Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs: An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun Worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myth [Paperback]

Ernest Busenbark (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1997

Prefaced by and highly recommended by religious researcher Jordan Maxwell. Full title of Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs, An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myths, Superstitions and Religious Beliefs. Over 300 illustrations, includes over 120 pages of sex symbolism. Jordan Maxwell says "this is a must read book for those who are concerned about pagan influence on the modern day Church."

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A book on the history of sexual symbolism throughout history.

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An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun Worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myths, Superstitions and Religious Beliefs. If you read this book you will never look at religion in the same way ever again. Symbols will start appearing around you. Much of your life will start making sense, and a bigger picture will emerge regarding the entire workings of our culture. Ernest Busenbark has uncovered approximately 400 pages of lost wisdom that you simply cannot find elsewhere. This work contains over 300 illustrations which help to reveal the evolution of religion over the centuries. An important aspect of the book is its ability to continually reveal exactly how early religious concepts were formed. Discover the answers to such questions as: Why did people worship the Moon before the Sun? What is the true origin of Easter? How did the concept of good and evil develop? Why is sex such a powerful force in religion?

What religious symbols are really sexual messages? What is the connection between the Great Pyramid and numerology? How did Astrology really start and why have we always used it? Is there a connection between Jesus and Astrology? Why was prostitution once an important part of religion?

Is a coming destruction of the world revealed by celestial cycles? Once you understand how it all came about and what might be coming, there will be no turning back. Jordan Maxwell, one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient religions and modern conspiracies, highly recommends this work and has written a short preface.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 396 pages
• Publisher: Book Tree (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885395191
• ISBN-13: 978-1885395191
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,313,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, June 8, 2005

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J Irvin "author of The Holy Mushroom" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs: An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun Worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myth (Paperback)

Ernest Brusenbark's Symbols, Sex, and the Stars is another profound read and great support to go along with the works of John Allegro, Jordan Maxwell, Robert Brown, Acharya S., Kersey Graves, Gerald Masey, Manly Hall, etc.

Though given as a brief overview of the ideas, in the areas of astrotheology and symbolism, the book covers some ideas in more depth on certain concepts I had not considered before. He does a fantastic job of debunking "numerology," more properly called Gematria. The book also delves deep into the symbolism of sex and fertility worship, and it's associations with the stars.

Unfortunately, though it is expected for the era this book was written in (1940's), Brusenbark completely misses all associations to shamanism and entheogens. Only twice are medicines or drugs mentioned, and only in passing, once with the caduceus, and another with the Essenes. In fact, the closest he get's to the drug issue is this comment:

"Throughout his epistles, Paul speaks of visions, of being in trances, of having bodily afflictions, and if he suffered from epilepsy, as appears to be the case, his vision of Jesus was probably an hallucination during an epileptic coma." Pg. 324

Overall, a well thought out, serious, supportive, and enlightening read. This is one that should not be over looked by anyone serious in studying the ancient mysteries.

I must admit that the book lacked the ability to draw me deep into it, and hypnotize me with its words as so many books do. Therefore, and not for any lack of content, I give this book a rating of 4 out of 5.

This Book Tree edition, published by Paul Tice, is prefaced by Jordan Maxwell, a favorite in research on the ancient mysteries.

Don't hesitate to buy it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, September 30, 2008

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This review is from: Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs: An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun Worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myth (Paperback)

Excellent book. This book is good for laying down the groundwork in understanding where some of our modern symbols and myths come from. Read this and you'll understand where the the "modern" religions come from.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb for a Scholar, August 10, 2009

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Brother Grim (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Symbols, Sex, and the Stars in Popular Beliefs: An Outline of the Origins of Moon and Sun Worship, Astrology, Sex Symbolism, Mystic Meaning of Numbers, the Cabala, and Many Popular Customs, Myth (Paperback)

This book seems to be an essential piece of history, but please beware it does not make for easy reading. If you want something a little less scholarly, please look up `Jordan Maxwell`, on the net and the various videos he has for download and sale, as these are presented in more of an easier format to understand. I must admit for my part I skimmed through the book and will probably use it more for reference.