Teaching astrology

Torrens, R.G. The inner teachings of the Golden Dawn. New York Weiser, 1977. This book presents material which is not ordinarily available even to the serious students of esotericism. It ranges over the entire field of occult study. There is information about the mysteries, astrology, alchemy, the chakras and attwas, the Qabalah and many other branches of the ancient wisdom... 

The teachings of Aristotle and events in Egypt, India, China, and Mesopotamia stimulated the practice of alchemy. The early roots of alchemy, which was practiced for nearly two thousand years, are difficult to trace because much of the practice was shrouded in mystery and transmitted by oral tradition. The two main goals of the alchemists were to produce gold from base metals and to develop potions that would confer health and even immortality. The alchemists were crafts people who combined serious experimentation with astrology, incantations, and magic in hopes of finding the philosopher s stone. 

Christianity set men free from the bondage of this astrological fatalism by teaching that the power of Cod is greater than any fate or any astral spirits who might be thought to ordain human destiny apart from human will. It... 

Now, my working hypothesis I suggest that the astrology in Gosjud derives from sectarian Jewish apocalyptic teachings. Since Judaism was deeply Hellenized throughout the Second Temple Period and post-Second... 

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