A Conversation with Cometan

- Season 1

(2020)

The Conversation with Cometan series begins by speaking with David Warner Mathisen about the Astronic religious tradition, the origins of religion, Astronism, astronomical religion, the star myths of ancient and prehistoric times, and Mathisen's theory that all religious and cultural systems are based upon observations of the stars and the interpretation of celestial phenomena.

The Conversation with Cometan series continues with a second episode featuring David Warner Mathisen. David and Cometan explore Ancient Egyptian conceptions of the night sky and how their religious beliefs regarding the astronomical world certainly possess prehistoric origins. Later, Cometan explains a some fundamentals of the Astronist philosophical worldview of cosmocentrism and David explains his views on the invisible divine world.

In Episode 3 of A Conversation with Cometan, a fascinating conversation takes place between Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk and Cometan regarding meta-astrological issues, such as "what is astrology", "should it be considered as religion", . Following on from this, the conversation moves into an explanation of astral magic, the history of astrology in Chinese civilisation, its interactions with Buddhism and Confucianism, and finally, Cometan explains how he sees Astrology's place as being part of the Astronic religious tradition (or Astronicism). A big thank you to Jeffrey for a ...

Quickly following on from Episode 3, a Special Episode 4 of A Conversation with Cometan has arrived and includes a lecture given by Cometan titled Astronism: A Space Religion on 2nd December 2020 to a cohort of students and lecturer Harith Ramli at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. In this lecture, Cometan delivers a succinct explanation of the fundamentals of Astronism (including astronality, astrosis and cosmosis), what the phrase space religion means, and how the origins of the Astronic religious tradition can be traced back 40,000 BCE during the Upper Palaeolithic...

A Conversation with Cometan returns in 2021 and this time, Cometan speaks with American author and former publicist Howard Bloom about all things outer space. From religion and spirituality, the greening of worlds beyond our own to the future of Astronism as a belief system, Episode 5 has it all.

A Special Episode of A Conversation with Cometan has arrived and is encapsulated by Cometan's recent lecture given to a series of bachelor degree student engaged in scholarship on theology. Cometan's lecture is titled The Eschatology and Soteriology of Astronism. This lecture was given on Tuesday 12th January 2021 remotely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Please enjoy Cometan's latest lecture in full here on the Astronism Channel. Following on from his lecture titled Astronism: A Space Religion, Cometan in this lecture delivers an overview of Astronist ...

In the penultimate episode of Season 1, Cometan and Giulia Bassani (a.k.a. Astro Giulia) discuss a wide range of space-related topics, from the prospect of human settlements on Mars to the possibilities of life in The Cosmos. Giulia also tells Cometan about her career plans to become aerospace systems engineer and hopefully to one day go into space herself as an astronaut. Giulia and Cometan's not only covered humanity's near-fear on Mars, but also the far future of humanity discovering the mysteries of The Cosmos.

Ending Season 1 of "A Conversation with Cometan" is Italian cosmist and author of "Tales of the Turing Church", Giulio Prisco. He and Cometan sit down discuss the present condition of human life and our spacefaring futures, both in the short and long terms. Giulio explains how the endeavour to explore outer space is not inconsistent with ongoing social justice and environmentalist movements while Cometan explains the Astronist doctrine of the "scope of man" and why an emphasis placed on humanity's relationship with the stars is integral to the success of our ...