17 March 2012 - 10 am - 4.30 pm
The History of the World Soul: Reflections on the Astrology of Cycles
Liz Greene & Nick Campion
This seminar will explore the profound and ancient idea of the collective psyche,
known in earlier centuries as the anima mundi or world-soul, central to the philosophies
of Plato, Johannes Kepler and C.G.Jung. We will discuss the fascinating practice
of relating world events to planetary cycles, sometimes referred to as ‘mundane astrology’,
and the ways in which this dimension of astrological work – known since ancient times
– is related to particular religious and social world-views and has paradoxically
both changed and remained strangely consistent across cultures and through the centuries.
The seminar will take the form of a dialogue between Liz Greene and Nick Campion,
who will explore both the history of the belief in the world-soul and its spiritual
implications, and the ways in which different astrologers and philosophers, past
and present, have used astronomical cycles to map world events and the fate of nations
and generation groups. The discussion will range from the concept of national horoscopes
to the psychology of generation groups, from philosophies of unfolding order to the
psychology of the collective unconscious, from the rise and fall of kings to the
collective as a living organism and the role of the individual as a mouthpiece for
both her/his generation and a vessel for the collective currents of the time.
Cost £55 for the day - Book here
Venue - The Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath
BA1 2HN in the Duncan Room
