The Case for Astrology

300 Pages·1970·34.334 MB·English

by  John Anthony West, Jan Gerhard Toonder

After Centuries of Debate,
Astrology Is BiggerThan Ev
This Book Tells Why.
John Anthony West
and Jan Gerhard Toonder
'
The Case

The
Case
Astrology
for
John Anthony West and
Jan Gerhard Toonder
COWARD-McCANN,
Inc.
New
York
SAN BRUNO PUBLIC LIBRARY. SAN BRUNO. CKOL
Copyright © 1970 by John Anthony West and Jan Gerhard Toonder
First American Edition 1970
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be repro-
duced in any form without permission in writing from the Publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-104692
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Introduction 13
Part One History and Technique 17
1 Dreams the Chaldeans Never Dreamed 19
2 The WhoreofBabylon SheSeduces Greece;
:
She Corrupts Rome 54
Foolish Daughter Carries On 76
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4 Sleeping Beauty Awakes 99
Part Two Objections 115
1 The Queen of Humbug 117
2 Queen's Counsel 13
Part Three The Evidence 145
Part Four The Future and Significance
of Astrology 199
Appendix 1 251
Appendix 2 257
Notes 260
Bibliography 275
Index 279
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Acknowledgements
The authors and publishers would like to thank the following
FOR the figures - Oxford Illustrators Limited. Mile
Lucie Lamy. Figs. 9 and 10 adapted from those in Le Miracle
Egyptien by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, Flammarion, 1963. M.
Gauquelin. Figs. 12 and 13 adapted from those in Les Hommes et
lesAstres, Denoel, i960. TheAstrological Journal. Figs. 14 and 1
adapted from those in The Scientific Point in Astrology A New
:
Discovery' by John M. Addey, Vol. Ill, No. 2, March 1961.
for THE plates - Radio Times Hulton Picture Library.
Plates 1, 11, 12 and 13. Mile Lucie Lamy and Editions Caracteres.
Plates 2, 4 and 6 originally reproduced in Le Temple de VHomme,
Vol. II, by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, 1958. Mile Lucie Lamy and
Le Caire. Plates and originally reproduced in Le Temple dans
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rHomme, by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, 1948. A. Burgess and B.
Sandkiihler. Plates 7 and 8. Sam Siegel, Metropolitan Photo Ser-
viceInc. Plate9. C. Bernstein, Black StarPublishing Co. Plate 10.