Mary Ann Evans (a.k.a. George Eliot) and the Harvest of Experience
This is the first of two presentations of literary masters from the nineteenth century whose bicentennials are this year. Eliot’s work displays moral vision with a keen sense of the drama of ordinary life.
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Astrologers Should Study Their History
Beginning Thursday September 17, with the International Academy of Astrology, there’s a course that takes astrology from the Bronze Age to the Islamic Golden Age.
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Jackie (and Rachel) Robinson: It Takes a Village
This winter was the hundredth anniversary of Robinson’s birth. We look at made for a civil rights champion seventy years ago.
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A Brave New Look at Astrology and Numbers: A Book Review
Joe Landwehr’s Astrology and the Archetypal Power of Numbers Part I: A Contemporary Reformulation of Pythagorean Number Theory...
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Pablo Casals: Musician and Activist
Pablo Casals was from an early age a renowned cellist, then a conductor and composer. He is famous for his discovery and performances of Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suites. He was from Catalan area of present-day Spain, and he lived during tumultuous times, particularly the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. He opposed the right-wing campaign and government of Francisco Franco to his dying breath.
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