author
J. H. Hill
A little-known 19th-century physician and freethinking writer, this author is best remembered for exploring how ancient star worship may have shaped later religious ideas. His work has found a second life through public-domain editions and modern reprints.
1 Audiobook
Astral Worship
by J. H. Hill
About the author
Little can be confirmed about this author beyond what appears consistently in public-domain book records and later catalog listings. He is generally identified as J. H. Hill, M.D., and is known for Astral Worship, a work first published in 1895 by The Truth Seeker Company in New York.
That book examines the history of astral religion and argues that parts of later religious belief grew out of older solar and celestial traditions. The style is direct and argumentative, and it reflects the freethought and comparative-religion debates of its time.
Because reliable biographical information is scarce, it is safest to describe him as a physician-author whose surviving reputation rests mainly on this one unusual book. No clearly verified portrait could be confirmed from the sources reviewed here.