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Astrological Mandala

Dane Rudhyar

4.28 · Rating details · 88 ratings · 7 reviews

Some three decades ago, in an attempt to produce a series of symbols that would be relevant to contemporary students of astrology, Marc Edmund Jones and a clairvoyant friend formulated the so-called Sabian symbols. Now Dane Rudhyar has taken these symbols and reinterpreted them to emphasize their character as a cyclic and structured series which formalizes and reveals the ...more

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Published April 12th 1974 by Vintage (first published 1973)

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Aug 07, 2012 Shala rated it it was ok

Train wreck...still reading but dint know why

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Mar 21, 2008 Kathy Kaylor rated it liked it

This guy is almost imposssible to understand but I did keep this book - all his others I got rid of.

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Jun 17, 2020 Liquidlasagna rated it it was amazing

Marc Lerner recommends these Dane Rudhyar books:

1 Astrological Signs
2 The Astrology of Personality
3 The Astrological Houses
4 The Lunation Cycle
5 Astrological Mandalas
6 An Astrological Study of Psychological Complexes (Advanced)
7 Triptych (Advanced)

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360 symbolic phases. Am I understanding this correctly that every series of 5 degrees [meaning 72 sequences as sure as 5 x 72 = 360] that every series of 5 degrees has something to do with: day1. New beginnings are surrounded by the seaward or backward pull of one's past experiences (experiences can be good such as positive successes through humble acts of kindness, or not such good things like personal failures through negative actions which may have led to having bad karma put on you, possibly 360 symbolic phases. Am I understanding this correctly that every series of 5 degrees [meaning 72 sequences as sure as 5 x 72 = 360] that every series of 5 degrees has something to do with: day1. New beginnings are surrounded by the seaward or backward pull of one's past experiences (experiences can be good such as positive successes through humble acts of kindness, or not such good things like personal failures through negative actions which may have led to having bad karma put on you, possibly in a past life or prior life style)... day2. With a detached outlook and new objective, this backward pull can be overcome through forward thinking, or by taking an outward direction... day3. A realization fills the hearts and minds (my beat your beat my brain your brain) and that everyone is part of a greater whole (like we are tiny microcosms of a vast and phenomenal greater super-duper macrocosm)... day4. Polarized and filled with awe, the reality can be actual. This can mean any form of integration, from the most possessive ego to the universal Self. (possessive to be in control, universal being common to all)... finally day5. Self-transcending can occur to reach new levels of experience toward a higher consciousness. In short, am I to understand that human beings walk this repetitive rhythm every five days, every week, every month, every year, for one's entire lifetime. And as sure as there are 365 days in a year, what can we expect during the middle of March. Do we just ride around on bicycles for five days in an attempt to free ourselves from the business of interpreting 360 Sabian symbols? To some extent, Dane Rudhyar's explanations of the pictures he describes with words, makes those conditions by Marc Edmund Jones most clear. I also get a sense that Rudhyar is open to letting go the rigor of sorting out a kazillion objects and images all day and night, and that by closing our eyes, we may find some temporary relief. Then again, our dreams can be vivid. Still, I find no evidence of sketches, drawings, photographs or illustrations in this book. ...more

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Apr 17, 2018 Joy rated it liked it

Parts of THE ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA - the Sabian symbols - will be useful to astrologers; most of the book will be useful to philosophers who are theosophically inclined. It’s amazing to me how hard Rudhyar works, sometimes, to make everything in life fit into his system of cycles and symbols. His search for meaning and archetypes in everything puts a filter between the viewer and the actuality. I don't think this is a reread book, at least not for me.

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