Death, Rebirth, and Revolution

Archetypal astrology is concerned with the great universal themes and perennial experiences of human life, providing a cosmological context and archetypal framework that can be especially valuable amidst times of volatile change and uncertainty such as our own. Three such themes, forming a pri- mary focus of this issue of Archai, are those of death, rebirth, and revolu- tion-each powerfully constellated in current world affairs, reflecting experiences specifically associated with the...
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Archetypal astrology is concerned with the great universal themes and perennial experiences of human life, providing a cosmological context and archetypal framework that can be especially valuable amidst times of volatile change and uncertainty such as our own. Three such themes, forming a pri- mary focus of this issue of Archai, are those of death, rebirth, and revolu- tion-each powerfully constellated in current world affairs, reflecting experiences specifically associated with the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto T-square, the dominant world-transit alignment of recent years.In this issue, leading figures in the field-including Richard Tarnas, Stan- islav Grof, and Rod O'Neal-address topics such as the archetypal dynamics of astrology, personal encounters with the death-rebirth process in holotropic states of consciousness, and schisms and reformations within the Anglican church. This issue also includes an in-depth archetypal analysis of recent world events, such as the revolutionary uprisings of the Arab Spring, the Occupy Movement, and some of the major political, economic, artistic, and techno- logical developments of the 2007-2012 period. Other articles explore the ideas and creative works of figures as diverse as Plato, C. G. Jung, Pierre Teil- hard de Chardin, Leonard Susskind, and Jim Henson.