The theory of celestial influence : man, the universe, and cosmic mystery / by Rodney Collin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collin, Rodney, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology--Miscellanea.

Cosmology.

Human beings--Miscellanea.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Pickle Partners Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Originally published in 1954, The Theory of Celestial Influence is an exploration of the universe and man's place in it. Drawing extensively on the teachings of Russian mathematician and esotericist P. D. Ouspensky and Greek-Armenian Esoteric doctrine teacher George Gurdjieff, author Rodney Collins examines 20th century scientific discoveries and attempts to unite astronomy, physics, chemistry, human physiology and world history with his own version of planetary influences. He concludes that the driving force behind everything is neither procreation nor survival, but expansion of awareness. Collin sets out to reconcile the considerable contradictions of the rational and imaginative minds and of the ways we see the external world versus our inner selves.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I-THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

I-THE ABSOLUTE

II-THE MILKY WAY IN THE WORLD OF SPIRAL NEBULAE

III-THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THE MILKY WAY

II-THE TIMES OF THE UNIVERSE

I-THE RELATION BETWEEN SPACE AND TIME

II-THE DAYS AND LIVES OF WORLDS

III-MOMENTS OF PERCEPTION

III-THE SOLAR SYSTEM

I-THE LONG BODY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

II-THE SOLAR SYSTEM AS TRANSFORMER

III-THE INTERACTION OF SUN AND PLANETS

IV-SUN, PLANETS AND EARTH

I-THE THREE FACTORS OF CAUSATION

II-THE SIX PROCESSES IN NATURE

III-THE FOUR STATES OF MATTER

V-THE SUN

I-THE PHYSICAL BEING OF THE SUN

II-HYDROGEN INTO LIGHT

III-POSSIBILITIES IN THE SUN

VI-THE HARMONY OF THE PLANETS

I-THE PLANETARY OCTAVES

II-THE MEANING OF THE HARMONY

III-THE CIRCULATION OF LIGHT: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE

VII-THE ELEMENTS OF EARTH

I-ELEMENTAL OCTAVES

II-SPEEDS OF DIFFUSION

III-THE TRIPLE CREATION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

VIII-THE MOON

I-THE MOON AS BALANCE-WEIGHT

II-THE MOON AS MAGNET

III-THE MOON AS EARTH'S OFFSPRING

IX-THE WORLD OF NATURE

I-THE SIX REALMS OF NATURE

II-NATURE IN SPACE: NATURE IN GEOLOGIC TIME

III-THE PERCEPTION OF ANIMALS

X-MAN AS MICROCOSM

I-THE ANATOMICAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR REGULATORS

II-TYPES: ENDOCRINE AND ASTROLOGICAL

III-THE BLOODSTREAM AS INDEX OF MAN'S BEING

XI-MAN IN TIME

I-THE SLOWING DOWN OF HUMAN TIME

II-THE MILESTONES OF LIFE

III-THE CALENDAR: SUPERHUMAN AND SUBHUMAN TIMES

XII-THE SIX PROCESSES IN MAN (i)

I-GROWTH

II-DIGESTION

III-ELIMINATION, AND THE ROLE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

XIII-THE SIX PROCESSES IN MAN (ii)

I-CORRUPTION

II-HEALING

III-REGENERATION

XIV-HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY

I-PERSONALITY, ESSENCE AND SOUL

II-SELF-REMEMBERING, CONSCIOUSNESS, MEMORY

III-THE PLAY OF HUMAN TYPES.

XV-THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZATION

I-FUNCTIONS AND CASTES: CELLS AND MEN

II-THE SOUL OF A CIVILIZATION: THE FOUR WAYS

III-THE DECLINING ABSOLUTE, OR COMPARATIVE RELIGION

XVI-THE SEQUENCE OF CIVILIZATIONS

I-CIVILIZATION'S EARTHLY HOUR

II-BIRTH AND REBIRTH OF CULTURES

III-THE AGE OF THE CONQUEST OF TIME

XVII-THE CYCLES OF GROWTH AND WAR

I-PHYSIOGNOMY: THE MIRROR OF MERCURY

II-VENUS AND FERTILITY

III-MARS AND WAR

XVIII-THE CYCLES OF CRIME, HEALING AND CONQUEST

I-THE ASTEROIDS, ECONOMICS AND CRIME

II-JUPITER, OR THE HARMONICS OF MOONS

III-SATURN AND CONQUEST

XIX THE CYCLE OF SEX

I-FASHION: THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PHASES OF URANUS

II-THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX

III-SEX AS THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION

XX THE CYCLE OF REGENERATION

I-FAVOURABLE PERIODS

II-THE WORK OF SCHOOLS

III-SCHOOL AS A COSMOS

XXI-MAN IN ETERNITY

I-DEATH

II-RECURRENCE

III-BEYOND RECURRENCE

APPENDIX ONE-THE LOGICAL AND SUPER-LOGICAL MINDS IN SCIENTIFIC ILLUMINATION

APPENDIX TWO-TABLE OF TIMES AND COSMOSES

APPENDIX THREE-THE THEORY OF OCTAVES

APPENDIX FOUR-PLANETARY TABLES

APPENDIX FIVE-TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS

APPENDIX SIX-TABLE OF HUMAN FUNCTIONS

APPENDIX SEVEN-TABLE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

APPENDIX EIGHT-THE CYCLE OF CIVILIZATIONS

APPENDIX NINE-PLANETARY CYCLES AND HUMAN ACTIVITY

APPENDIX TEN-THE CYCLE OF WAR

APPENDIX ELEVEN-RELATION BETWEEN THE JOVIAL AND SOLAR SYSTEMS

APPENDIX TWELVE-THE CYCLE OF SEX

APPENDIX THIRTEEN-THE CYCLE OF REGENERATION

APPENDIX FOURTEEN-BIBLIOGRAPHY

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.

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ISBN:

9781787200753

1787200752

OCLC:

974590659