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#109: The Number of the Stars [are there actually twelve planets?]
Description
New Age types keep saying that there are twelve planets. Where does that number come from, and what are these three extra planets supposed to be? (Plus: a detour to the world of ancient astronauts.)
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-number-of-the-stars/
Key sources for this episode include Gottfried de Purucker's Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy and The Fountain-Source of Occultism; Govert Schilling's The Hunt for Planet X: New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto; Maureen Temple Richmond's "The Threefold Rulership System in Esoteric Astrology"; Michael Heiser's website sitchiniswrong.com; and the collected works of Zecharia Sitchin.
- Unidentified: Zecharia Sitchin's Made-Up Ancient Aliens History
- Unidentified: Fear of a 12th Planet
- Unidentified: Nibiru Needs Gold (and Sperm, for Some Reason)
- 404 Media: If Planet X Exists, It's Running Out of Places to Hide
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