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Sent to the stars
Published: 1st September 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Sent to the stars. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astroeschatology/sent-to-the-stars. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 1st Sept 2021].
noun Astroeschatology
a popular Astronist phrase for death (cosmisation) and one’s subsequent union with The Cosmos, especially as implying belief in the occurrence of astranthropy.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Send to the stars
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the phrase sent to the stars is used to infer belief in the occurrence of transtellation, especially astranthropy, after death, namely involving one’s spiritual union with the astronomical world as the central endeavour of the afterlife.
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