Bøker av Benjamin N Dykes

Abu Ma'shar's book on natal predictive techniques was the product of his old age, and this massive achievement has now been translated from the complete, original Arabic for the first time.This volume contains lengthy instructions and special advice on profections, distributions through the bounds, fardars, transits, solar revolutions, monthly revolutions and profections, the lord of the orb, the Ages of Man, the Indian methods of "ninth-parts," finding favorable and difficult years, and longevity techniques. Abu Ma'shar's complex method of monthly revolutions and profections is fascinating and the most complete available.All methods are detailed in a lengthy Introduction by Benjamin Dykes, with tables of selected readings and numerous helpful diagrams. This is a required textbook for Benjamin Dykes's traditional natal astrology course. Persian Nativities IV replaces the partial Latin translation, which was published as Persian Nativities III: On Solar Revolutions.

Astrological Magic: Basic Rituals & Meditations is designed for both beginning and experienced ritualists. Written by two veteran ritualists with twenty years of experience apiece, it describes magic in terms of spiritual healing, and is especially written for contemporary astrologers (both traditionalists and modernists) who want a more hands-on, ritualized, and astrologically-based spirituality to complement their chart-reading practices. This book is also designed for those interested in ritual magic, the Tarot, and meditative practices as paths to a spiritually-centered life. For those focusing on ritual magic, this book will teach them how to eventually write their own rituals. For those seeking a deeper understanding of the Tarot, it illuminates the astrological powers behind these cards, and for practitioners of meditation, every ritual includes two meditations.Following an extensive introduction full of instruction and hints, including a primer on astrological elections, Astrological Magic contains rituals on all Elements, Planets, and Signs, with a culminating ritual for each group. Tarot meditations and other visualizations, Appendices on incenses and color, and more are included in this invaluable guide to astrological ritual and spirituality.

The Search of the Heart is on a little-explored area of traditional astrology: the interpretation of thoughts and identification of issues and questions prior to a horary consultation. In this important new translation of Hermann of Carinthia and other authors in numerous Appendices, modern students will see first-hand how to calculate and interpret significators of thoughts and charts. With a lengthy interpretive introduction by Dr. Benjamin Dykes, it is essential for the practicing traditional astrologer.