James Mullaney

James Mullaney is an astronomy writer, lecturer and consultant. He is the author of several books on observing the wonders of the heavens, and has logged over 20,000 hours of stargazing time with the unaided eye, binoculars and telescopes. Formerly Curator of the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in Pittsburgh, and more recently Director of the DuPont Planetarium, he served as staff astronomer at the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory and as an editor for Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Star & Sky magazines. His 50 year mission as a celestial evangelist has been to celebrate the Universe, to get others to look up at the majesty of the night sky and personally experience the joys of stargazing.

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  • Stargazing & Edgar Cayce

    In the middle two hours, astronomy writer and lecturer James Mullaney discussed the metaphysical aspects of stargazing, discoveries in the universe, and the work of the "Sleeping Prophet" Edgar Cayce. He studied thousands of Cayce's readings, with a particular emphasis on what...More »
  • Edgar Cayce & The Universe

    Astronomy writer James Mullaney discussed his book Edgar Cayce and the Cosmos, which examines the "Sleeping Prophet's" readings about the universe.As a scientist, he was initially skeptical about the Cayce material (which was delivered in a trance state), but upon study, he was...More »

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