The World of the Planets and Man offers 21 lectures in two Parts ...Part One: the experience of world rhythm as messenger between time and eternity: planets as mediators between Zodiac and man; Pythagorean triangle and music of the spheres; the numbers 3, 7 and 12, Caduceus and Rosicrucian cosmogony, Geocentric & heliocentric perspectives; the planets' polarity and sexuality; dignities, the 7 holy planets, phoenix; teachings of Ptolemy, planetary symbols; the individual in the concert of the stars; Sun and Moon as poles of Self, eclipses, 24 quarter-moon positions; "burden of the cross"; natal Moon in each sign, relative to Sun positions. Part Two: Mercury through Pluto; planetary dignities, in elements, signs and in aspect to each planet; the outer planets' challenges; transcending and imminent planets; music as analogy for planets' "tones;" the cosmic school of life in 7-year periods related to Saturn and Uranus; eternity-background of Neptune, interplay of "Self-concentration and Self-immolation." Mercury related to "Hermes Trismegistos and Smaragdine Tablet; copula between subject and object, perception expressed in logic, inductive, deductive, artistic and moral reasoning. Venus juxtaposed with Mars, Jupiter juxtaposed and in contrast with Saturn; the meanings of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; why Uranus carries "dangers" for immature souls, ego-stability and Self-relation. Neptune, as the cosmic and transcendental experience of the Self; the planet of "Meta" is expressed in 4 forms; meta-ethics (Fire), metaphysics (Earth), meta-logics (Air) and meta-psychics (Water) signs; Uranus-Neptune aspects and the qualities of generations. The Pluto-Janus connection, Self-development and evolution.

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