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Loading... Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of Indiaby Hart deFouw
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The various astrologies of India have, over the course of many centuries, been combined and transmuted into a rare, fascinating and intricate discipline known as jyotish (light). Still an intrinsic part of India's religious and cultural life, it is also a universally applicable model which can easily adapt to western conditions. This book seeks to present jyotish not simplistically, but in a way that makes the subject accessible to the modern western reader, and at the same time to place it in the context of the many other disciplines - including philosophy, medicine, economics, astronomy and religious ritual - which it embraces. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)133.59445Philosophy and Psychology Parapsychology And Occultism Specific Topics Astrology Eastern Systems of AstrologyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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There is an issue of authenticity which in this genre has become critical. The authors do cite some scripture, but I feel this needs to be more diligently pursued. The 21st century has inherited a rat's nest of culture that cannot be made sense of without looking at the origin of our ideas. There's just too much controversy in Jyotish otherwise. ( )