Breakfast in Fur

Literature & Fiction

Murray, Jessica

Poetry

Galileo Press

"Astrology and geopolitics may seem strange bedfellows, but Soul-Sick Nation puts the two together in a masterful hybrid to provide a perspective as extraordinary as the times we are living in. Using the principles of ancient wisdom to make sense of the current global situation, this keenly intelligent book elucidates the meaning of an epoch in distress and proposes a path towards healing. Soul-Sick Nation is neither a conventional astrology book nor a standard-issue political commentary. With clear, accessible language and a thorough appendix at the end, the book requires no previous knowledge of astrology; though it will introduce the newcomer to the subject with substantial depth. Using the vocabularies of astrology and Jungian psychology, Murray invites the reader to consider critical contemporary issues with a perspective that reaches far beyond partisanship and provincialism, piercing through the confusion and labeling that keeps so much of America's cultural discourse unimaginative and unhelpful. In Soul-Sick Nation, Murray offers an in-depth analysis of America's essential destiny -- uncovering, chapter by chapter, the greater purpose motivating this group soul. With a rare blend of compassion, humor and fearless taboo-busting, she shows how this greater purpose has been distorted, and how it can be re-embraced in the decades to come. She decodes current astrological transits that express the key themes the USA must learn in this period of millennial crisis -- including that of the responsibility of power -- spelling out the profound lessons the nation will face in the next few years. She sheds new light on troubling issues that the pundits and culture wars inflame but leave painfully unresolved: the WTC bombings, the violence in the Middle East, media propaganda, globalization, consumerism and the American Dream. In her interpretation of the birth chart of the entity born July 4, 1776, Murray reveals America's noble potential without sentiment and diagnoses its neuroses without delusion. Combining the rigor of a political theorist with the vision of a master astrologer, she explains how each of us can come to terms with this moment in history and arrive at a response that is unique and creative. This book will leave the reader revitalized, shorn of illusions and full of hope."

Soul-Sick Nation: An Astrologer's View of America

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Jessica Murray MotherSky Press

Many spiritual traditions single out as critical the epoch we are living in right now. The ancient prophets of India and Mesoamerica no less than our own contemporary scientists have identified these times as a tipping point. In this extraordinary collection of essays, Jessica Murray uses the symbolism of Western astrology to throw this daunting world moment into perspective. At the Crossroads pulls no punches in its discussion of the global realities that make our era so intense, elucidating the role we play as individuals. As she uncovers the deeper meaning of world-altering events, Murray shows how even the most daunting in them can be used to inspire the unique genius in every one of us.

At the Crossroads: An Astrologer Looks at these Turbulent Times

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Moving away from the highly constrained, purely humanistic and empirical studies of hillfort location and morphology of the past, this book presents a multi-regional GIS-based analysis of the form and siting of several groups of hillforts across Britain. The location and morphology of hillforts in Ceredigion, Dartmoor, Aberdeenshire, The Gower and Warminster are investigated through a combination of GIS-based analysis and field visits. An innovative approach of integrating movement with visibility is employed to investigate whether movement, visibility and topography influenced the location and morphology of these hillforts. This investigation emphasises the complexity of hillforts as a class of site. It demonstrates that GIS-based analysis, when combined with fieldwork, can effectively be applied to the investigation of hillfort location and form, paving the way for future research agendas within hillforts and beyond.

A GIS-based Analysis of Hillfort Location and Morphology (BAR International)

Archaeology

British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd

Astrology and geopolitics may seem strange bedfellows, but Soul-Sick Nation puts the two together to provide a perspective as extraordinary as the times we are living in. Using the principles of ancient wisdom to make sense of the current global situation, this book invites us to look at the USA from the biggest possible picture: that of cosmic meaning. With a rare blend of compassion, humor and fearless taboo-busting, Soul-Sick Nation reveals America's noble potential without sentiment and diagnoses its neuroses without delusion, shedding new light on troubling issues that the pundits and culture wars inflame but leave painfully unresolved: the WTC bombings, the war in Iraq, Islamic jihad, media propaganda, consumerism and the American Dream. In her interpretation of the birth chart of the entity born July 4, 1776, Murray offers an in-depth analysis of America's essential destiny--uncovering, chapter by chapter, the greater purpose motivating this group soul. She shows how this purpose has been distorted, and how it can be re-embraced in the decades to come. She decodes current astrological transits that express the key themes the USA must learn in this period of millennial crisis-including that of the responsibility of power-spelling out the profound lessons the nation will face in the next few years. Combining the rigor of a political theorist with the vision of a master astrologer, this keenly intelligent book elucidates the meaning of an epoch in distress, and proposes a path towards healing-of the country and of its individual citizens. Murray explains how each of us can come to terms with this moment in history and arrive at a response that is unique and creative. This book will leave you revitalized, shorn of illusions and full of hope.

Soul-sick Nation: An Astrologer's View of America

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