astro thinking 4: addressing critics; symbolic vs. literal reality
Channel: Richard Swatton
Date: 2018-11-03

this video explores some of the dangers in working with symbollic reality due to it's links with the paleo-logic of schizophrenia and wish-fullfilling fantasies. However, when astrology is used in an "as if" fashion in the pursuit of finding the relevance and pertience of its symbolism to a particular situation, it is then that its value comes to light. Symbolic reality is indeed situated at a level of consciousness that lies "beneath" rational modes of thought, but that it can also reach into a transpersonal reality beyond thought and partake of a different order of knowledge, is also true. 2 dreams are given as examples where the dream imagery tapped into a super-ordinate reality. There is also a lenthy discussion about the symbolism of Jupiter and an example of mistaken hope concerning transiting Jupiter conjunct Asc where the astrologer read into it what he wanted to believe and become disappointed instead - an example where the symbolism of Jupiter appeared at the opposite end of its spectrum of its symbolic coverage to the desired result. The person of Anthony Lunt is also briefly mentioned.