I was recently asked why I had done something that was apparently rather ill-judged, and realised that I had no idea why. I had just done it. Of course, I could produce plausible reasons as to why I had done it, even try to justify it, and there might be an element of truth in…
I have many times walked down Deansgate in central Manchester, England and admired the exterior of the grand Victorian gothic building that is the John Rylands Library, now part of the University of Manchester Library. It was only a few weeks ago that I first entered the building, on impulse while showing some French people…
We’re in the middle of a UK General Election campaign, and it’s all about the story, or narrative. Who’s story do you believe: [list type=circle_list] “We inherited rubbish from the other lot and our plan has sorted it out. We had to do things you didn’t like and there was no point taxing the hard…
This post outlines the new book by Sue Lewis, published by HopeWell, Knutsford, March 2015. Colour paperback, 212 pages, rrp £18. Available soon for a limited period at the special price of £15 from the APA bookshop. Foreword by Barry Hopewell In the 1990s, when I first became aware of the work of Bruno &…
A spirituality for the two halves of life Review of a book by Richard Rohr, Franciscan priest, New Mexico Review by Barry Hopewell This little book encapsulates the wisdom of modern psychology and the essence of most religions. Essentially we spend the first half of life creating the psychological ego and learning to live within…
Like myself, many APA members or visitors to the site may not be familiar with the ways in which you can use a blog. Finding new Posts Simplest, you can just visit the APA website www.astrologicalpsychology.org from time to time and see if there are new entries on the blog. We will also sometimes email…
Welcome to the new APA Website. Why have we changed it? Well the old site was becoming out of date and difficult to manage, and everything had to be done by our webmaster Jane. This new site is produced under the modern WordPress platform, and enables people other than Jane to make changes. We’ve tried…