Edmond Wollmann
2005-05-08 18:05:49 UTC
The New Astrology © 2005 Altair Publications
Edmond H. Wollmann
Original draft: March 87
revised October 94
2nd edition May 97
Current edition September 2002
When I began studying astrology in 1971 I was skeptical and going to
disprove it. However, any honest person who attempts this must become
aware of the corroboration between astrological symbolism and a
knowledge of self. Hence, the more I studied, the more mechanistically
obvious it became that there was something there. Of course some of this
acknowledgement was knowledge of self.
The "what" of course is the argument for invalidity of cynical minds
with no experience of operational obviousness that astrology reveals
when practiced properly. This "what" is still in the realm of the
unmeasurable (empirically). But there are many practices--even in
academia--that are known to work and be valid, that no objective
measurement can determine the "how" of.
As I learned astrology and psychology, I could see that my life often
unfolded with reason that I could not forsee, and that apparently
unconnected events and issues, were indeed connected. I began to feel
that perhaps there were some serious reasons behind existence that could
be readily observable. There must be a reason, I believed, for my own
and others life experiences and needs being so different. However, this
perspective raised more questions than it answered. If I had certain
needs or characteristics as indicated by the horoscope, was I fated to
experience only these? How do I change it? What is the source of the
"cause" of the horoscope? Where is the equalizer that balances the
experiential fact that some individuals never even hear about a religion
let alone have this one life to "redeem" themselves (guilt control and
manipulation through emotive appeals). Why does one chart have numerous
"negative" aspects and another numerous "positive"? Or both? The chart
exists AT birth, implying something "brought in."
Learning about reincarnation satisfied many of these questions. The
differing experiences were due to actions I had taken in previous
lives--that it was "really" one continuos flow, broken only by death and
rebirth, not unlike sleep and wake cycles during life between days. What
about the fact that time is essentially an experiential contruct and not
"real"? Actually these "lives" are all at once!
When I began counseling in 1979 I found that most person's needs and
conflicts about self worth and status (or what have you), were tied
strongly to the relationship with the parents and early environment. I
correlated this with psychological need and developmental theories; much
of it presented and pioneered by Noel Tyl in "The Principles and
Practice of Astrology" a 12 volume set. With this recognition in mind I
began counseling with the idea of assisting individuals in the
recognition of this fact and how they brought these beliefs forward into
adult conscious commandment. That self worth, for example, is determined
by the level (or lack of it) experienced as a perceived condition in the
early environment, and taught by the parents and societal expectations.
These beliefs are then carried forward, often in an unconscious state,
and externalized in interaction with the environment.
By the early 1980s I studied with great interest the channeling of
"Seth" by Jane Roberts. Especially the volume entitled "The Nature Of
Personal Reality", The Edgar Cayce material (A.R.E.), the approach of
the Rosicrucians, and Bashar (Darryl Anka), and the association, Kevin
Ryerson (McPhereson and John) on reality creation. Now there was a new
concern. If we create our own reality 100%, then why was the parental
structure so influential in determining a person's reality experience?
Why, or how, did we create the horoscope that we currently have? Where
does the interaction of nurture and nature begin and end?
It is really not that hard to piece together. The horoscope reflects the
belief momentum (past and present lives combined) and the resultant
effects of such momentum, because the universe is simply idea and
concept manifestation. The illusion is in the perception that there are
beginnings and endings of realities: Not unlike one day appearing to be
gone when we wake up the next. The parental interaction is the catalyst
that is unconsciously absorbed (and created BEFORE birth by birthtime
choice and parental choice) to manifest the best representation of the
belief structure of the identity involved and the experiences chosen as
themes to be explored in this life. The horoscope exists BEFORE parental
interaction and must therefore be a template vibrational version of the
momentum of belief already chosen to act as a springboard of
experiential developmental unfoldment.
The constellations and planets do not impel, compel, influence, energize
or in any other way determine the identity of the individual. They
reflect the signature of the persona. One version of "All That Is" or
God, looking at itself in another way. It is all one thing manifesting
in all the ways it can--of which--we are those ways. The horoscope is
the reflection of the momentum of the idea that you are at any given
moment. It is a tool to recognize (rethink or to comprehend with the
conscious mind) the idea you are and its momentum or probable outcome as
an effect of that definition. Tools of psychology, astrology or other
awareness enhancers allow us the opportunity to own the reality and
redefine it with preference through this knowledge of self.
Artisans do not "believe" or "disbelieve" in tools. They use and apply
the tool for the job at hand, and their concern is for effect and
improvement in the quality of life. Therefore the "proof" is in the
improvements--not the tools. An astrologer can only serve as an artisan
with a tool of self awareness.
Self awareness is the only agent of change for a probable "fate" in the
mirror of mind, matter.
