Forget snake-oil in Dublin, there is a major, major reality science news story brewing, with implications of biblical proportions (catch-22: truth is stranger than fiction).
Here is the story of the discovery of a large water planet, in Ophiuchus. It is the closest planet discovered to what we expect is (was) capable of (arguably) supporting life: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/16/2152989.aspx Now for page 2. The earliest prophecy in the Bible concerns a Messiah who will defeat the serpent (Satan, but this figure is not necessarily synonymous with evil in some interpretations). The prophecy can be found in Genesis 3:15 and possibly (at least in synchronicity) it relates to this cosmological discovery: of an alien water world which is close by us. All of this synchronicity by way of the constellation Ophiuchus (try saying that one three times rapidly ;-) and a Serpentine mythological knot of connections. BTW, the closest star to planet Earth (other than Sol) is in this same constellation (between Scorpios and Sagittarius), and is called Barnards star - but the water planet in question orbits another nearby red dwarf. Is this the place ET calls home? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnards_Star This planet resides in, is a large constellation located around the celestial equator and towards the center of the Milky Way from our perspective - and is Greek for 'snake-holder' or some variation of that. It is commonly represented as a demigod grasping a snake, and the god has a wounded foot. That demigod is associated with Hercules, and maybe much, much more. Because of its proximity if life had evolved on this planet early on millions of years ago - and some might expect that is not ruled out, since the red dwarf is a time constant for a much older system (i.e. they are usually older stars) then Earth would likely be on a natural route of migration for the advance inhabitants (i.e. in a vector away from the center of the MW). Johannes Kepler's famous drawing of the supernova he witnessed depicts the location of the stella nova in the wounded foot of Hercules 400 years ago. This can also be woven into any emerging SciFi or Theology story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kepler_Drawing_of_SN_1604.png Anyway, another connection to this mélange is the Greek name Oedipus which means wounded foot and it is also symbolic of the coming Messiah, who would be born of the lineage of Adam and Eve. There is "Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, which may well be an alternative form of Hercules/Heracles (often associated with snakes beginning in infancy when he strangled a serpent in his crib). Ophiuchus, or Hercules, is usually depicted bearing the Serpent, in his hands, and his right foot is almost touching the stinger of the Scorpion. I could go on-and-on, but I will leave this to someone delivering the Oral Roberts eulogy to take this breaking story to the furthest absurdity possible. Gotta get 2012 in there also Oh! Almost forgot ! so far the planet does not have a real name, other than GJ 1214b but to remedy that situation I will now pronounce one upon it ta-da : Hydra-Jinn the snake charmer. Mahdi fine day for a baptism, Id say . not to mention a triple entendre Jones
