The Perihelion Effect

Joseph Schuster

Birthday of the Sun

Calendar, Holidays

Unveiling the Esoteric Origins of Christian Holidays: Exploring the Hidden Symbolism Introduction: In our modern world, Christian holidays like Christmas and the Feast of the Assumption hold deep cultural significance. However, few are aware of the ancient pagan roots that underlie these celebrations. By delving into the esoteric origins of these holidays, we can uncover […]

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“Solstice”

Holidays

“Solstice” is a Latin word, by the way, coming to English from Old French and then Middle English, and originally derived from sol sun + status, the past participle of sistere to come to a stop, cause to stand. This makes sense if you think about the solstice as the sun’s path reaching an endpoint and then turning around and going the

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the ancients realized this relationship through yoga, ritual and self study

Ancient Civilizations, Integrative Thought,

For centuries, ancient civilizations have been fascinated with the movements of the celestial bodies, particularly the sun and the moon. They have observed the cycles of these celestial bodies and how they coincide with the body’s own cycles, leading to predictions and a deeper understanding of the universe. These sages and shamen understood the relationship

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Earth’s Seasons

Seasonality

Universal Time 2016 2016 Perihelion Jan 2 23 Equinoxes Mar 20 04 30 Sept 22 14 21 Aphelion July 4 16 Solstices June 20 22 34 Dec 21 10 44 2017 2017 Perihelion Jan 4 14 Equinoxes Mar 20 10 28 Sept 22 20 02 Aphelion July 3 20 Solstices June 21 04 24 Dec

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Tchijevsky’s Theory of Sunspot Activity and Human Activity

Chronobiology

Translation 1: To test his hypothesis that sunspot cycle influenced human activity, Tchijevsky constructed an Index of Mass Human Excitability covering each year form 500 BC to 1922 AD. He then investigated the histories of 72 countries during that period, noting signs of human unrest such as wars, revolutions, riots, expeditions and migrations, plus the

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Depression, mental illness and mood swings in the third world

Seasonality,

There is inconclusive data regarding seasonal affected mood disorder in the third world.  This is due in large part to a lack of research funds.  However an interesting study has been proposed that will compare specific mental illness found in the developed world and chart occurrence of mood disorders and correlate that seasonality to see how

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The Lost Calendar: Saturnalia, Solar New Year & the Sacred Drift

Ancient Civilizations, Holidays

🔆 The Lost Calendar: Saturnalia, Solar New Year & the Sacred Drift What if our holiday season isn’t just tradition — but celestial memory? The winter holidays — from Saturnalia and Sol Invicta to Christmas and New Year’s — aren’t just cozy rituals or religious observances. They’re remnants of an ancient solar intelligence encoded in

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Revisiting the “Christmas Holiday Effect” in the Southern Hemisphere

Seasonality,

Journal of the American Heart Association Abstract Background A “Christmas holiday effect” showing elevated cardiovascular mortality over the Christmas holidays (December 25 to January 7) was demonstrated previously in study from the United States. To separate the effect of seasonality from any holiday effect, a matching analysis was conducted for New Zealand, where the Christmas

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World Views: 
from fragmentation to integration

Calendar, Philosophy of Science, Integrative Thought

The authors offer the following text to the public both realistically and with hope. Within the scientific world, large-scale movements tending towards unification seem powerless confronted with the information explosion of research and historicism in the philosophy of science. Outside of science, we notice also that both religious and secular ideologies claiming to energize mass

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Occurrence of suicide and seasonal variation

Science | Pseudo-Science | Conjecture, Depression and Suicide, Seasonality

Occurrence of suicide and seasonal variation. Retamal P, Humphreys D. Departamento de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. nhorwitz@bello.dic.uchile.cl OBJECTIVE: To review the estimated suicide rates for the Region Metropolitan, the main socio-political center in Chile, for the period 1979-1994, and to determine whether they follow a seasonal pattern.

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The origin of Halloween

Seasonality, Holidays

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the

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