Astral worship

[Shrew]

Is there any spiritual tradition that worshippes the planets only, without a concept of a transcendental God?

 

[Brickjectivity]

There is none that I have heard of, but probably everyone long ago found the planets interesting. There are the Greeks who assigned a planet to some deities.

 

[GoodbyeDave]

The ancient Mesopotamians has no concept of a supreme being and they worshiped the planets, along with other gods, of course.

Most Pagans worship the Sun and Moon, but worship of the planets seems less common.

 

[Kirran]

Worshipping the planets is very common among some Indian groups. It all ties in to astrology, as I understand - worshipping this planet for success in such and such an area of life, that kind of thing.

 

[Electriceclectic]

The classic 'astral worship' , in the western tradition, would be Ficino ..... I am not sure he viewed the concept of 'transcendental God' , he was a Christian but he did live in a time where one had to be careful about what one wrote and not cross the line .

Ficino walked right on that line .

" Thus just as humans have a physical body, a divine spirit and a soul as intermediary between them, so does the Universe, being composed of the divine spirit of God, physical matter and the World Soul or Anima Mundi. "

This, of course included the planets .

Ficino's star magic ;

https://books.google.com.au/books?i...IIDAB#v=onepage&q=Ficino's star magic&f=false

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http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/ficinotheoryastromagic.html