marmalade

D.M. Murdock is her given name. However, if you want to do a general search on her, then I'd use her pen name(Acharya S.). Robert M. Price had written a critical review of her work at one time and in it he had given her real name. She still uses her pen name mostly, but she has used her regular name on her most recent book.

She says that she has used a pen name because she has many angry critics. She compares the mythologies of Christianity with Hinduism, and apparently neither group likes being compared to the other. She also makes comparisons to Buddhist mythology, but I haven't heard about any Buddhists threatening her.

Just Google her name. She has her own website and forum(truthbeknown.com). She has tons of information on her site. There is a page about her credentials and there is a thread in her forum that answers the basic criticisms of her work. She has 2 books available on Amazon.

Also, her work has been discussed on many different forums(such as Dawkin's or Internet Infidels). I bet her name gets mentioned some on religious forums. Several Biblical scholars and many Christians have written about her work on the web.

Earl Doherty has written a positive review. Robert M. Price took down his negative review from his site, and now has written the introduction to her recent book. Both Doherty and Price are mythicists with their own websites, and Price was a member of the Jesus Seminar. I believe Richard Carrier wrote a negative review of her work, but I think he is generally critical of mythicism. Of course, Apolegetic writers such as J.P. Holding are critical.

You might have heard of the movie Zeitgeist which is available on Google. The first part of that movie is about Astrotheology. She was an advisor for some of the astrotheological info in the movie, but I know she disagreed about the dating for the end of the age of Pisces. In forums, her name often comes up in reference to this movie.

I've read her first book several years ago, I'm almost finished her second book, and I've skimmed her third book slightly. I know her work fairly well. She is the first author that I read that expounded in detail on the mythology in the Christian tradition in terms of ancient texts.

Her first book(The Christ Conspiracy) is her most popular one. Her second book(Suns of God) was written partly to answer the criticisms of the first book. Her third book(Who Was Jesus?) isn't about astrotheology, but instead more directly focuses on the ahistoricity of Jesus using motly Christian sources for her arguments.

I'm not an expert on her work, but if you have any questions I might be able to find an answer for you. Here is an introductory article about astrotheology that she recently put up on her site:

http://www.truthbeknown.com/astrotheology.html

marmalade

I forgot that DNND had already started a thread about astrotheology. This one is specifically about Acharya S, but maybe there doesn't need to be two different threads. If one of the mods wants to merge the two, then that is fine with me.

DNND

Does she have a relationship with Jordan Maxwell? Are they friends or associates? When ever I think of Astrotheology I think of Jordan Maxwell.

http://www.jordanmaxwell.com/

romansh

Marmalade and DNND

can you in a few lines explain what astrotheology is about

thanks

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DNND

Astro-Theology (astrology + theology) - Solar Mythology - is...

Go to youtube and type in "Jordan Maxwell." You will find a lot of helpful information about Astro-Theology. You can also type the name Acharya S into the youtube search engine since she seems to know what she is talking about too.

marmalade

I've never heard of Jordan Maxwell, and I've never seen that website before. It goes to show you how big the internet is because I've looked at every site I could find on the subject. I just checked out the link and it seems that some of Maxwell's central interests are occultism and secret societies. The movie Zeitgeist probably would fit in with his studies because the other parts of it are about political power in terms of 9/11 and the Federal Reserve.

As far as I know Acharya never writes about these subjects, and I don't know how her work might relate to Maxwell's. Acharya's main focus is astrotheology in terms of the Christian tradition. She is more of an expert on ancient texts and she knows several ancient languages. Her work is more in line with the mythicist school of Biblical scholarship. She isn't involved in mainstream academia, but some mainstream academics such as Price endorse her work. Mythicism in general isn't popular in theological schools, and astrotheology is even less popular.

I doubt there is a connection between the two. I noticed he didn't have a link to her site or even a mention of her, and I don't remember seeing Jordan mentioned on Acharya's site or in any of her books.

marmalade

Yes, Solar Mythology...

And this relates very closely to the savior/hero god-man mythologies(which includes every major religion). It is based on two cycles. The yearly cycle of the seasons and the larger cycle of the precession of the equinox called the Great Year. During the formation of Christianity, it was the Age of Pisces and this is the reason for the fish symbolism prevalent then.

Acharya S. also has several videos on youtube and on her site. She has been interviewed by the Infidel Guy several times on his radio show. These are available on youtube or on his site. She has had some other interviews too, but I can't remember who interviewed her in these.