What if humanity's first gods were not imaginary beings, but misunderstood systems?

In The Myth of the Sun, philosopher and sociologist Eric Leo explores the origins of religion, mythology, and worship through a provocative new lens. Drawing on history, astronomy, philosophy, consciousness studies, and his own journey documented in 108: The Story of Discovering Earth's Consciousness and Cosmic Luve, Leo argues that ancient myths were humanity's earliest attempts to understand the forces that govern life.

The Sun gave light, warmth, food, and time. The planets marked cycles and change. To ancient civilizations, these celestial bodies were not symbols. They were the most powerful and consistent forces in human experience. Rather than dismissing these beliefs as primitive superstition, Leo asks whether mythology functioned as a form of pre-scientific systems theory, a way of modeling reality long before modern science had the tools to explain it.

From the solar gods of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Americas to the relationship between Christianity and ancient celestial symbolism, The Myth of the Sun examines how humanity's understanding of the cosmos evolved from myth to astronomy, from gods to gravity, and from worship to scientific inquiry.

The book also explores the Gaia hypothesis, planetary consciousness, environmental ethics, and Sentientism, a philosophy that seeks to bridge science, spirituality, and responsibility without relying on the supernatural. Along the way, Leo challenges listeners to reconsider some of humanity's oldest questions:

What is a god?

What does it mean to worship?

And what if the forces our ancestors revered never disappeared at all?

Part philosophy, part mythology, and part exploration of consciousness, The Myth of the Sun offers a thought-provoking examination of meaning, belief, and humanity's place in the cosmos.