“Easter Morning” by James B. Janknegt While you’re all nibbling on chocolate bunnies and hunting for easter eggs, I thought you might enjoy another take on this multidimensional holiday from a 1931 lecture by G. de Purucker, Gnostic scholar: Easter is a beautiful season of the year. It is not merely a day, it is rather a spiritual idea; indeed, it is an ideal — as it were a breath of the soul of antiquity, which has come down to... Read more

To Americans in the Heartland, Rudolph Giuliani was the mayor who led the people of New York through the difficult days after September 11 2001. While the President read a storybook to children and the Vice President fled into a bunker, Rudy Giuliani was the leader that all eyes turned to. To many New Yorkers, however, Giuliani was an arrogant and imperious mayor, who reduced crime by increasing police brutality and ironically failed to protect the city during the September... Read more

I can’t help but look at Nancy Pelosi’s renegade trip to Syria in light of the recent Full Moon in Libra. Libra is the sign of diplomacy and relationship building, and the Full Moon, of which we are still basking in its shadow, made a trine to Pluto which generates transformation and powerful change. The foreign policy of George Bush consists of ignoring nations that you don’t agree with and bullying those that you do agree with, and most thinking... Read more

Red Ice had a link to a series of videos on the esoteric founding of the United States called Riddles in Stone. [Update 4/8 – the video has been pulled, unfortunately but you may be able to download it here (I didn’t test it).] David Ovason has a fascinating book called The Secret Architecture of America that details the connections of the architects of the US capital in DC to Freemasonry, and reveals the occult symbolism that pervades the city’s... Read more

I am so grateful for the support of John and Susan Townley, founders of the terrific Astrococktail site that you have seen linked many times in these pages. John has been a widely published author for many years and popularized the composite chart technique that all astrologers now use. I’ve added some of his books to the bookstore (see the left-hand column). John and Susan have honored me with the “Featured Astrologer” bio on the site that they manage for... Read more

Richard Nolle’s Website of the Week page is a great place to hang out if you’re looking for interesting reading. One recent selection comes from Daniel Drasin and exposes the Art of Debunkery: Like all systems of truth seeking, science, properly conducted, has a profoundly expansive, liberating impulse at its core. This “Zen” in the heart of science is revealed when the practitioner sets aside arbitrary beliefs and cultural preconceptions, and approaches the nature of things with “beginner’s mind.” When... Read more

Photo by Beat Glanzmann from Corbis.com The Full Moon in Libra today has a decidedly airy quality, making this an excellent time for visualization and the birthing of new ideas. Libra is the sign of relationships, but it is an air sign so it tends to focus more on the idea of relationships than the actual experience of bonding. The Libra Moon is opposed by the Aries Sun, so there is a duality present in this Full Moon between our... Read more

Here’s the introduction, you can read the article in its entirety here. As April begins, Pluto has just turned retrograde as it does every year, spending about five months in retrograde motion (meaning it appears to move backwards from our perspective here on earth). Pluto is in charge of breaking down old structures that no longer serve us and facilitating their rebuilding, a process that can be difficult and painful or exhilarating and liberating. Pluto is not stressed this year... Read more