Hi All,

Deb is going to put up a page on this (with free excerpts) soon, but I wanted to let the Skyscript folks know early that the second installment of my natal series is ready for the printer and will go on pre-sale within about a week. On my site I have begun to put up some study guides for people to use with the books.

Abu Ma'shar's On the Revolutions of Nativities proved to be too big to include in this volume, so it will be a stand-alone volume on solar returns, out later this year.

Contents of PN2:

Three Books on Nativities, by 'Umar al-Tabari, a colleague of Mash'allah's. This new translation supersedes the earlier Project Hindsight edition, using the Book of Aristotle and Abu Bakr to reorganize the first two books into a seamless, coherent approach to rearing, profections and annual directions. Delineation material on topics has also been compared and occasionally numbered for easier comprehension. Learning level: beginner-intermediate.

On Nativities by Abu Bakr. The first English translation of this famous and lengthy work from the 9th Century. Highlights include dozens of delineations for character and behavior, medical issues, and numerous professions. Learning level: intermediate.

The excerpt from the Introduction also describes a little bit about my upcoming "cycle" of volumes of medieval translations, which are designed to give students of traditional astrology a complete, start-to-finish experience, and to act as textbooks for courses and personal study. There will also be some introductory texts written by me, with excerpts from older authors.

Best,
Ben Dykes

Great news ! Look forward to to reading them.

Just to let everyone know, the free excerpts are now available on this link:

http://www.skyscript.co.uk/persian1.html

Thanks Ben!

Deb wrote:Just to let everyone know, the free excerpts are now available on this link:

http://www.skyscript.co.uk/persian1.html

Thanks Ben!

I cannot open the second pdf. It's just me or others are having the same problem?

margherita

I was able to open and download it fine, Margherita.

margherita wrote:

Deb wrote:Just to let everyone know, the free excerpts are now available on this link:

http://www.skyscript.co.uk/persian1.html

Thanks Ben!

I cannot open the second pdf. It's just me or others are having the same problem?

margherita

GR wrote:I was able to open and download it fine, Margherita.

Thanks, I tried again after your words, and I opened with another pdf reader, Adobe refuses.....

margherita

Hi All,

The sale I mentioned the other day has begun, until May 2. There is 20% off all books and the Logos & Light CD collections!

Ben Dykes

Check out Bonatti reprints of Treatise 5 and 6 here: http://www.bendykes.com/boa.php

This is great news