title: The Morning Star & The Melon: Pursuing Truth through Scripture, Science, Philosophy, and Logic
author:  Jon Scott Birch 
description: Jon Scott Birch is the co-founder of Recover Church, a discipleship-driven ministry that focuses on recovering a Christian's identity, relationships, and life through an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Jon's passion is seeing people come to know Christ personally, understanding discipleship as a way of life and not as a term to define or mere Bible study. As a discipleship pastor, Jon has been counseling and teaching small groups, in churches, and one-on-one for 20 years.
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  Unpopular Philosopher on the Morning Star v. 14.11, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 23 April 2018 
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  The Morning Star 
  By an unpopular philosopher 
  Musings on the Bright Morning Star and title of the 
  London periodical launched by H.P. Blavatsky in 1887. 
   
   
  
  BLAVATSKY SPEAKS SERIES 
  ON THE MORNING STAR 
  Unpopular Philosopher on the Morning Star v. 14.11, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 23 April 2018 
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  The radiant beam destroys the lethal darkness of night
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  First published in Lucifer, Vol. III, No. 13, September 1888, pp. 84-88; republished in Blavatsky Col-
  lected Writings, (FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN UNPOPULAR PHILOSOPHER) X pp. 97-108. 
  Ever Onward 
  N ITS CEASELESS AND, ALSO, TOO RAPID FLIGHT along the path of Eternity, 
  Time has taken one mighty stride more: a step of twelve months’ duration to-
  ward the last day of our present age; also of the lives of many of us within, 
  and of all of us beyond — the ultimate frontier of our senile century. In twelve ye