Religion in the Age of Aquarius

[sdi]

The religions of the age of Aries, a fire sign, were characterized by orthopraxy: that is, one had to act in the right manner, but your inward beliefs were irrelevant. The religions of the age of Pisces, a water sign, by contrast, were characterized by orthodoxy: that is, one had to believe the right things, but how that was expressed was irrelevant.

In the same manner, I might propose that the religions of the age of Aquarius, an air sign, can be expected to be characterized by "right speaking," one has to say the right things regardless of what you do or what you believe. One need only consider the popular movements of our time for ample example of this...

Comments

[boccaderlupo]

Oof!

[tamanous2020]

Double oof. The latin turn of phrase would be something like "ortholoqui".

[sdi]

I think the appropriate term here would be "ortholexy" (from Greek lexein, "to speak", as ortho, praxis, and doxa are all Greek roots), but bear in mind I only had one year of Greek in high school...

[tamanous2020]

Thats what I get for skipping out on greek and latin courses in school. Thanks for the correction!

[temporaryreality]

Oh fantastic - it's all about mouthing platitudes. This is going to be fun.

[violetcabra]

If I may: this post has got me thinking. On the one hand, there is the idea in Vedic religion that mantram is the most ideal form of worship under the Kali Yuga, which of course involves the repetitious use of words. This seems to me Air related, and in the spirit of ortholexy. Next are the specific symbols associated with Aquarius which strike me as presenting a highly coherent picture of Inner Alchemy, something that I explore in my most recent post here: https://violetcabra.dreamwidth.org/269624.html

[sdi]

Thank you for posting this thoughtful meditation!

To be quite honest, air is an extremely difficult element for me, and understanding the air signs (♊︎ ♎︎ ♒︎) is proving to be a large barrier to my study of astrology. Meditations like these help me see other's perspectives on them...

[violetcabra]

You're most welcome and I'm delighted that you found it worthy of consideration!