astrodoxy. The Surosia shall henceforth occupy a core place in the Astronist endeavour for transcension and thereby plays a crucial role in the Astroeschatology and Astrosoteriology.
Cometan explores the concept of siderinity, the capacity for human beings to escape limitedness and thereby complete the endeavour of transcension. This brand new lecture from Cometan explores some of the core concepts at the foundation of the philosophy of Astronism including Astronist perspectives on the beginning of human life on Earth, morality, human intelligence, divinity, teleology and the situation of human limitedness. Cometan establishes some key philosophical necessities in this lecture that explain and provide justification for the ultimate Astronist doctrine of transcension, so let Cometan give you a tour of the wonders of siderinity.
Cometan explores the similarities and differences between his new religion Astronism and the world religion of Islam in this brand new lecture. From philosophy to eschatology to theology, this lecture covers all aspects of the Astronist and Muslim religions with the aim of forming a clearer understanding of how these two religions compare with one another. Founded in 7th century Arabia and founded in 21st century England respectively, Islam and Astronism are likely to have many differences but they do hold some similarities as religions that might surprise you. This lecture is the epitome of comparative religion, the comparison of a world religion with a new religious movement with the founder of the latter leading the study. Enjoy this lecture as Astronism and Islam come together in dialogue and audiences will witness the results of this meeting.
Salvation is the central goal of most religions but what it means to be saved differs depending on what the religion values most and from where the religion derives its sense of meaning. In this new conversation, Cometan sits down with Reverend Dr Malcolm Brown, Director of Faith and Public Life for the Church of England, to discuss what the concept of salvation actually means, who or what provides salvation, and how one might achieve salvation. Cometan joins this conversation from his Astronist perspective in which salvation is both equated with and is seen as one of the benefits of transcension while Reverend Brown joins from his Anglican Christian perspective, seeing salvation as deriving from Jesus Christ's life, death and resurrection. If you are looking for a deep dive into soteriology, then you have come to the right place.
Astronism is a new religion and organised philosophy founded in 2013 in England by Cometan while Buddhism is an Asian religion and philosophy founded by Siddhartha Gautama in northeastern India some 2,500 years ago. What could these two religions possibly have in common? Cometan explores this question in his newest lecture in the 'Astronism versus' series. Cometan compares his religion with Buddhism across seven major disciplines: cosmology, theology, philosophy, soteriology, teleology, hamartiology and eschatology. Astronism and Buddhism share the aim of wanting to understand the world and humanity's place within it, particularly the tendency of human beings to be naturally subjected to or to subject themselves to suffering. Astronism and Buddhism have divergent understandings of suffering with Buddhism generally aiming to alleviate all suffering by retreating from the material world. Astronism agrees with Buddhism that materiality is the cause of suffering but instead teaches the embracement of suffering and the use of the material world to elevate human beings through the astronomical world to transcosmise to God beyond and thus escape the hardships of cosmic limitation.
Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right and Cometan has committed his career to the defence of this right. Cometan sits down with Asif Aqeel, Faculty Lecturer at the Lahore School of Law and Deputy Director of the Center for Law and Justice, to discuss the state of religious freedom in Pakistan and the broader world. Beyond the discussion of human rights, Cometan and Asif discuss the meaning of life, their differing religious beliefs and what it is like for Asif to live in Pakistan as a Christian.
Nihilistic thinking has spread so far and wide in the 21st century in Europe in particular due to mass secularisation, 'dereligionisation' and the spread of atheism and humanism that one might argue have the tendency to devolve into nihilism. Alone, Cometan contemplates on the spectre to humanity's future that nihilism has become and the role of new religions like Astronism to inject new meaning into life for humans of the 21st century and beyond. The essence of nihilism is the purposelessness of life and there are many paths that could lead one to think in this pessimistic way. Astronist philosophy challenges the apparent meaninglessness of life that nihilism claims by establishing the greatest endeavour of the human species in the form of transcension. This is the journey of human beings to salvation among the stars and ultimately, the transcosmisation of our species leading to unity with God at the end of all things as the fulfilment of our destiny as a sapient species.
There has emerged a distinct Pagan identity in modern times, but what religions, beliefs and practices does this identity exactly include? Cometan and Professor Emeritus Michael York discuss the intersection of the Pagan and Astronic religious traditions to understand their similarities and differences. The pair also explore the concept of salvation in Astronism, specifically transcension as a linear rather than cyclical form of salvation with the latter adhered to by most Pagan and Dharmic traditions. Cometan and York come to discuss how the worldviews of Astronism and Paganism diverge from one another since they follow cosmocentrism and a form of geocentrism respectively. This timely and fascinating conversation forges a clearer understanding of Cometan's view that Astronicism is a religious tradition with prehistoric roots distinct from that of Paganism despite the two traditions having long interacted and influenced each other's development.
