The Best-Known Hymn in History Explains The UFO Phenomenon
With Disclosure seemingly imminent, the Doxology provides an answer to the existential question
Introduction
As another round of UAP Congressional Hearings concludes, it seems like disclosure is rapidly approaching. Or not. Who knows.
I don’t consider myself anywhere near the Jacque Vallee’s of the world. But I do believe I have an answer to one BIG question surrounding UAPs.
“What happens to Religious belief if Alien’s are real?”
It’s a tough one to consider. Existential.
If a technologically superior Alien race were to announce it’s arrival on Earth, what would that do to the Religious beliefs of mankind? To faith itself?
But what if we already have an answer to this specific crisis of Faith?
Today we’re going to investigate the Doxology, a hymn with roots stretching back to early Christendom. and the answers contained therein about God, Aliens, and faith.
Let me take you to Church.
The Doxology
The Doxology has been called “the best-known hymn in history.”
From my back of the napkin math, it’s certainly the most sung. That’s because unlike other hymnal favorites on heavy rotation the four-line, 25-word, Doxology was built into the Church service itself.
The Doxology originates in the early days of organized Christianity, and the word Doxology has Greek origins.
- Doxa- the Glory.
- Logos- the Word.
Translated simply, “A Glorification of God.”
The modern lyrics and tune we’re familiar with was written in 1674 by Bishop Thomas Ken.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God all creatures here below,
Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
The Doxology is traditionally sung in conjunction with the collection tithings. (Talk about a celebrity endorsement.)
As such, the Doxology was sung for four hundred years while the offering plates spun. Every Christian Church, on every Sunday, at every service.
That’s a lot of spins.
The Louise Problem
Unfortunately, it’s a feature of human nature to become blind to that which is most common. We humans take things for granted.
We lose perspective, we develop blindness, often to the most important thing. And it usually causes us the human-ist of problems.
Cliche is frowned upon for a reason.
This is why Spiritual leaders of all ilk recommend we practice gratitude. Focus on the blessings we do have, instead of ruminate on the neighbor’s green grass.
Which reminds me — Try gratitude.
It always makes me feel better about things. (And like such a rebel, for bucking the rat wheel of mimetic consumption.)
As such, the words of the Doxology themselves fell into routine. And like everything in life, that lead to a certain loss of importance and zest.
Let’s call this, “The Louise Problem,” in honor of Bob Dylan’s classic Visions of Johanna. Louise that IRL girl who’s just too human compared to the ethereal perfection of Bob’s imagination.
So the fact that the Doxology was built into the architecture of the Church service explains the Louise problem at hand. Even the logos oft repeated can lose its doxa.
So let’s refocus on these 25 words. Let us see the ancient with beginner’s eyes.
Flow State
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
First of all, this is a mic drop. Except it’s the opener.
The first and foremost to end all first-and-foremosts.
And what an idea that blessings can flow. Flow indicates movement. A certain fluid dynamics. A perpetuity.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s theory is that “Flow State” is what we feel during “peak Human experience.” We are optimally tuned when in Flow. In other words, is Flow in fact a blessing?
No wonder this line hits like Bruce Lee’s five finger death punch. Regardless, It all flows like water. A mighty river straight from the Lord, the Chief Godhead.
Humility
Praise Him all creatures here below
The key word here, is “here.” How so? Because it includes us in the category of “below.” We’re down here with the creatures.
Again we are Louise. Her major flaw was that she was too near, human. Pretty much the same beef we have with most other wretched mortals.
Humans in the 21st century may balk at the idea that we’re just another creature here on Earth. And we’ll point with our non-phone hand, to all the technological advancements we’ve made as evidence that we’re better than the other creatures. Indeed, I believe we all contain a spark of the divine.
But we’re too quick to slide on back to that doom-scrolling and self-loathing.
We’re hairless Apes with supercomputers.
And when we become pressed, we revert to our Lizard-brain conditioning:
Fight! Flight! Fuck!
As such, I believe all UAP craft are man-made and 97.5% of the Phenomenon is bullshit.
The mission here is roughly to address the first two Lizard-brain conditions — in order to maintain American’s ability to propagate the third condition.
We have no idea how ridiculous the DOD technology really is. Spending has been astronomically un-auditable for years. It’s the juice. It’s Moore’s Law on steroids.