Edmond H. Wollmann
Original draft: March 87
revised October 94
2nd edition May 97
Current edition September 2002
When I began studying astrology in 1971 I was skeptical and going to
disprove it. However, any honest person who attempts this must become
aware of the corroboration between astrological symbolism and a
knowledge of self. Hence, the more I studied, the more mechanistically
obvious it became that there was something there. Of course some of this
acknowledgement was knowledge of self.
The "what" of course is the argument for invalidity of cynical minds
with no experience of operational obviousness that astrology reveals
when practiced properly. This "what" is still in the realm of the
unmeasurable (empirically). But there are many practices--even in
academia--that are known to work and be valid, that no objective
measurement can determine the "how" of.
As I learned astrology and psychology, I could see that my life often
unfolded with reason that I could not forsee, and that apparently
unconnected events and issues, were indeed connected. I began to feel
that perhaps there were some serious reasons behind existence that could
be readily observable. There must be a reason, I believed, for my own
and others life experiences and needs being so different. However, this
perspective raised more questions than it answered. If I had certain
needs or characteristics as indicated by the horoscope, was I fated to
experience only these? How do I change it? What is the source of the
"cause" of the horoscope? Where is the equalizer that balances the
experiential fact that some individuals never even hear about a religion
let alone have this one life to "redeem" themselves (guilt control and
manipulation through emotive appeals). Why does one chart have numerous
"negative" aspects and another numerous "positive"? Or both? The chart
exists AT birth, implying something "brought in."
Learning about reincarnation satisfied many of these questions. The
differing experiences were due to actions I had taken in previous
lives--that it was "really" one continuos flow, broken only by death and
rebirth, not unlike sleep and wake cycles during life between days. What
about the fact that time is essentially an experiential contruct and not
"real"? Actually these "lives" are all at once!
When I began counseling in 1979 I found that most person's needs and
conflicts about self worth and status (or what have you), were tied
strongly to the relationship with the parents and early environment. I
correlated this with psychological need and developmental theories; much
of it presented and pioneered by Noel Tyl in "The Principles and
Practice of Astrology" a 12 volume set. With this recognition in mind I
began counseling with the idea of assisting individuals in the
recognition of this fact and how they brought these beliefs forward into
adult conscious commandment. That self worth, for example, is determined
by the level (or lack of it) experienced as a perceived condition in the
early environment, and taught by the parents and societal expectations.
These beliefs are then carried forward, often in an unconscious state,
and externalized in interaction with the environment.
By the early 1980s I studied with great interest the channeling of
"Seth" by Jane Roberts. Especially the volume entitled "The Nature Of
Personal Reality", The Edgar Cayce material (A.R.E.), the approach of
the Rosicrucians, and Bashar (Darryl Anka), and the association, Kevin
Ryerson (McPhereson and John) on reality creation. Now there was a new
concern. If we create our own reality 100%, then why was the parental
structure so influential in determining a person's reality experience?
Why, or how, did we create the horoscope that we currently have? Where
does the interaction of nurture and nature begin and end?
It is really not that hard to piece together. The horoscope reflects the
belief momentum (past and present lives combined) and the resultant
effects of such momentum, because the universe is simply idea and
concept manifestation. The illusion is in the perception that there are
beginnings and endings of realities: Not unlike one day appearing to be
gone when we wake up the next. The parental interaction is the catalyst
that is unconsciously absorbed (and created BEFORE birth by birthtime
choice and parental choice) to manifest the best representation of the
belief structure of the identity involved and the experiences chosen as
themes to be explored in this life. The horoscope exists BEFORE parental
interaction and must therefore be a template vibrational version of the
momentum of belief already chosen to act as a springboard of
experiential developmental unfoldment.
The constellations and planets do not impel, compel, influence, energize
or in any other way determine the identity of the individual. They
reflect the signature of the persona. One version of "All That Is" or
God, looking at itself in another way. It is all one thing manifesting
in all the ways it can--of which--we are those ways. The horoscope is
the reflection of the momentum of the idea that you are at any given
moment. It is a tool to recognize (rethink or to comprehend with the
conscious mind) the idea you are and its momentum or probable outcome as
an effect of that definition. Tools of psychology, astrology or other
awareness enhancers allow us the opportunity to own the reality and
redefine it with preference through this knowledge of self.
Artisans do not "believe" or "disbelieve" in tools. They use and apply
the tool for the job at hand, and their concern is for effect and
improvement in the quality of life. Therefore the "proof" is in the
improvements--not the tools. An astrologer can only serve as an artisan
with a tool of self awareness.
Self awareness is the only agent of change for a probable "fate" in the
mirror of mind, matter.
--
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A.
© 2005 Altair Publications, SAN 299-5603
Astrological Consulting http://www.astroconsulting.com/
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http://home.earthlink.net/~arcturianone/
Edmond H. Wollmann P.M.A.F.A.
© 2005 Altair Publications, SAN 299-5603
Astrological Consulting http://www.astroconsulting.com/
Artworks http://www.astroconsulting.com/personal/
http://home.earthlink.net/~arcturianone/