M7 Mike Costa Lives: From Gods to Superheroes

Monday, September 25, 2017

From Gods to Superheroes - The Evolution of Faith

From Gods to Superheroes: The Evolution of Faith

Originally the idea of supernatural people in Ancient Times formed the basis for religion in later cultures. The idea was factual – there are supernatural people in existence (myself included), but in Ancient Times no one understood how their abilities or powers worked. Today with advanced Sciences the abilities are visualized more psychic than divine.

The Greeks and Egyptians formulated rituals regarding the Divine, today the idea is found in graphic novels and comic books, films, computer games, etc. Achilles the Greek Hero, whose only power was invincibility with a minor weakness, can be seen like Iron-Man or Spiderman. The Viking God Thor is taken directly from the religion where it originates and placed into a comic book superhero world. America is becoming Polytheist with superhero worship, but not in the Western religious sense. Monotheism – which occurs in Ancient and Modern Egypt – was based on the ancient model and Astronomy. Today Science Fiction is the basis for most superhero genre. Take X-Men for example. The superheroes can influence the elements (“Storm”), or Telepathy, or other advanced psychic abilities. How much of this is based in Science? The arena of Science Fiction is where we explore the realm of study, furthering the theoretical both as education and as entertainment. If you are born supernatural, watching Science Fiction can educate you with how to control your abilities or perfect them. Otherwise this is just entertainment.

MC 2017.

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I am an Author, Archaeologist (B.A. in Archaeology & Biological Anthropology, '99), Egyptian Afterlife Priest (Kheri-Heb) & a Pharaoh of Duat, visual artist, Micronationalist, and computer game modifier. I have written over 137+ books so far. My books are my paper monuments. I hope you enjoy them. I also made computer game "Mods"(over 300) for the computer game, The Elder Scrolls-V: Skyrim, on Steam Workshop/Nexus Mods (2012-2021), some with multiple star ratings.

I believe in reincarnation to comprehend future actions as based on past life actions, and direction in one's life. I believe my past life visits to Egypt influence and inspire me with their culture. My first publisher (1992) was a Psychologist at CSU Hayward/East Bay in California; she believed my fictional first novel was about real information, as did the US Government and NSA/CIA. When she published it she sold some $50M in as yet unpaid royalties, and when I alerted the Govt. about this, they confiscated it from her and paid me nothing, then asked a terror group (AQ) if "any American knew of their plans for global conquest" and started harassing Iran about their "Nuclear weapons" issues (Chapter 20-21). I researched Ancient Egypt prior to writing Eye of the Pharaoh (c.1990, 1995), I had read about 12 non-fiction books for that project. Content appears in the film, The Mummy Returns. The publisher died in 2020 from brain Cancer.

I self-publish now because I cannot trust people, plus I can control the books better with regard to design, availability and royalties. Follow me on Twitter: @HorusMichaelM7.