Sunday, 24th October 2004, at 50 Gloucester
Place.
Programme Organiser: Annabella Kitson
Join us from 9.30 for coffee for a 10.00 start. Organised by Annabella
Kitson, the annual History of Astrology Seminar will offer its usual variety
and interest.
Booking from 20 September onwards.
Lodge members £15.00 (£12.50 in advance)
Non-members £20.00 (£17.50 in advance).
Post to: A.L.L. History Seminar, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1
8EA
enclosing a stamped addressed envelope (or tickets will be held at the
door).
Or buy at A.L.L. meetings during term-time Mondays at above address.
Booking on the day, space permitting.
Please note revised prices.
The day will include:
| Nick Campion: |
Mystic Meg and Hermes Trismegistus:
The spiritual origins of sun-sign astrology: how Mme Blavatsky's
writings on the 'central sun' of Hermetic teachings inspired Alan
Leo to make the sun-sign the central feature of astrological interpretation. |
| Richard Foster: |
Feet on the ground, Eyes on the heavens:
Dr Foster looks at aspects of opus sectile pavements in medieval
England, in Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Old Sarum. |
| Peter Nockolds: |
Atalanta Fugiens' Astronomical Analogue:
The movements of inferior planets and Michael Maier's 1618 alchemical
classic. |
| Panel session : |
16th and 17th century views of astrology:
Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Thomas Browne. Questions from the floor |
| Rosalind Parks: |
Having worked on two archaeological sites in Israel
with late Roman and early Byzantine synagogues, Roz offers insights
into the enigmatic zodiac mosaics which have puzzled religious scholars. |
| Annabella Kitson: |
W.B. Yeats, famous Irish poet:
his written records of the astrology he applied to himself and his
family. |
| Mike Edwards: |
Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535) visited the
Court of Henry VIII as an ambassador, staying with John Colet, Dean
of St. Paul's. Mike presents a birth chart and considers his military
adventures in the service of Maximilian I, the German Emperor. |
The Panel includes Nick Campion, Bernard Eccles, Mike
Edwards, Annabella Kitson, Peter Nockolds, Roz Parks
and Simon Posner. |
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