As you look up into the night sky, you see simply stars and planets and other celestial bodies. This is because science has broken it down into forms that we can readily recognize and relate to. However, prior to the invention of science, the heavens held much more glory and mystery than we pool ourselves to engage in today.

As we look up, our view of the stars is tainted by the glow of city lights, hence we do not even see their true magnificence. We would have to abandon the cityscape and retreat to a remote mountaintop amidst the blackness of the wilderness to truly ponder the beauty and awe of the night sky.

Up until most recently, this century, every night was considered a chance to see the divine and wisdom through the stars that heralded the seasons, climactic changes, etc.

To early humanity, this expanse into the which they could perceive also led their minds to believe in the powers of the night sky -- it called to them, led them to guidance. This is where we have the impetus for religious drama -- from the stars themselves. Through centuries of observations, constellations and their projection into the sky gave clues as to seasons, when to plant, when to harvest, when to expect the annual flooding of the river plains, etc. It told of the seasonal equinoxes, and what the village and community must do during those seasons in order to maintain itself, its life, and its culture. This being said, it was necessary to maintain the tribe through the ongoing of communion with the communication of the stars. And this was done through the nature of mythologizing them into deities or beings. Not only did this provide a subtle framework for the mind in order to grasp the intricacies of the community structure through its procedures and chores through the seasons, but this mythologizing also provided entertainment, new avenues of mental (psychic) exploration.

Unfortunately, as these tools were handed down through generations, these concepts of the divinities in the stars lost its impetus and gradually began taking on characteristics of historical incarnations, rather than mental conditioning in order for the tribal longevity. In fact, the historicity thing made the beliefs more concrete, and to some, this would have seemed the ultimate achievement in keeping the life of the tribe in harmony and, quite possibly, immortality -- for if people believed the divinities in the sky actually came upon the earth in the flesh, the desire to change, or alter the current state (which currently sustains the village) would not occur -- thus its life is maintained without the fear of losing the knowledge through adaptation and new ideas, which could breed failure.

At its most basic level, the gods and religious dramas that we so adhere to are not actually historic in that people have walked the earth coming from heaven, they are astrotheological, that is they came from the stars as man mythologized the heavens (for quite valid reasons in those days). The sky always spoke to them, so is it any reason that God should NOT come from the sky? And since the sun itself is so bright, is it not equally a valid reason as to why you cannot look directly into the face of God? Is any of this making sense?

What people call religious dramas on earth, through viable historic and religious study could always be found as having its birth not in the material world, but in the night sky of the stars and planets.

Gods and saviors were great in their day when it came to helping sustain the individual and tribe. These people had yet to learn their natures, their creativity, their own wondrous souls. As we have progressed so much since then, when we reflect upon the past, we should see our own abilities to achieve, and how we DO really have control over our reality and existences -- they are not guided by some otherworldly force.

The stars are not gods, but they were great in regards to their place in the sky and the rotation of the planet in helping early man identify the seasons and climates, and yes, even movement (remember how early sailors used the stars as maps). But these, like so many other things on earth, are not some separate individual deity that rules over you and controls you and your destiny and your environment. If anything, it has always been mankind doing that, using stars and planets as GUIDES which engaged his mind, but never did the work for him.