Signs of the Times: Unlocking the Symbolic Language of World EventsHampton Roads Publishing, 1. apr 2002 - 430 pages “A unique and extremely interesting examination of both history and the unfolding present as seen through the prism of astrological significance.” —John Anthony West, author of Serpent in the Sky We may live in astonishing times, but they are not incomprehensible when you know how to read the signs. Everybody says we’re entering the Age of Aquarius, but when does it start, and how will we know what it looks and feels like? Ray Grasse deciphers the signs and correspondences of our nearing Aquarian future, using the tools of astrology, synchronicity, and mythology. He draws richly from contemporary religion, art, politics, science, even current movies, to show how the cultural signs of Aquarius and our likely future are already apparent and changing our world. The Aquarian Age will be marked by its intensely mental quality, when information will be the driving force of society and the biggest challenges we face will be those of the mind. Decentralization will be the order of business, either the empowered individual will reign supreme, or the collective interests of globalized society will predominate. It could be both. We are all participants in the global drama and all aspects of our inner and outer lives are bound up with the new Aquarian themes. Signs of the Times is the authoritative travel guide for the trip into our future—don’t leave the present without it. “An attempt, firmly anchored in the age-old tradition of spiritual symbology, to make sense of what often strikes us as utterly chaotic, arbitrary, and senseless.” —Georg Feuerstein, PhD, author of The Yoga Tradition |
Contents
Birthing the Aquarian Spirit | |
Glimpsing the Cutting Edge of Long Range Trends | |
Insights from an Entirely New Art Form | |
Television Cyberspace and the Global Brain | |
The Glorious FlatlandA Broadening or Shrinking of Horizons? | |
The Spirit of Aquarian Science | |
The Challenger DisasterAnatomy of a Modern Omen | |
Ganymede and the Cosmic Brotherhood | |
Egypt Atlantis and the Coming Archeological Revolution | |
Aquarian Concepts of Divinity | |
Aquarius and the Awakening | |
The Dual Zodiac Problem Just Who Isor Isntan | |
Seeds of Revolution Assessing the Effects of the | |
Drawing Down the Fire of the Gods | |
The New Aquarian Hero | |
Mysteries of the Double Helix | |
The Individual in a Mass Society | |
Endnotes | |
About the Author | |
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