Give it about 20 years, and we’ll find out what were actually up to. There will be a movie about it.
For example — The TR38 Black Manta, the US Airforce’s anti-gravity triangular-shaped aircraft.
For example — Men who stare at Goats.
We’re animals. And us animals want to be more strapped-up than those animals. It’s the Dorchester Heights of the 21st century.
Speaking of goats, the entire man-made aspect of the Phenomenon can be explained by Girardian mimetic theory. Even the psyop.
In short, we creatures spend life trying to balance the human and the holy. To control our envy and the games it plays with our dopamine levels. To balance the reality of Louise, with our visions of Johanna.
An Acknowledgement of… Something
Praise Him above Ye Heavenly Hosts
Who are these Heavenly Hosts?
Before we answer that, let’s note the directionality of the word “above.”
In clear terms, this acknowledges something is above us creatures. Yet below God.
Now this might disappoint the Kanye fans, but the Olde English word “Ye” means “The.” They used a Y- sound because the Th- hadn’t been invented yet. Ye is also used like “you” to address a person or group.
So this line of Doxology is sang both “about” and “to” ye heavenly host.
That said, and perhaps this is a Lutheran thing, but I’ve never heard a single sermon about the Heavenly Host. Not one word ever.
So here’s where we need to put on our Theologian hats.
Wikipedia’s short entry on the Heavenly Host describes them as “God’s Army of Angels.”
Diana Walsh Pasulka is a Professor of Religious Studies who’s acknowledged the potential presence of the Phenomenon in Religious Iconography.
I’m certainly not the first to suggest Ezekial’s Wheel was actually a UFO.
And is that a flying saucer over Mary’s shoulder the same shape as David Fravor’s “Tic Tac” debated by the US Congress?
Was Moses’ burning bush actually what we now call the Phenomenon? Did our ancestors lack the words? Do we?
Kinda like how they said Ye, because Th- hadn’t been invented yet?
In short, there’s an idea that aspects of the Heavenly Hosts, the Army of Angels, perhaps even the Holy Spirit, are now redefined in a secular sense, as the UFO, the UAP, the Phenomenon.
One question fun to ponder — Is all perception-of-divinity then just a rose by other name?
Mere points on one sliding scale? The Holy Spirit, Guardian Angels, the Greek Muse, Jung’s synchronicity, the Ah-Ha Moment, Pasulka’s Book-Experience, Gut Instinct, Conscience, The Secret.
Sounds ridiculous? But are you smart enough to know how God speaks?
Good. But what happens if Aliens appear tomorrow?
A Rank-Ordering
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
We’re gonna leave this page without solving anything definitively about the Heavenly Host.
But one thing is clear according to Doxology. Whoever the Heavenly Host is, they like us, are below God Almighty.
So that’s it. That’s the point of this article. All UAP activity falls below GOD activity.
The 97.5% that’s bullshit, man-made. And the 2.5% that feels more spiritual if not inexplicable. 100% under GOD.
The grand Order outlined in the Doxology grants peace. Clarity. I hope you leave here today with more of both.
Once I had an Ezekial-vision about the Doxology, I stopped clutching my pearls about every new blurry UAP video. I stopped taking the “Lost”level cliffhangers so seriously.
That’s the clarity — Freedom to backburner the entire psyop-ish thing, and spend our attention elsewhere.
At the end of the day, I focus all my prayers on God from whom all blessings flow. That’s the peace.
A Matter of Faith
Amen
The Amen — the real mic drop at the end of every prayer. The judges gavel on the sincerity of intent.
Amen is an old word. It has several interpretation across time. These include — “verily”, “truly”, “it is true”, and “let it be so.”
That said, here’s another sliding-scale of definitiveness. From “It is true” to “Let it be so.”
On one hand you have “It is so” (now and forever). On the other “Let it be so” (bring it about in future time and space).
Those who teach how to pray might add the third way, “Thank you for making it so already.” But that’s dipping into the power of visions.
Perhaps each Amen is an appeal for all interpretations of Amen. Perhaps that’s the power of prayer.
Is everything we presented really framed out in the Doxology? Or is it all still a matter of faith.
Ponder that while listening to my favorite version of the Doxology (other than singing it)
Do you believe?
