Tag: psychology

  • A Life Changing Tool

    A Life Changing Tool

    Astrological psychology is based on the understanding of the human being as a whole, who has a psyche which is linked with the environment, but who is also a spiritual entity which can be responsible for itself.”

  • Beyond the Robot

    Beyond the Robot

    A Review of Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson, by Gary Lachman (New York: TarcherPerigee, 2016), with reflections on Wilson’s astrological chart and Sun in Cancer’s search for meaning and purpose Whether or not you are a fan of Colin Wilson (1931-2013), Gary Lachman’s biography of his life and thought is…

  • Dreams and Self Actualisation

    Dreams and Self Actualisation

    Sigmund Freud as  the father of the theory of the unconscious  wrote the first description of dreaming and dreamwork in his series of lectures to the University of Vienna from 1915-1917, A General Introduction to Psycho-analysis.   In it he explained that dreams are the “means of removing, by hallucinatory satisfaction, mental stimuli that disturb sleep”…

  • Study Astrological Psychology

    Study Astrological Psychology

    In a previous post we clarified that our long-running Foundation and Diploma courses are at the end of their natural life, and we were not accepting new enrolments after end December 2016. We also stated that new books will be made available to provide an alternative approach to study. The new book Astrological Psychology: The…

  • Fish Can’t Climb Trees

    Fish Can’t Climb Trees

    The premise of Helyn Connerr’s Mercury Model™ is that everyone’s brain is wired differently and we can discover more about ‘our unique mental make-up’, by evaluating how ‘we each experience the mythic theme of the ancient god Mercury’. Her book Fish Can’t Climb Trees is her most recent exposition of this model. Its title, taken…

  • Falling Upward

    Falling Upward

    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…