Just an Astrological memento from bygone years.

[piercethevale]

About 1997 or 8 I found this in one of my mothers books and she said i could have it.
It was in perfect shape then. ...but the past 10 1/2 years of my life have been a very rocky road to follow....and most all of my possessions that made it through that time period have taken a beating..or been stolen...etc.
Anyways...I just found it again in a bunch of Memorabilia that my mother had kept all the many years since I graduated form H.S and before.

...So check this out

[piercethevale]

...and the inside of the program ...notice one of the 'sermons' is about "Parsifal'...Hmmmmmm?

[Moog]

That's pretty cool :happy:

is your mum an astrologer too?

[Love2Know]

Omg cool, his first name was Manly?

[piercethevale]

That's pretty cool :happy:

is your mum an astrologer too?

My mother passed away on Jan. 6 this year. She was not an Astrologer but as a young woman she did investigate many forms of divination and was an avid student of all things metaphysical and of the paranormal as was my father to somewhat a lesser degree.
The one subject that was so passionately shared by both of them was the life and the readings of Edgar Cayce. As Cayce had pretty much all but condemned Astrology as it was practiced till his death in 1944 she had very little regard for it. She in fact used to warn my brother and I about getting too involved with it and especially as to taking it so serious as; 'To make a religion out of it."
I believe she was suitably impressed with what all I had demonstrated I have understood of it and mastered [to some degree anyways] in the 27 years I had been studying it; particularly what has come about in the last 11 years.
He younger sister was far more into continuing a lifelong interest in such tools as Astrology,Tarot, Palmistry etc.and the literature of the Theosophists.
To my aunt I owe her the acknowledgement of what I have learned from those sources...in fact I have a hunch this 'program' came into my mothers possession as the book I found it in was most likely one given to her by her sister....to my father for his wonderful optimism and keeping a roof over all our heads and paying the electric bill so that we could read [he was also an avid fan of the Cayce material...and anything about UFOs...]

[Love2Know]

Wow what an interesting family you have, seem pretty liberal in their thoughts! I am just regarded as 'special' ahaha. No one in my enviornment is interested in the stuff I am must be cool to have convos about it with your family members or friends! Even in uni all I learnt s I am just into pseudo sciences..... luckily I don't usually take others opinions to heart. What is considered metaphysical?

[piercethevale]

Wow what an interesting family you have, seem pretty liberal in their thoughts! I am just regarded as 'special' ahaha. No one in my enviornment is interested in the stuff I am must be cool to have convos about it with your family members or friends! Even in uni all I learnt s I am just into pseudo sciences..... luckily I don't usually take others opinions to heart. What is considered metaphysical?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics

[Love2Know]

Yeah I assumed I would get a wiki link lol no joke. I was too lazy to edit the question out. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duh

[dr. farr]

I attended several of Manly P. Hall's classes during the late 1960's and early 1970's (Hall's later years) given at his Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, California. His book, "Course in Astrology" (now unobtainable) was the first astrologiy book I read (back in the early 1960's), and his still available "Astrological Keywords" remains an invaluable reference for all students and practitioners.

[Love2Know]

Ouu good to know!!!!!!!!!

[piercethevale]

I attended several of Manly P. Hall's classes during the late 1960's and early 1970's (Hall's later years) given at his Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, California. His book, "Course in Astrology" (now unobtainable) was the first astrologiy book I read (back in the early 1960's), and his still available "Astrological Keywords" remains an invaluable reference for all students and practitioners.

Cool, I would of liked to have met him. It was only just the other day that I learned he was alive till 1990...I had thought he passed away during the 70s.
From what I read online I find little ref. to the Theosophists...I'd always been of the impression he was very much studied in and in association with them....any comments on this, Dr. Farr?
[...and I'm very curious what he had to say about Parsifal...are there any writings of His on the subject?...or do you know where I would go to ask such a question?]

[Moog]

I attended several of Manly P. Hall's classes during the late 1960's and early 1970's (Hall's later years) given at his Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, California. His book, "Course in Astrology" (now unobtainable) was the first astrologiy book I read (back in the early 1960's), and his still available "Astrological Keywords" remains an invaluable reference for all students and practitioners.

Coincidentally, I was reading that the other day:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Tulo9QoGvAEC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=astrological+keywords+manly+p+hall&source=bl&ots=Kw_8m1FFK9&sig=U1MKABxJBCY4lOVye6PVgCbmiZk&hl=en&ei=jxPnTrnUE9Te8QOM7bCICg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=astrological%20keywords%20manly%20p%20hall&f=false

[dr. farr]

Hall followed a blend of both Western traditional spirituality (Rosicrucian, Hermetic) and Eastern (Buddhist spirituality, Chinese philosophy), and although also accepting elements of Theosophy, actually could not be accounted a Theosophist per se.

Parsifal he interpreted largely along Rosicrucian/Hermetic lines, but similar in many ways to what Goethe and later Rudolf Steiner thought about the themes involved.

[piercethevale]

Coincidentally, I was reading that the other day:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Tulo9QoGvAEC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=astrological+keywords+manly+p+hall&source=bl&ots=Kw_8m1FFK9&sig=U1MKABxJBCY4lOVye6PVgCbmiZk&hl=en&ei=jxPnTrnUE9Te8QOM7bCICg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=astrological%20keywords%20manly%20p%20hall&f=false

Cool, great find...thanks!