Before his retirement in 2010, Bill was the senior minister of the Dublin Unitarian Church. In the early seventies, he studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood in Rome, but left before ordination and resumed work as a teacher. He joined the Unitarians in 1988, becoming a minister in 1994. In 2013-14 he was President of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches in Britain and Ireland.He has written for The Inquirer, The Unitarian, The Astrological Journal, The Furrow, The Irish Times, and The Gnostic. He is the author of two collections of spiritual stories (The Shortest Distance and Concentration and Compassion) and has recently published Moses the Matador: Allegorical Astronomy and Astrology in the Book of Exodus.The Gospel and the Zodiac: The Secret Truth about Jesus, was published by Duckworth in 2007, and was translated into German and Czech. The Celestial Journey of the Soul is a series of sermons based on The Gospel and the Zodiac.
An analysis of the place names in the Gospel of John, with special reference to the places no one... more An analysis of the place names in the Gospel of John, with special reference to the places no one has been able to find.
Part 4 of my study of the relationship between Mark's Gospel and the constellations. This part of... more Part 4 of my study of the relationship between Mark's Gospel and the constellations. This part offers some conjectures and contains a bibliography.
Part 1 of this study gives an outline of the ways in which the constellations (particularly the z... more Part 1 of this study gives an outline of the ways in which the constellations (particularly the zodiac constellations) are referenced in the Gospels. In Part 2 there is a detailed analysis of 72 ways in which the Gospel of Mark (principally) reflects the zodiac. Part 3 Considers how this zodiac scheme should influence the way we read the Gospel of Mark. Part 4 shows how this approach answers a few questions about the text. It also makes a few conjectures.
An analysis of the place names in the Gospel of John, with special reference to the places no one... more An analysis of the place names in the Gospel of John, with special reference to the places no one has been able to find.
Part 4 of my study of the relationship between Mark's Gospel and the constellations. This part of... more Part 4 of my study of the relationship between Mark's Gospel and the constellations. This part offers some conjectures and contains a bibliography.
Part 1 of this study gives an outline of the ways in which the constellations (particularly the z... more Part 1 of this study gives an outline of the ways in which the constellations (particularly the zodiac constellations) are referenced in the Gospels. In Part 2 there is a detailed analysis of 72 ways in which the Gospel of Mark (principally) reflects the zodiac. Part 3 Considers how this zodiac scheme should influence the way we read the Gospel of Mark. Part 4 shows how this approach answers a few questions about the text. It also makes a few conjectures.
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In Part 2 there is a detailed analysis of 72 ways in which the Gospel of Mark (principally) reflects the zodiac.
Part 3 Considers how this zodiac scheme should influence the way we read the Gospel of Mark.
Part 4 shows how this approach answers a few questions about the text. It also makes a few conjectures.
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In Part 2 there is a detailed analysis of 72 ways in which the Gospel of Mark (principally) reflects the zodiac.
Part 3 Considers how this zodiac scheme should influence the way we read the Gospel of Mark.
Part 4 shows how this approach answers a few questions about the text. It also makes a few conjectures.