Eliza Robertson From Archai Issue 8, 2022 One of the astrological points that has attracted much speculation and fanfare in recent years is Black Moon Lilith. In her exile, for Lilith’s stories often end in exile, she has been interpreted variably as: Inanna’s handmaiden; a night demon; a hag; a screech owl; a succubus; a seductress; an […]
Renn Butler From Archai Issue 8, 2022 I was inspired to pursue this research by Stanislav Grof’s remarkable article “2012: End of the World or Consciousness Revolution?” After reading it, I was curious to examine some of the most important archaeological discoveries and turning points in human history from the past 100,000 years, to see if they might […]
The Romantic Origins of Transpersonal Psychology Daniel Joseph PolikoffFrom Archai Issue 7, 2020 Literary Backdrop However one names, dates, or defines it, Romanticism transformed human consciousness. It is no accident that Wordsworth’s Prelude, perhaps the signature work of English Romanticism, revolves around the poet’s first-hand engagement with the French Revolution. Wildly enthusiastic at first yet bitterly disillusioned […]
Laura MichettiFrom Archai Issue 7, 2020 I am often struck by the inherent complexity of a field like the history of astrology. What does it mean to look back in time at astrology—a subject notoriously concerned with the future? Furthermore, extracting the history of astrology from the history of religion, philosophy, science, mythology, literature, astronomy, or esotericism, […]
Kent Bye From Archai Issue 6, 2017 Virtual reality is a new immersive computing paradigm that can hack our senses and convince our brains that computer-generated experiences are real, which raises fundamental questions about our understanding of reality. VR provides a direct experience of how our reality is mediated through our perceptions, which blurs the boundary between […]
Becca S. Tarnas From Archai Issue 6, 2017 Substantial evidence has been put forward for the astrological perspective, demonstrating the multifaceted ways in which astrology works. Yet below the surface of this evidence lies another question: why does astrology work? What does the recognition of this highly precise, yet poetically subtle, correspondence between planetary movements and events […]
Richard TarnasFrom Archai Issue 2, 2010 There are few frames of reference more illuminating of individual and collective archetypal dynamics and psychological conditions than an archetypally informed knowledge of current planetary positions. In the following pages I would like to set out an overview of the major world transits of the outer planets that I […]
Jessica Garfield-KabbaraFrom Archai Issue 5, 2016 Prelude Astrology is a soul-making practice. The astrologer participates in this sacred act by correlating experiences in the world with the movement of the planetary bodies. With its many incarnations, the soul passes through countless charts, each time living, growing, and creating from that chart’s unique archetypal structure. Astrology is a process of remembrance […]
An Evolving Perspective Delia ShargelFrom Archai Issue 5, 2016 For Jung, the call to individuate arises from the deepest sources of life and is supported inwardly and outwardly by the compensatory activities of nature. It is a call, therefore, that is not to be taken lightly. Both inwardly and outwardly nature strives unceasingly to bring about the realization, in the […]
Jung, Whitehead, and the Return of Formal Causation Grant MaxwellFrom Archai Issue 3, 2011 At first glance, C. G. Jung and Alfred North Whitehead might seem to have little in common. On the one hand, Jung spent the formative years of his early career working as a psychiatrist in a mental institution, during which time he began his […]
