![]() ![]() Kepler and Newton, for example, were both devout believers in God’s actions in the world. ![]() After the seventeenth century, these phenomena became part of science, even if this science was historically charged with religious undertones. To many, a comet or an eclipse may be a bad omen, while a rainbow might signal the arrival of good weather and prosperity. Even now, when this sort of supernatural connection with the skies is fading due to scientific knowledge, countless people believe in astrology, another way of extracting meaning from celestial phenomena that supposedly impact our lives. Across millennia, this has been the belief of countless religions across the globe. And if the skies are the realm of the gods, then celestial phenomena must be some kind of message, the way the gods talk to us down here. Across different faiths, religious rituals and practices are a way to establish a sort of dialogue with powers way beyond our control. In ancient times, the skies were the realm of the gods, who dictated the fates of men down below. The skies have always been a bridge between the known and the unknown. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. ![]()
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