Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 6:17 pm
How did I miss this thread? Sorry guys, I've been a travelling fool the past few weeks and I'm doing catch up and here is one of my favorite topics.
If we're on an island, readability is important, I'd rather lose a bunch of books than my copies of John Frawley's "Astrologer's Apprentice." It is entertaining, learned and fun, which on a deserted island is important, and I'd bind them so I could meet Deb's requirements.
I have so many books I could have done without, I can't name them all. Liz Greene's might top that list although Stephen Arroyo is right up there too. I have two of his books and find them unreadable.
If I'm limited to tradtional texts it would be Christian Astrology and Ibn Ezra's Beginning of Wisdom that I would most want.
Noel doesn't get under my skin they way he does other people, but his style isn't for everyone. His book Astrology of the Famed is excellent for two reasons. He does some nifty rectification stuff, and the capsule biographies of his subjects, Cleopatra, St. Francis, Dracula, et. al, are all well worth reading. This book is out-of-print, but can be found in used bookstores. Even if you aren't interested in his astrology, read the biographies. I most enjoyed his work on St. Francis.
Tom
If we're on an island, readability is important, I'd rather lose a bunch of books than my copies of John Frawley's "Astrologer's Apprentice." It is entertaining, learned and fun, which on a deserted island is important, and I'd bind them so I could meet Deb's requirements.
I have so many books I could have done without, I can't name them all. Liz Greene's might top that list although Stephen Arroyo is right up there too. I have two of his books and find them unreadable.
If I'm limited to tradtional texts it would be Christian Astrology and Ibn Ezra's Beginning of Wisdom that I would most want.
Noel doesn't get under my skin they way he does other people, but his style isn't for everyone. His book Astrology of the Famed is excellent for two reasons. He does some nifty rectification stuff, and the capsule biographies of his subjects, Cleopatra, St. Francis, Dracula, et. al, are all well worth reading. This book is out-of-print, but can be found in used bookstores. Even if you aren't interested in his astrology, read the biographies. I most enjoyed his work on St. Francis.
Tom