THE STANDARD COSMOLOGICAL MODEL

In the chapters that remain, we will discover that the ancient science of the gods was formulated in terms of a standard cosmological model: It was expressed specifically in terms of our sun, solar system, galaxy, and visible universe, which can be understood as standard cosmological bodies that represent our own celestial fathers—the celestial gods that have presided over the evolution of human life on earth from the very beginning.

The hypothesis here is that these celestial bodies, like the human body, should more or less reflect ideally the system of measured arrangement inherent within the metaphysical Logos. According to the ancients, the characteristic measure of the human body is the digit, the thumb measure. Yet the celestial gods do not have organic bodies, with limbs, arms, legs, and fingers. They take the form of spheres, the characteristic measure of which is its radius. Just as the system of measured arrangement is reflected by the width of the human thumb, which represents the characteristic measure of the standard biological body, so should it be reflected by the radii of the celestial bodies, which represent the characteristic measures of the standard cosmological bodies.

As we have seen, the digit represents an approximate unit of measure that can vary from one person to the next. The same holds true for the sizes of the standard cosmological bodies. Given the fact that there are some twenty trillion stars in the visible universe, it may turn out that there are many solar systems scattered throughout the universe that support human life. These stars and solar systems may have celestial bodies that vary somewhat in size—but just as the width of a human thumb varies only slightly from one person to another, so the size of the standard cosmological body varies only slightly. We adopt as a general principle that to be considered standard, the sizes of the cosmological bodies should be on the same order of magnitude. Any cosmological body that does not meet this standard may be viewed as immature—that is, still in the process of evolving; aged, or past its prime and in the process of decay; or deformed, perhaps by some cosmic accident such as a collision between stars or galaxies.

We can assume that none of these nonstandard conditions are suited ideally for the evolution of human life. This does not necessarily mean that organic life cannot evolve under such conditions, but it does imply that the resultant forms of organic life will likely be nonideal.