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THE PHILOSOPHY OF ASTROLOGY

John Hammelton

A Treatise on the Structure of the Spiritual Universe ,

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Ground for the Mystical Experience.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

PHILOSOPHY

Background Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

History

Early Greek Philosophy

The System of Plotinus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Philosophy and the Solar System . . . . . . . . . 10

The One and the Sun

Planets of the Intelligible Realm

Creation and the Third Hypostasis

Concept of the Soul in Plotinus . . . . . . . . . . 20

Edgar Cayce on the Soul

PSYCHOLOGY

The Psychology of Carl Jung . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Synchronicity

Jung and Alchemy

Astrology and Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Archetypes of Astrology

Applied Astrology

THE SPIRITUAL-PHYSICAL UNIVERSE

Cold Dark Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Origin and Physics of the Sentient Universe . . . . . 48

Mind and Quantum Gravity . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Stars

Epilogue

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FOOTNOTES

Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Selected Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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INTRODUCTION

What follows is an attempt to understand the universe and our

unique place within it. I have no doubt that in the future the human

psyche will reach its full potential in discovering the reasons for its

existence. Meanwhile we must find solace in speculation based on

what is given, and hope for greater understanding about this elusive

mystery. While science seems to be giving us all the answers about

whom we are and the universe around us, the question of what we

are doing here in the first place remains unanswered. Mind is ever at

the center of human inquiry, yet seems isolated in studies of the

brain, so we must extrapolate to what mind reveals of itself through

the beauty of its own manifestations.

This treatise takes shape through great ideas that have marked

important milestones in the advance of human thought. Hopefully, it

will yield a common thread pointing to logically consistent views of

reality at work behind its meaning and purpose. Any system

considered metaphysical, that is, any belief system that emphasizes

spirit, soul, mind, divinity, or God, goes back to Platonic philosophy

for its Ideological support. Astrology falls into that category; it is not

an empirical science, nor is it pure mysticism. Astrology operates

essentially as an interface between the mental and physical realms.

Science continues to reveal secrets of the physical world, but

mysticism has always been here, still virtually unknown, yet holding

truths to be discovered within its own domain.

The system of Plotinus is not often clearly understood by people

with little knowledge of philosophical expositions describing so-

called reality. Even the term Reality is vague and confusing

depending on who is using it for what purpose. For the scientist, a

hypothesis that can be proven, or the deductive logic of

mathematics, best describes reality. For many philosophers, reality

is defined through mental constructs that explain our world of

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