Memestream: World Ceres

The other day I talked about a new understanding of myth that departs not only from the academic orthodoxy but even from Jungian heresy. And, lo and behold, an article appears that goes straight to the heart of what I'm talking about.

Fertility cult symbolism is all well and good, but I keep thinking that the Ceres/Demeter/Isis symbolism we keep seeing is trying to tell us something deeper and more profound. And here it is:

At the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life conference in Florence, Italy, Joop Houtkooper from the University of Giessen divulged a theory that life could have originated on the asteroid Ceres.

The distant world Ceres, the smallest known dwarf planet in the solar system, lies within the asteroid belt. It was called a planet after its discovery in 1801, then later downgraded to asteroid status. With the latest planet definition from the International Astronomical Union, the round object is now considered a dwarf planet. Is there a chance that this exotic world is home to extraterrestrial organisms?

Is this why Buzz Aldrin wanted us to investigate asteroids rather than the Moon? Read the whole thing here.

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