deb and yuz.,


Thanks so much that really helped.




Kevin

Yuz,


Following your directions I could not find the text:

"Advanced Papyrological Information System, APIS. In search put "astrology"."

I did not find APIS or the "search" possibility. Can you just post the link to the text?



Kevin

A small note of interest, the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah, kabbalist Sabbatai Zevi, amid widespread millennial thinking on behalf of Christians and Jews alike, predicted The Redemption to occur on June 18, 1666. On this date Pluto, close to the ecliptic, was conjunct the Sun in tropical Gemini, c...

Garry, Have you investigated the division of matter and spirit that occurred during the rise of Gnostic thought? While this will not point to the very origins of the principle, I believe it does mark the divide between Neo-platonic "static" realms, and Aristotean/deamonic magics. In examin...

Astraea, Well, I have just ran into this reference to The Timaeus, which in this person's summation deals directly with the directions of the zodiac, ascribing to dexter, the Monad and to sinister the Duad, following in general I suppose, Zoller's distinction. I don't have a copy of The Timaeus with...

Astraea, Yes, the internal agreement of Bailey with its own detail is remarkable and compelling to read. So if we put this all together. The manifesting and individualizing character of the dexter direction is one of spiritual involution, following the lunation of Ego, its varying states in accordan...

Astraea, It makes me laugh that you find them appealing and that they somehow irritate/confuse me. That's just the way it is in life and life is wonderful. Your Hand reference had me searching around for Bonatti information and then I suddenly realized that the same book by Zoller contains his trans...

Astraea, How do the "itoots" and "atoots" correspond? (I'm sorry I just don't follow Zoller's terms well. They have no derivation as far as I can tell, and the "a" and "i" mix in my mind.) In the article dexter is manifesting, but in Zoller it is Spiritual and...

Astraea,

I think your intuitions beautiful and clear. I am thankful for them. What do you make of the opposite assignment of "solarity" to dexter directions in the article posted? They do seem to contradict Hand (Bonatti) don't they?


Kevin

Astraea, I appreciate you attempting to align these two worlds actually. It is something that can be fruitful, and something that I attempt to do with some frequency. (Its seems our minds works somewhat in concert here). But I must begin with primary principles and work upwards and when primary prin...

Astraea, Okay so I'm right there on board, following you exactly. So if the "Lunar"/dexter path is considered the "right" path, that is, "not sinister", why does it move against the signs? In what way does it move against the signs? It instinctively feels like we are bl...

Astreae, What a fascinating thought but before I consider more deeply, I need to get the principles straight. They seem to be incontradiction. You say, Aspects on the Sun's side of the circle move forward in the order of the zodiac, from Leo to (and including) Aquarius; on the Moon's side, they move...