Extra-terrestrials
Why are spirits and deities called celestial beings? Because many come from the sky. Once upon a time, people told tales of supernaturally powerful beings arriving from the sky and called them gods. In a scientific world, very similar beings are now called “extra-terrestrials.”
The stories are old, but the perpetrators have been reevaluated. Tales of human women forcibly impregnated to spawn offspring for invaders from the sky could as easily be told of Zeus as aliens. Stories of alien abduction and people eventually returned, but never the same, could be as easily told of Fairies as of aliens. The Raelian Movement suggests that extra-terrestrials created Earth. It denies the existence of a being called God; instead extra-terrestrials sparked spiritual traditions, which evolved into major religions.
In the second season of the new Dr. Who television series, Madame du Pompadour addresses the time-travelling alien known as “the Doctor” as a “ lonely angel.” Each avatar of the Doctor has a title: the title given the tenth Doctor is “the lonely god.” In episode two of the fourth season, “The Fires of Pompeii,” a family that the Doctor has rescued from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is shown worshipping the Doctor at a very authentic Roman household altar. The Doctor and Donna, his travelling companion, are venerated as this family’s protective household gods.
On the other hand, spirits are also invoked to prevent alien abductions. Modern Mexican exvotos testify to help given by the Holy Mother and various saints in protecting devotees from aliens.
The October 5, 2007, issue of The UK Times Online listed the Lord God as the number-one top ranking of the forty most memorable aliens.
ALSO KNOWN AS:
Aliens
SEE ALSO:
- Fairy
- Zeus
SOURCE:
Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses – Written by : Judika Illes Copyright © 2009 by Judika Illes.
