Bill Darlison is the Minister Emeritus of Dublin Unitarian Church. He is an author of several books, including The Gospel and the Zodiac: The Secret Truth about Jesus, a controversial work which argues that the Gospel of Mark is structured on the signs of the zodiac. He has written for The Inquirer, The Unitarian, The Furrow, The Gnostic. and The Astrological Journal.
Rev. Bill Darlison,
7 The Mount, Pontefract, West Yorks, WF8 1NE
email: billdarlison@hotmail.com
All 27 Zodiac Sermons – from Aries to Pisces are now available. See under ‘zodiac sermons’ above.
You can listen to the sermons delivered in December 2009 – ‘Procrustes is Alive and Well’, ‘Hanukkah’, and ‘Defying the Darkness’ (the Christmas Day sermon) – on the Dublin Unitarian website. www.unitarianchurchdublin.org/podcasts.htm
The latest sermon, Easter 2010: Why do we always choose Barabbas? can be found under ‘sermons‘.
The review of The Gospel and the Zodiac which appeared in the July/August 2009 edition of the Astrological Journal can be found under ‘Reviews‘.
The Gospel and the Zodiac is now out in paperback! (September 17th 2009). It’s priced at £9.99, but currently (April 2011) Amazon u.k have it for £6.55, with free delivery too!
It’s been translated into German and Czech already; the Russian version is being prepared.
A website dedicated to the book, containing an interview with Bill Darlison, a press release, and a review can be found at www.thegospelandthezodiac.com
Good evening Rev. Bill Darlison.
I attended Kensington Unitarians morning service for the first time today and you deliver the message. Many thanks, my soul was felt refresh and my spirit lifted. The Shaydoola story I really needed. I am asking you please for a copy of the story to give to my children, I would be ever so grateful for the story.
God bless
Mavis
Thanks for that Marti. I think, as ex-Catholics, we have a great deal in common. However, although I don’t consider myself a Catholic any more, I’m grateful for the religious education I received in my infancy, and during my ministry in Dublin I’ve met some amazing Catholics – clerical and lay. On Sunday I was preaching in the Dublin Unitarian church and there was a Franciscan friar in the congregation. In full regalia, too! He’s been attending for a few weeks apparently.
Dear Bill, Thanks for your comments. Have you noticed that on this site, under ‘Zodiac Sermons’, there are 27 sermons on the book. I gave these a few years ago in Dublin and I followed the yearly cycle, two (or occasionally three) per sign. These are a little more accessible than the book and more clearly related to the actual months and seasons. (I couldn’t seem to get them in order though!)
As far as the star names are concerned I have nothing much to offer by way of explanation. I chose the ones that seemed to fit my thesis and ignored the rest! Some of them I can vouch for – like Ma’alaph in Cancer, which is Hebrew and does refer to ‘thousands’, and so is appropriate for the two feeding stories in that section of the Gospel.
It’s good to hear from you Bill Let me know how you get on with your reading.