Astrological Psychology

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  • Roberto Assagioli

    Roberto Assagioli

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    Wikipedia well describes the pedigree of Roberto Assagioli and his psychosynthesis. Psychosynthesis arose from the psychoanalytic tradition initiated by Freud, but was more akin to Jung’s revisionist approach, and indeed moved beyond it. “Psychosynthesis became the first approach born of psychoanalysis that also included the artistic, altruistic and heroic potentials of the human being.” Assagioli’s…

  • Beyond the Robot

    Beyond the Robot

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    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…

  • Celestial Magic

    Celestial Magic

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    The Papers of the 2013 Sophia Centre Conference on Celestial Magic, at which I gave a talk on “The Transformational Techniques of Huber Astrology” have finally been published in a double issue of Culture and Cosmos, which is available from Amazon at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Culture-Cosmos-Vol-19-Celestial/dp/1907767738 In his introduction, Nicholas Campion likens magical thinking to “awareness of the…

  • Muhammad Ali

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    On 3 June 2016, the greatest sportsman of the twentieth century died at the age of 74. Mohammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr on 17 January 1942, at 18:35 in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American light-heavyweight gold medallist, the only man to win the world heavyweight championship three times. He brought boxing from the…

  • Nature, Numbers, Colours, and the Intensity Curve

    Nature, Numbers, Colours, and the Intensity Curve

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    On Saturday 28 May, we were at the Chelsea Flower Show, admiring extensive show gardens, smaller artisan gardens, and the magnificent array of flowers and fruits within the pavilion. There seemed to be fewer artisan gardens than previously, and they were vying for innovative use of tiny spaces. By contrast, the show gardens were less…

  • How did you get into Esotericism?

    How did you get into Esotericism?

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    Extract from an interview Louise Huber gave to Verena Bachmann in 2003, first published in German in ‘Astrologie Heute’, recently translated into English by Sue Lewis. VB: How did you get into esotericism? LH: As a result of the Second World War. I suffered four years of war. Initially I wanted to study sports, then…

  • London Astrological Psychology Group

    London Astrological Psychology Group

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     The London Astrological Psychology Group has been established for a number of years and meets in Battersea about once a month on Saturdays from 2-5pm. My flat is opposite the Battersea Flower Station. Our next session, on Saturday 9 July, will focus on Sun, Moon, Saturn, and the family chart. Would anyone wishing to attend…

  • Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)

    Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)

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    The graphic artist, M. C. Escher, known to his friends as Mauk, was born on 17 June 1898, at 07:15, in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (Rodden Rating: AA). His chart resembles a paper aeroplane with green wings and has a vertical emphasis. Seven planets are in the fourth quadrant, and five are in airy Gemini, Sun with…

  • Leo Rising

    Leo Rising

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    Leo Rising: The story of the Astrological Lodge of London, by Kim Farnell (Maidstone: My Spirit Books, 2015), www.astrolodge.co.uk As many readers will know, the Astrological Lodge of London was founded by Alan Leo (1860-1917) on 13 July 1915 and held its first meeting on 13 September the same year. So, in 2015, we have…

  • Sepp Blatter

    Sepp Blatter

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    Sue Lewis discusses the chart of this man in the news. Blatter has ‘resigned’ since this post was written. [Reposted due to disappearance of the 3rd June original.] Sepp Blatter, aged 79, President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) since 1998, re-elected in 2002, 2007, 2011 and on 29 May 2015, has asserted…

  • Student perspective on an important book

    Student perspective on an important book

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    This post by Tatyana Caidheann gives a student’s perspective on Sue Lewis’s recent book, amplifying the reviews that appeared in the recent issue of Conjunction. An important book that put the content of the diploma course into context for me. I was lucky enough to have Sue Lewis as a tutor throughout the Huber diploma…

  • Astrological Psychology, Western Esotericism, and the Transpersonal

    Astrological Psychology, Western Esotericism, and the Transpersonal

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    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 &…