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Astrology Books
Cycles of Becoming, The Planetary Pattern of Growth, by Alexander Ruperti
American Ephemeris for the 20th Century 1900-2000 At Midnight Revised 5th Edition by Neil F. Michelsen
American Ephemeris for the 21st Century 2001-2050 At Midnight Revised 2nd Edition by Neil F. Michelsen
Cosmos and Psyche, by Richard Tarness
Anthroposophy and Astrology, by Elizabeth Vreede
Esoteric Astrology, by Alice Bailey
The Labors of Hercules, by Alice Bailey
The Gods Of Change by Howard Sasportass
Myths of the Zodiac by Kathleen Burt
Liz Greene Some of her books. “Relating” is a good one to start with. Also “The Astrology of Fate”
Dane Rudhyar Gives a great philosophical foundation for astrology. All are excellent!
Stephen Forrest Great 1990’s textbooks of traditional astrology, clear, concise, practical
Demetra George Any of her books. Great mythological, matriarchal oriented works.
Erin Sullivan Any of her books. Her book on Retrogrades is the best one available.
Mark Jones Any of his books
Making the Gods Work For Us by Caroline Casey
Archetypal and Jungian Psychology Books
While not ostensibly about astrology these authors and their books provide more provocative material than a great majority of astrological works.
Charles Ponce` Alchemy, Papers Toward A Radical Metaphysics and The Game Of Wizards
Jean Bolen Goddesses In Every Woman and Gods In Every Man
Sylvia Perera Descent To The Goddess: A Way Of Initiation For Women (An excellent understanding of Pluto & Scorpio from the archetypal perspective) and The Scapegoat Complex; Shadow And Guilt (Understanding Saturn and Capricorn Moon from an archetypal perspective) and The Irish Bull God and Celtic Queen Maeve.
The Way of All Women, by Esther Harding
Women’s Mysteries, by Esther Harding
Sex At Dawn, by Ryan and Jetha
Romancing the Beloved, by Joan Heartfield
Jung and the Story of Our Time, by Laurens Van der Post
Novels
Marion Zimmer Bradley The Mists Of Avalon, And most of the Latter Darkover Series beautifully elucidates the complexities Of Archetypal Virgo And other Feminine Archetypes that have been damaged or misunderstood by patriarchy.
The Aion, by CG Jung
James Hillman All of his books stimulate the reader in the same realms as Shamanic Astrology, especially these:
ReVisioning Psychology, by James Hillman
The Soul’s Code, by James Hillman
The Force of Character, by James Hillman
A Terrible Love of War, by James Hillman
Under Saturn’s Shadow, by James Hollis
The Eden Project: The Search for the Magical Other, by James Hollis
Four Eternal Women, by Molton & Sikes
When God Was A Woman, by Merlin Stone
Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, by Merlin Stone
Women Who Run With the Wolves, by Clarissa Estes
Journals
Archaeoastronomy, The Journal Of The Center For Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy magazine
Sky And Telescope magazine
The Mountain Astrology magazine
The Astronomical Companion and The Astronomical Calendar
by Guy Ottewell www.universalworkshop.com (note) 2016 was the last year for The Astronomical Calendar……Guy has replaced it with an on-line blog.
Astronomy and Archeoastronomy Books
Walking in All of the Squares: A Biography of Alexander Thom, by Archibald Thom
Dark Sparklers: Yidumduma’s Aboriginal Astronomy, by Hugh Cairns and Bill Harney
The Dawn of Astronomy, by J. Norman Lockyer
Megalithic Sites in Britain, by Alexander Thom
Living The Sky by Ray Williamson
Empires Of Time and Conversations With the Planets by Tony Aveni
Astronomy And The Imagination and Sky Phenomena by Norman Davidson
Movement And Rhythms Of The Stars by Joachim Schultz
Hamlet’s Mill by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha Von Dechend
Myth Of Replacement by Thomas Worthen
Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning by Richard Allen
Star Trek to Hawa-ii by Clyde Hostetter
Any Books by Robin Heath particularly The Lost Science of Measuring the Earth
Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon by Vincent H. Malmstrom
When the Dragon Wore the Crown by Don Cerow
Native American, Mayan and 2012
The End of Time, by Anthony Aveni
2012: Science and Prophesy of the Ancient Maya, by Marc Van Stone
Maya Cosmos, by Linda Schele
The Kivas of Heaven: Ancient Hopi Starlore, and The Orion Zone by Gary David
The History of the Hopi from their Origins in Lemuria, by Oswald Whitebear Fredricks
Polynesia and Hawaii
