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The
seminars included in this fascinating volume deal with
the theme of astrology's use as a tool of global prediction
over the centuries especially as part of a religious vision
of the "end of days". Human beings have always been preoccupied
with whether and when the world will end, now no less than
in Babylonian and medieval times.
In
its earliest form, astrology was employed not for the individual,
but for the state and its ruler, indicating times of triumph
and defeat, flowering and disaster. The millennarian world-view
has not left us, and the fascination and panic surrounding
the eclipse of August 1999, the dawn of the year 2000, and
the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in May 2000 reflect
our continuing preoccupation with celestial events and their
portents. Every student of astrology can benefit from an understanding
of astrology's application to historical cycles, and its inextricable
links with those visions of the destiny of the world which
still dominate, albeit unconsciously, the ways in which we
approach the future.
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