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Astronomy and Spiritual Science

The Astronomical Letters of Elizabeth Vreede

Translated by Elizabeth Vreede and Anne Riegel

420 pp.
6 x 9

SteinerBooks
Paperback
$45.00
978-0-88010-588-0

This collection of the astronomical writings by Dr. Elisabeth Vreede is a fascinating compendium of scientific and spiritual knowledge. Between September 1927 and August 1930, Dr. Vreede wrote a monthly “letter,” available by subscription, about both modern astronomy and classical astrology in the light of spiritual science. These letters include clear explanations of the fundamentals of astronomy and discussions on the role of astrology in the modern world. They also include inspiring presentations of a worldview that sees the stars, planets, and all physical phenomena as manifestations of spiritual beings and spiritual activities.

CONTENTS:

Foreword by Norman Davidson
Introduction
YEAR ONE September 1927–August 1928

Letter 1 Astronomy and Anthroposophy
Letter 2 Concerning Rhythms and Constellations
Letter 3 On the Diurnal Movement of the Stars
Letter 4 The Annual Movement of the Sun
Letter 5 On the Annual Movement of the Sun and Stars
Letter 6 Concerning Our Planetary System
Letter 7 Concerning the Movements of Venus and Mercury: The Easter Festival
Letter 8 More About the Planetary World
Letter 9 Eclipses of the Sun and Moon: Whitsuntide [Pentecost]
Letter 10 More About Eclipses: The Saros Period
Letter 11 The Precession of the Equinoxes
Letter 12 More About the Precession of the Equinoxes: Nutation

YEAR TWO September 1928 –August 1929

Letter 1 When Mercury Stood in Libra: The Writing of the Stars
Letter 2 The Nature of Astrology
Letter 3 More About Astrology in the Light of Spiritual Science
Letter 4 Isis-Sophia
Letters 5-7 The Life Between Death and Rebirth in the Light of Astrology
Letter 8 The Horoscope
Letter 9 The Future of Astrology: The Life of Christ Viewed in Terms of Astrology
Letters 10-11 Comets
Letter 12 Comets III: Shooting Stars and Meteors

YEAR THREE September 1929 –August 1930

Letter 1 Comets IV: Shooting Stars and Meteors—Cosmic Iron
Letter 2 The World of the Stars I: Planets and Fixed Stars
Letter 3 The World of the Stars II: The Spiritual Beings in the Stars
Letter 4 The World of the Stars III: The Human Being and the Stars
Letter 5 The World of the Stars IV: Plants and Stars
Letter 6 The World of the Stars V: Nebulae
Letter 7 The World of the Stars VI: Nebulae and Variable Stars
Letter 8 The World of the Stars VII: New Stars
Letter 9 The Copernican System
Letter 10 Copernicus, Kepler, and Their Systems: The Movement of the Apsides I
Letter 11 The Movement of the Apsides II: Glacial Epochs
Letter 12 The World Ages

Notes on the Text
Index

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