Arthur Drews

Ancient cultural knowledge is often dismissed as unscientific, outmoded or primitive. Yet much of what is all too often assigned to the realm of poetic invention or altered states of consciousness may be understood more clearly by studying the relationship between such traditional knowledge and natural or celestial phenomena. In this way, ancient myths and folktales regain their rightful place in the cosmic structure, while religious narratives must face up to some uncomfortable questions. Arthur Drews was a German philosopher and scholar of comparative religions. In his writings on "astral mythology," Drews proposed an interpretation of ancient mythology as the allegorical description of celestial phenomena, building on the initial speculations of Dupuis while contributing indirectly to later scholarship by authors such as de Santillana, Tilak, and others. Written as a general introduction to astral mythology, The Firmament is an essential resource in the study of comparative religions.

Arthur Drews (1865 - 1935), Philosoph, Sch ler Eduard von Hartmanns, wichtiger Vertreter des deutschen Monismus und einer der bekanntesten Verfechter des Jesus-Mythos, schreibt im Vorwort: "Hegel und Feuerbach haben beide die Religion als das Selbstbewusstsein Gottes bestimmt, nur jener in positivem, dieser in negativem Sinne, jener, um die religi se Weltanschauung damit ein f r allemal gegen alle Einw nde sicher zu stellen und das religi se Bewusstsein in unersch tterlicher Weise zu begr nden, dieser, um die gesamte Religion durch den Nachweis ihrer rein psychologischen und anthropolo-gischen Bedeutung aus der menschlichen Geistesentwickelung berhaupt auszuscheiden. In dem vorliegenden Werke wird ge-zeigt, wie jene Bestimmung aufgefasst werden muss, um Hegel sowohl wie Feuerbach gerecht zu werden, und wie erst die Syn-these der entgegengesetzten Ansichten beider Denker auf -Grund der Hegelschen Bestimmung eine haltbare Begr ndung der Re-ligion erm glicht." Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1906. -

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