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Date: 4/10/01
From: John P. Pratt, john@j...
To: Larry Morningstar, mana7@a...

Yes, I'm the man, and it is indeed extremely rare. You can read about it at http://www.meridianmagazine.com in my article there, "A Native American Easter". If your name is Morningstar, this is a "must" for you. The rising of the Morning Star this coming Sunday, about one hour before sunrise, nearly due east, will be the official "Resurrection Day" of Venus, and it also occurs on the day One Reed on the Sacred Round, which was the birthday of Jesus Christ on the evening before April 6th, 1 B.C. The alignment this Sunday only happens once in all of history!

Hope you get to see it, with everyone you can round up,
John

>Greetings,
>
>I received the following message today. Are you the John Pratt mentioned

>herein? Can you shed any further insight into this phenomenon?
>
>Thanks,
>Larry Morningstar
>mana7@a...
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>>From: Clare Joslin
>>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001
>>Subject: The Morning Star
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>>I haven't checked this out with astronomers, but it sounds very interesting.
>>For those of you who will be up early on Easter morning. . . .
>>
>>The Morning Star *
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>>It is a rare event that won't happen for another 1500 years and you won't
>>read about it in the newspaper for it takes the careful studies of John
>>Pratt, Meridian's Science and Religion Editor and a PhD in astronomy and
>>expert in ancient calendars, to have discovered this.
>>
>>He says: "Have you noticed Venus, the Evening Star, currently blazing in the
>>west after sunset? From Native American traditions we learn that in this
>>phase it represents the Savior when he was at the heights of his ministry.
>>In March it will plunge into the darkness below the horizon even as the
>>Savior conquered the forces of death. Then, in an extremely rare event,
>>Venus will resurrect precisely on Easter (April 15, 2001) as the Bright
>>Morning Star. That rare coincidence, which won't happen again for fifteen
>>hundred years, can be witnessed around the world just before dawn on Easter
>>Sunday wherever the eastern horizon is low and clear. This extraordinary
>>sight was also witnessed on that Easter Sunday morning long ago when death
>>was conquered by the Savior of all mankind."
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Larry Morningstar
mana7@a...

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"The subject tonight is Love
And for tomorrow night as well.
As a matter of fact,
I know no better topic
For us to discuss
Until we all
Die!"

Hafiz

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