The Mountain Astrologer, April/May 2001 issue "With Astronoesis, Anthony Damiani opens a whole new field for us to wonder at - the deep, sacred knowledge of the stars." -David Appelbaum, Parabola editor and Professor of Philosophy at SUNY New Paltz Schmidt, Co-Founder of Project Hindsight and Director of Research for the PHASER Foundation
Both traditions of metaphysics have been enriched by this ambitious project: an entirely new dimension has been added to astrological symbolism, and an entirely new symbolic formalism developed for the organization and integration of the concepts of traditional philosophy. Astronoesis shows that there is hope for a reconciliation between these two traditions by carrying out a metaphysical interpretation of the astrological chart, on the one hand, and by suggesting an 'astrological' interpretation of Neoplatonic philosophy, on the other. "For quite some time now, 'metaphysics' has meant one thing to students of Western philosophy and something quite different to esotericists. I would recommend this book to any serious student of Philosophy and Astrology, although I would warn the student that it is not for the philosophically faint of heart." -Robert Hand, author of Planets in Transit and many other works It has already had an impact on the way in which I think about the symbols of Astrology. It serves to reconnect Astrology with its own philosophical foundations which we can build upon rather than trying to graft Astrology onto other less appropriate philosophical foundations such as Theosophy, Jung, and modern Psychology in general. "I think that this is possibly the most important book on Philosophy and Astrology and the Metaphysics of Astrology in 1500 years, in other words since the fall of Classical Civilization.
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If you want to know how to live from within soul, this book will take you there, turning all assumptions you had about soul inside out." -Robert Sardello, author of Freeing the Soul from Fear, Stillness, The Power of Soul, and many other works. Then, with incredible deftness, the author works through a foundation for astrology that restores this ancient science of soul to its true nobility. Anthony Damiani takes us deep into the thinking of the greatest cosmologist of soul who has ever lived - Plotinus.
It is one of those few great works that show us who we are by placing an understanding of the human being within the context of the larger cosmos. " Astronoesis is the most significant book I have read in years. Each volume is individually shrink-wrapped and retails for only $90.īecause Astronoesis is oversized and heavier than the average book, shipping cost is higher than average. It has more than 170 figures and diagrams, is full-cloth hardcover bound with gold foil stamping on front and spine, smyth-sewn to lay flat, and is wrapped in a non-curling 4-color laminated jacket. It is in a 10" x 8" horizontal format, has 416 luxurious pages of 80# Finch vanilla vellum paper, and is 2-color throughout. In keeping with its exquisitely contemplative content, Astronoesis is beautifully designed and meticulously manufactured.
that are as far beyond it as the heavens are beyond the Earth." He then draws us deep into the mind of possibly the greatest of all cosmologists of soul - Plotinus - to show "that the basis of astrology is an acquaintance with the wisdom-knowledge that sustains the cosmos." With incredible deftness, he shows how deep contemplation of universal and omnipresent "wisdom emanations" comes to a vital and unique spiritual fulfillment in each birth chart -that is, in the unique image of the whole of life that each of us calls "my mind." embodies the wisdom of primal principles. "This, the sensible universe," states Anthony Damiani in his bold introduction," is the primordial scripture. It provides-for one willing to go through the labor-a transformation of consciousness into the capacity to live within the innerness, the inner life of the cosmos. nothing short of elegant, an object of art. for those who wish to penetrate to the living heart of astronoesis, the book hits with the force of revelation." - The Mountain Astrologer "This is an important book that could well occasion a reconsideration of astrology itself." -Robert Schmidt It is one of those few great works that show us who we are by placing an understanding of the human being within the context of the larger cosmos." -Robert Sardello "Astronoesis is the most significant book I have read in years. "I think that this is possibly the most important book on Philosophy and Astrology and the Metaphysics of Astrology in 1500 years, in other words since the fall of Classical Civilization." -Robert Hand
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