2-Andrew, & All, Mark Kincaid....Astrology/astrologers, & 'Mysticism'....1

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, Mark Kincaid

<m.kincaid@m...> wrote:

 

> In fact, in the Vedic tradition, which is the ultimate authority for

Eastern

> Astrology or Jyotish, all of the principles, rules and ideas are due

to the

> 'consciousness cognitions' of vedic Seers, who were purported to be

able to

> see into the nature of Being, and cognize, directly the truths of

the ved.

 

On the origins of Vedic astrology please see:

 

http://accessnewage.com/articles/astro/rhist3.htm

 

On Ibn 'Arabi and astrology please see:

 

http://www.yeatsvision.com/Mansions.html

 

N.B.: 'Ibn 'Arabi's...cosmos gives a theoretical explanation of the

tropical system of the Zodiac, placing the Towers of the Zodiac in the

Sphere of the Starless Sky, above that of the Sphere of the Fixed

Stars, and below the Sphere of the Divine Pedestal and the Sphere of

the Divine Throne. Effectively he, therefore, gives the equinoxes

precedence over the precession of the stars, and ties the First Point

of Aries to the Vernal Equinox, which is seen as closer to the first

movers than the 'fixed' stars.'

 

Not all mystics share the same vision or arrive at the same

conclusion....but that's mysticism for you!

 

Andrew