A Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 (2021)

This First Vicinal Assembly brings together minds from across the world to discuss spirituality, religion and humanity's exploration of outer space with Cometan asserting his regard for the importance of unity among cosmocentric thinkers, the universal adoption of the terms Astronism and Astronist, and he also introduces the concepts of vicinalism and 'coming into vicinality' with the Astronist Institution.

Cometan explores the mystical tradition of the Astronist religion, called Astrocism. Outlined is the condition of astrosis, namely "the ultimate condition of the limited self" and how this state of being can be achieved through proximation of the astronomical world due to it being regarded as the existential source in Astronism. Highlighted are the main practices that form core parts to this Astronist tradition of mysticism, such as astration and prostellation, as well as how individual attainment of astrosis is intertwined with and deeply connected to the ...

Cometan explores the internal structures of the Astronist belief system, namely to delineate how Astronism functions as well as its features or components. Also introduced are the disciplines of Astronist theory, the extension of Astronism into philosophical discourses, and meta-Astronist theory, the study of what makes Astronism what it is and how Astronism functions as a system of interrelated concepts, beliefs and practices. Cometan then goes on to briefly outline the concept of emotionalism, the worldview of cosmocentrism, and the disciplines of prosipatology and ...

Cometan delivers the first part of the Total Immersion into Astronism, a complete and extensive exposition of the Astronist belief system. This part focuses on the Astronist approach to the concept of salvation, particularly to denote salvation's contingency on exploration of the astronomical world physically, intellectually and mystically. This central belief about salvation has come to form the Astronist tradition of salvation called transcension, the study of which is formalised into the discipline of astrosoteriology.

Cometan delivers the second part of his Total Immersion into Astronism which centres on the exposition of the Astronist philosophical tradition. In this, Cometan explores the Astronist approaches to questions such as the meaning of life and he gives an outline of the Astronist tradition in the traditional philosophical disciplines of epistemology, ontology, philosophy of religion as well as new Astronist disciplines of sentereology, Astronist theory, and astrofuturology. Added as an appendage to the main part of the lecture is Cometan's discussion of the persistent ...

Cometan sits down with the President of the Beyond Earth Institute, Steven Wolfe, to discuss all things relating to international space law, especially the implications of commercial ventures into outer space and the degree of government involvement in human space activities. Cometan brings in his focus on human rights in outer space and his concern for how some governments may extend their restrictive policies to extraterrestrial objects and other worlds if there exists insufficient provisions for the protection of human dignity beyond Earth. Steve and Cometan also ...

Cometan delivers his research and theory on the Astronic religious tradition holding prehistoric origins during the Upper Palaeolithic period of the Stone Age. This section of the Total Immersion complements prior sections by giving a context to Astronism and providing a home for this contemporary belief system within a tradition that holds prehistoric origins. A selection of specimen denoting this Astronic tradition are presented, as are a series of related theories, concepts and frameworks for understanding this tradition, its functions and its dynamics.

Cometan delivers two sections of the Total Immersion series addressing in full the cosmology and the theology of Astronism. The cosmology of Astronism essentially delineates how Astronism sees the structure and functions of the universe while theology of Astronism relates to Astronist conceptions of and approaches to the concept of God.

On this, Cometan's 23rd birthday, the Founder of Astronism formally announces the beginning of The Establishment of Astronism, a new era in the history of the Astronist belief system exactly eight years after its founding on 1st July 2013. In this single format sit down, Cometan gives us an insight into what this last eight years of the Founding era has been like. He explains the different events that have taken place during these eight years that have lead to Astronism's status as now being "founded" and the work he and other early Astronists have undertaken to ...

Cometan delivers the part of the Total Immersion that deals with the Astronist study of the last things called astroeschatology or Astronist eschatology. In this lecture, Cometan delineates Astronist approaches to questions of the afterlife, the final destination of the soul and of all humankind, as well as the end of the world and the future of humanity among the stars. The astroeschatology forms an integral part of the current structure of the Astronist belief system as it stands here at the beginning of the Establishment era.

Cometan delivers the final section of the Total Immersion, to complete his extensive exposition of the current state of the Astronist belief system at the close of the Founding era and the commencement of the Establishment era. In this concluding episode to the Total Immersion, Cometan explores prismatics, the discipline studying the Astronist spiritual tradition, as well as a variety of other smaller Astronist disciplines such as astrolinguistics, meta-Astronism, disseminology, Astrocism, and astroncy studies (also called sidereology).

For the first time, Cometan gives a brief exposition of his theory of recognitionism, namely how he sees recognition of religion or belief as being the necessary precursor to improving conditions and standards of religious freedom. In this short lecture, Cometan provides some of his most recent findings from his doctoral research so far and the hypotheses he intends to put to the test as part of his PhD work. Cometan gives us an overview of why recognition is an important tool in the human rights field, the different types of recognition, and how recognition is both ...

In the penultimate episode of Season 2, Cometan sits down to talk about his views on the supposed decline of religion in the Western world, especially his unique position as the founder of a new religious movement -- Astronism. Sitting beside his silver globe, Cometan explores four primary topics on the issue of the decline of religion. Firstly, the issue of science becoming a belief identity; secondly, the opportunities for new religious movements like Astronism and minorities to gain higher levels of freedom by the reduction of hegemonic forms of organised religion;...

Cometan joins Giulio Prisco and a range insightful speakers for the 2021 Terasem Space Day to discuss the Astronist belief system. In short, by focusing on one of the Astronism's fundamental principles called predeterminationism - the belief that it is humanity's destiny and existential purpose to explore the astronomical world as evidenced by humankind's unique evolution to intelligence. Cometan explains how he sees the world from a cosmocentric perspective and how both personal and collective proximation to the astronomical world - called stellancy - is crucial to ...

Cometan and eminent scholar of religious studies Professor Michael York engage in the last conversation of the season on the fascinating topics of astrology, new religious movements, cultural astronomy, the future and origins of religion as well as Astronism itself of course. Professor York provides his insight on the validity of Cometan's theory for an Astronic religious tradition, explains how he became interested in the field of religious studies and his views on the various theories claiming to the origins of religion. To end, Professor York describes his trip to ...

Cometan sits down with virtual reality pioneer, public speaker and all-round space enthusiast Philippe van Nedervelde to discuss how and why humanity should become a multiplanetary species, the emotional and spiritual dimensions of observing the stars, the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial life, the prospect of a desolate cosmos and much more. You'll get to hear how Van Nedervelde become the VR specialist and space buff he is today and how events in space exploration have shaped both his personal life and his professional ventures.