Since Astronists attribute the highest moral value to completing endeavour of transcension, the situation in which human beings find themselves is dire as we have tended to do everything but advance our transcension. Astronist philosophy establishes a dreadful view of the human condition since we are bound by all kinds of limitations from death and disease to mental and spiritual ruin. However, the saving grace for the human race is our prospective journey of transcension among the stars which sits at the forefront of the optimistic Astronist worldview in spite of humanity's intrinsic limitedness. Transcension is proclaimed in Astronism to lead to the salvation of intelligent species but that due to our limited minds and bodies, human beings remain predisposed to eschew transcension and opt for beliefs and behaviours that condemn us to continual limitation. This is what Cometan refers to as the Controversion, or the controversive nature of human beings which, if allowed to remain dominant in human civilisation, will lead to our degradation and eventual extinction. Cometan explores the soteriological and eschatological implications for this Astronist narrative in his brand new lecture.
Irene Mary Taylor (1932-2015) and Derrick Taylor (1930-2011) were the paternal grandparents of Cometan but during their lifetime, they were best known as some of the earliest members of the St Pius V Association in England led by Father Peter Morgan who continued to celebrate the Tridentine Mass despite this form of the Catholic Mass having been abandoned by the Church following the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s. Mr and Mrs Taylor lent their house at 222 Longmeanygate on the outskirts of the Leyland to the St Pius V Association throughout during the 1970s and many traditional Masses were performed in their kitchen, living room and in the field they owned adjacent to their house. In the present day, Cometan speaks with Joseph Shaw, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society, to understand what traditionalists today believe and why they continue to follow the Old Rite.
Prophecies exist in almost every religion and Astronism is no different. In fact, the Astronist religion is full of prophecies about the future of humanity among the stars and in his brand new lecture, Cometan provides some insight into the complex relationship between the collection of prophecies in the Astronist belief system and how they work together. The Grand World is one such Astronist prophecy which foretells of a spacefaring human species building a civilisation among the stars in search of the path to transcosmisation to complete transcension. Transcension itself is a prophecy and thus, Astronism is built on the prophetical mystery of salvation among the stars by escaping this cosmos and ending all limitation. Cometan explores the function of prophecy and its cruciality to Astronism and includes an overview of analiptic prophecies which are mainly positive and focus on the fruits of transcension as well as degradational prophecies which often manifest as warnings of the consequences if transcension is not completed.
From his mid-teenage years, Cometan described experiencing a kind of trance and religious ecstasy following his exposition to the night sky during which he saw visions of the human future among the stars and received revelations in the form of ideations that seemed like they originated from another world. This type of religious experience is what Astronists refer to as an astral ecstasy and it is these ecstasies that have since been responsible for Cometan's ability to write the Omnidoxy and other Astronist texts. In this brand new lecture, Cometan provides an insight into what experiencing an astral ecstasy is like, what the mental and physical aftereffects of an astral ecstasy include and the significance of these experiences in Astronist approaches to epistemology (i.e., theory of knowledge), revelation and theology. Astral ecstasies form a central part of the Astronist experience and are a key type of altered state of consciousness in astrospirituality but still remain somewhat of a mystery as to why, when, how and to whom they occur.
Cometan presents a new total immersion into Astronism by collecting together some of the most cutting-edge aspects of the Astronist philosophy and religion and conveying them to the world. This total immersion covers topics from eschatology and soteriology to theology and the nature of The Cosmos and The Divine. This second total immersion provides an in-depth analysis of some of the latest concepts and doctrines to emerge from Cometan's writings and revelations, many of which have yet to be officially published as part of the Astrodoxy and so this total immersion provides a preview to how Astronism has developed in the Astrodoxical era. The Second Total Immersion into Astronism is an embodiment of the latest productions of the Astronist Institution and tackles some of the greatest questions posed in Astronism such as the efficacy of transcension as a method of salvation, the role of God in transcension and transcosmisation as the ultimate goal of Astronism.
Thank you for watching the finale episode of Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan. What was your favourite episode of Season 4? Stay tuned for more content from Cometan and the Astronist Institution coming in the remainder of 2023 and in 2024.
This video remains property of the Astronist Institution.
© 2023 Astronist Institution. All Rights Reserved.
Thank you for watching the finale episode of Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan. What was your favourite episode of Season 4? Stay tuned for more content from Cometan and the Astronist Institution coming in the remainder of 2023 and in 2024.
This video remains property of the Astronist Institution.
© 2023 Astronist Institution. All Rights Reserved.
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