Copernicus and the Modern Sun Cult, Part 1

COPERNICUS AND THE MODERN SUN CULT, PART 1TEXT: 2 Kings 23:4-11; Jeremiah 7:30 — 8:2 SUMMERY: The cult of sun-worship, even in our sophisticated modern age, is very much alive and pervades every aspect of our culture, because a significant portion of modern speculative science is built NOT on science, but on the ancient and mystical cult of the sun, which was given new life and credibility by the Copernican Revolution.I. THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION.Introduction: the Limitations of Science.B. The Renaissance: a Revival of Learning.C. The Revival of Pagan Mysticism.D. Pagan Mysticism and Sun-Worship.II. THE CONTINUING DEBATE.