Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View

Very speedy response to the request. Some twenty pages of the book were faulty in so far as they were about an inch smaller than the others but nevertheless contained their complete text. This was no problem particularly in view of the zero price tag. Great service and a precious product.

I'm a skeptic and this is thorough and convincing. Well written, critical, explorative, and fascinating. Well worth reading from cover to cover

Best book ever

Paraphrasing the Golden Bough ,which by its nature is a wondrous singularity, all roads indeed lead to where I stand

It never ocurred to me to take astrology seriously. Then some people I respect (Stan Grof and others)persuaded me otherwise. If meaning is integral to the structure of the universe and everything is connected then it is not too far fetched that the synchronicity of the planetary positions and the archetypes they represent become expressed in our lives through our natal charts and transits. This book mainly concerns the transits to our planet and illustrates the activity of the archetypal influences represented by the transits by historical events and movements. Tarnas does this well. He is as learned as you would expect from an author of a history of western philosophy. He loves his subject, he is prone to hyperbole. he's an enthusiast. My concern is that he may have just pulled examples from history to illustrate his theories. His hypothesis is brilliant and could be tested. A panel of historians blind to the astrology could rate eras and events according to criteria corresponding to the archetypal flavours proposed by Tarnas. If there was agreement between the historians and Tarnas then the case would be proven and this book would go down as a seminal text. At present it is just an interesting idea. A good read if you can forgive the rhetoric.

Good as per description

Excellent

I came to this book through astrology but it's a must read for anyone interested in psychology and our behaviour as individuals and collectively in society.

This came up in a recommendation as I was looking for introductory books about astrology. This book is fantastic! I would say one thing about it before you read-this is not a pop astrology book. If you are interested in things like horoscopes or more basic astrology, this is not the book for you. It has philosophical concepts in it, and it might be hard to understand if you are not familiar with philosophy and famous philosophers. I had several courses in college, and I would have not understood the first few chapters had I not. However, that was something which was appealing to me. If you enjoy philosophy, you will love this book. Also, if you are a Carl Jung enthusiast as am I, you will really appreciate this book. It is a very intelligent, academic look at the significance of the heavens and their relations to life on earth. The concepts are more along the lines of ancient astrology, in which mathematicians detailed the positions of stars in relation to world events and rulers of the time. There is a lot of exploration of world events, including wars and 9/11. It was fascinating. Tarnas believes in the idea of a "personal cosmos" and if you do as well, you will love this book. Even if you are not familiar with that idea but it appeals to you, I promise that you will want to read this book. I think Richard Tarnas is a great voice for the idea of a personal cosmos. I also think that he credibly addresses ideas that people in academia might dismiss. If there is anyone to be the voice that gets through to skeptics, it is Tarnas. Very well done!

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Profundo, provocante, provavelmente um dos melhores livros que li este ano.

Fantastic read

Very different than what I expected