Speakers and Abstracts
Paul Bembridge
The Gnostic Crisis: Getting Evil out of the Heavens
Julye Bidmead, Chapman University,
and Marilyn Love, Chapman University
Išhtar's Journey:
Above and Below
Freedom
Cole
Hindu Worship and Astrology
Meira
Epstein
Cosmic Order, the Heavens and the Special Role of the Luminaries
in Jewish Calendric Cycles, in Art, in Sacred Literature
and Rituals throughout the Ages
Hannelore
Goos
Sun and Moon in Germanic Religion - from the Viking Age
to Modern Germanic Paganism
Konstantinos Gravanis
The Heavenly Bodies in Early Christian Art
Stavroula
Konstantopoulou
Hubris in the Skies: expelling the sacred in Aristophanes' Birds
and Clouds
Matthew
Kosuta
Worshipping Rahu in Thailand
Astrid
Leimlehner
Ancient deities and new meanings: The role of myths in 20th century
astrology
Marcello De Martino
Hestia: The Indo-European Goddess of the Cosmic Central Fire
Laura Michetti
Saturn and the Evolving Godhead
Kenneth D. Miller
A World Thoroughly Enchanted: The Rise of Hinduism & The Rise of
Astrology
Dragana Van de
Moortel-Ilić
Images of the Sun, the Moon and planets in Serbian medieval
churches
Reinhard
Mussik
Why do people connect supposed prehistoric sacred places in
virtual space at the summer solstice?
Micah Ross
The Festivals of Aquarius
Rachel Schmid
Practical Depictions: Interpreting Images of Divinity in the
Heavens in Late Antique Eretz Israel
Gaia Somasca
Manhattanhenge