Today is the traditional date of the helical rising of the "Dog Star" Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, as well the traditional opening of the Dog Days. Which means it's the perfect time to get together and talk about Sirius and the long history of worship of it.
Warning: for such a bright and beautiful star, the adoration for it can get a lot more serious than you think.
Longtime readers of The Secret Sun know all too well that star cults are no joke: they go back basically forever and some of the more extreme variants are not squeamish about shedding blood for their cosmic idols. So we'll be covering some of the more troubling aspects of Sirius cultism as well as the more positive and creative expressions.
We will take a deep dive into these Sirius mysteries:
• What is the connection between one of the most notorious on-set disasters in Hollywood history and Sirius worship?
• What is the connection between Sirius worship and some of the most horrific human sacrifices of the past half-century?
• What's the connection between Sirius worship and 9/11?
• What is the connection between Sirius worship and the unsettlingly powerful movement to eradicate humanity and replace it with something else entirely?