Tales from the Night Rainbow, by Koko Willis and Pali Jaelee
We, The Navigators: The Ancient Art of Land Finding in the Pacific, by David Lewis
Na Inoa Hoku, by Rubelite Kawena Johnson
Ireland and Scotland
The Discovery of the Dingle Diamond, by C.P.R. May
The Sacred Mythological Centers of Ireland, by Jack Roberts
Monument to Immortality and Island of the Setting Sun, by Anthony Roberts
A Legacy of Wisdom by Judith Nilan
The Books of Robin Heath particularly Temple in the Hills, Bluestone Magic, and Alexander Thom: Cracking the Stone Age Code
Invoking Ireland by John Moriarty
Alternative and Esoteric History and Cosmology
Books by John Major Jenkins including but not limited to
Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions and Mayan Cosmogenesis 2012
Earth Under Fire, by La Violette
Guardians of the Ancient Wisdom, by Stan Gooch
Total Man, by Stan Gooch
Uriel’s Machine, by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas
The Hiram Key and The Book of Hiram, by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas
Civilization One and Before the Pyramids by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
Books by Zecharia Sitchen, particularly The Cosmic Code and The Twelfth Planet
Dawn Before the Dawn, by Geoffrey Ashe
The Farfarers, by Farley Mowat
Earth Memory, by Paul Devereaux
The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye, by Weidner and Bridges
The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, by David Ulansey
Twelve-Tribe Nations, Sacred Number and the Golden Age, by John Mitchell and Christine Rhone
The Orion Mystery, by Robert Bauval and Adrian Gilbert
Anything by Graham Hancock, particularly: Fingerprints of the Gods, and Magicians of the Gods
Anything by Robert Bauval
Anything by Andrew Collins
Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient Egypt, by Robert Bauval and Thomas Brophy
The Master Game, by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval
Odysseus and the Sea Peoples, by Edo Nyland
Linguistic Archeology, by Edo Nyland
Eden in the East, by Stephen Oppenheimer
Atlantis: The Lost Continent Finally Found, by Arysio Santos
Signs in the Sky by Adrian Gilbert
A Vision, by W.B. Yates
Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed, by Laurence Gardner
The Magdalene Legacy, by Laurence Gardner
Philosophy and Shamanism
The Spell of the Sensuous, by David Abram
The Art of Dreaming, by Carlos Castaneda
The Active Side of Infinity, by Carlos Castaneda
The Planetarization of Consciousness, by Dane Rudhyar
Anything by Martin Prechtel, especially Secrets of the Talking Jaguar and Stealing Benefacio’s Roses
Anything by Jeremy Narby, especially The Cosmic Serpent and Intelligence in Nature
The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly
Books About Music
All really good reads!
FOREVER CHANGES: Arthur Lee and the Book of Love by John Einarson 2010
BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE PEGASUS CAROUSEL, With the Legendary Rock Group LOVE, by Michael Stuart-Ware 2003
NO CERTAINTY ATTACHED: Steve Kilbey and The Church, by Robert Dean Lurie 2009
NEIL YOUNG:WAGING HEAVY PEACE by Neil Young 2012
TIME FLIES: THE STORY OF PORCUPINE TREE by Rich Wilson 2017
INTO THE MYSTIC: The Visionary and Ecstatic Roots of 1960’s Rock and Roll by Christopher Hill 2017 starring Van Morrison and many others
ASTRAL WEEKS: A SECRET HISTORY OF 1968 by Ryan Walsh 2018 starring Van Morrison and the Boston sound.
RECKLESS DAUGHTER by David Yaffe 2017 the story of Joni Mitchell
HEADS: A Biography of Psychedelic America by Jesse Jarnow 2016 starring the Grateful Dead
WONDERFUL TONIGHT: George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Me, by Pattie Boyd 2007
GROWN-UP ANGER: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 by Daniel Wolff 2017
THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE: The Life of PHIL OCHS by Michael Schumacher 1996
DREAM BROTHER: THE LIVES AND MUSIC OF JEFF &TIM BUCKLEY by David Brown 2001
WHITE BICYCLES: MAKING MUSIC IN THE 1960’s by Joe Boyd 2006 great stuff about the Incredible String Band, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention
AN ACCIDENTAL MUSICIAN: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JUDY DYBLE by Judy Dyble 2016
LITTLE GIRL BLUE: THE LIFE OF KAREN CARPENTER by Randy Schmidt 2010
BLUES PEOPLE: Negro Music in White America by LeRoi Jones 1963 fabulous and amazingly prescient book about America and the birth of the blues
