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Astronism and modernity
Astronist perspectives taken on the role and influence of modernism in society as well as the Astronist interaction with ideas and systems of modernity with itself being a product of modernity.
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Edited by the Meta-Astronism Studies Journal
Last updated: JAN. 8, 2020
![Astronism and modernism are an organised philosophy and a philosophical/art movement respectively. This articles explores Astronism's rejection of philosophical modernism, but its embracement of artistic modernism in the form of cosmic art as well as modernity itself despite the fact that Astronism quite distinctly postmodernist in its orientation.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86ca95_ecd994a99c5f4a12a3dddba06a952bd6~mv2_d_2479_2479_s_4_2.png/v1/fill/w_336,h_174,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.png)
The Vendox is the most well-known symbol representing Astronism.
Astronism and modernism are an organised philosophy and a philosophical/art movement respectively. This articles explores Astronism's rejection of philosophical modernism, but its embracement of artistic modernism in the form of cosmic art as well as modernity itself despite the fact that Astronism quite distinctly postmodernist in its orientation.
Astronism is a modern religion by most accounts, notably by chronology as demonstrated by its recent founding in 2013 by Cometan in the United Kingdom. In another sense, Astronism is also a modern religion by its stances on social issues which have distinguished it from traditional religions whose approaches to such issues undergo constant criticism for their perceived draconian beliefs on the most pertinent topics like divorce, homosexuality, abortion and euthanasia.
The context in which Astronism has been founded is crucial to understanding the reasons for its more progressive outlook. With modernity and modern thinking in the Western world establishing itself following the instustrialisation of society and the separation of church and state (secularisation), a series of new philosophies have developed which emphasise moral relativism, the plurality of beliefs, and the expression and fluidity of sexuality.
Astronism considers itself a future-oriented religion which, unlike other faiths, means that it is concerned with the events of the future rather than being totally engrossed with the validity and actuality of the events of the past. In this way, it goes hand-in-hand with modernity and by the way that Cometan has structured Astronism, most notably that the Astronist Institution consists of a New Concept Development department, and that Astronist philosophy is driven by what is known as motionalism, Astronism as a whole is not only aware of modernity and not only wishes to keep up with modernity, but wishes to continue to be at the forefront of modernity. It is this ambition to be at the forefront that is seeing the demise other long-established religious institutions. Perhaps it is the greatest advantage for Astronism as a world religion that it has been founded in the modern, postmodern and arguably metamodern era so that it is able to hold the self-referentiality of its role in society which may afford it to hold the penchant to want to be at the forefront of change rather than lagging behind, in need of years of convincing to make changes.
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Vendox
Astronism by country
Astrosis
Outline • Glossary • by Country • Timeline
Key components
Main beliefs
Astrocism • Astronic eschatology • Astrosis • Cosmosis • Eleuthonism • Great Departion • Humanic Exploration of The Cosmos • Intracosmism • Limitationism • Naturalism • Sentientism • Transcensionism • Transtellationism • Uniquitarianism
Main practices
Ethics and lifestyle
Astration • Astromancy • Astromeditation • Astronomical commemoration • Astrophotography • Cosmic devotion • Cosmomancy • Cosmopiry • Debatation • Retination • Starbathing • Stargazing • Starparty • Starsleeping • Startryst
Governance
Hyperstructure (Governorship • Kinship • Padronship) • Institutional Astronism • Institutional law • New Concept Development • Proprietorship • Recognition
Classification and history
Forms of Astronism
Cometanic • Contemporary • Dispositional • Empirical • Folk • Heterodoxical • Historical • Hyper • Hypo • Liberal • Omnidoxical • Orthodox • Philosophical • Postcursory • Practical • Rational • Religious • Spiritual • Syncretisms • Theoretical
Other elements
Astronarianism • Comparison • Criticism • Culture (Architecture • Art • Figures • Literature • Music • Ornamentation • Philosophy • Rendition • Society) • Spacism
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Existences of the Astronic cosmology
Astronist practices
Governance of Astronism
Figures of Astronism
Disciplines of Astronism
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Canon of Astronism
Main Astronist concepts and beliefs
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Appellations
Devotional (Devotology)
General forms
Cosmic Devotion · Mutual devotion · Cosmomancy · Astrolatry · Astromancy
Specific forms
Retination · Stardance · Starsleeping ·
Astrophotography · Astronomical commemoration
Physical and mental
Astration · Astromeditation · Cosmopiry
Revelatory, intellectual and philosophic
Personal inspiration · Indrucy · Astrologue
Extollatory (Extollogy)
Extollation · Celestification · Cometanisation
Activities (Occurrology)
Individual
Private
Public, sopharial or phrontisterial
Astronomy tourism · Cosmogosy · Phrontistas
· Starball · Philosophic tourism · Sempition ·
Festivals and events
Starlight Festival (Stellara · Kintana · The Starlight Council) · Starlight social · Astrofair · Astroprom
· Stargazing · Starguild · Starparty · Theatrosy
Either individual, private or public
Astronomical observation · Astrocrafts ·
Astroexercise · Starbathing · Moonbathing ·
Stardown · Starjam · Starnight · Starwalk ·
Sungrazing · Philosophers' camp
The Vendox is the most well known symbol of Astronism.
Cosmological
Astronic cosmology · Cosmozoism · Limitationism · Subordinationism · Tetradimensionalism · Triadism · Uncreatedness
Epistemological
Enknowledgement ·
Eschatological
Astronic eschatology · Cosmosis · Ephemeralism · Naturalism · Transtellationism · Transcensionism
Ethical
Astronist ethics · Eleuthonism · Extents of freedom · Gastronomical ethics · Ideationism · Pseudonism · Space ethics
Existential and futurological
Astronist prophecy · Departationism · Great Departation · Humanic Exploration of The Cosmos · Intracosmism · Mondialism · Sentientism
Ideological
Astronarianism · Spacism
Intellectual and perceptual
Anti-anthropocentrism · Cosmocentrism · Transitionalism · Philosophical Spirit
Meta-Astronism
Amoralism · Cosmonomia · Inspired religion · Moratorism · Motionalism · Multiformism · Neutramonia · Organised philosophy · Philosophism
Mystical and spiritual
Astration · Astrocism · Astrosis · Autocosmia
Ontological
Cosmotarianism · Uniquitarianism · Ontation · Ontometry
Societal
Astrocentrism · Non-thinking · Presentimentism · Reascensionism · Reinvigorationism
Soteriological
Astrosis · Transcension
Theological
Astronist panentheism · Attributes of Divinity · Depadism · Divinology · Interpenetrativity · Manumissionism
Forms of Astronism
Philosophical Astronism · Theoretical Astronism · Practical Astronism · Folk Astronism · Omnidoxical Astronism ·
Geography of Astronism
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Designation
Anti-Astronism · Astronic tradition · Astronic philosophy · Astronic religions · Astronology ·
Denominations · Meta-Astronism ·
Ethics and lifestyle
Astronist dietary customs · List of topics from an Astronist perspective · Noctism
Philosophy
Astronist schools of thought · List of conceptuals · Cosmic philosophy · List of instruments of study