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Books:
From Here
to There: An Astrologer's Guide to Astromapping.
Edited by Martin Davis
Published by The Wessex Astrologer Ltd. Price £20
or about $40, Euro 27
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From Here to There - An Astrologer's Guide to Astromapping
Author: Edited by Martin Davis
| This is the long awaited follow-up to Astrolocality Astrology
- in which the author starts with the history of locality astrology,
telling its story from ancient Babylonia to modern times. He
then introduces essential works from contemporary astrologers
who are utilising locality techniques today. This is a brilliant
opportunity to learn from notable astrologers like: Bernadette
Brady, Kathryn Cassidy, Faye Cossar, Donna Cunningham, Robert
Currey, Dennis Flaherty, Arielle Guttman, A.Tad Mann, Chris
McRae, David Meadows, Dale O'Brien, Angel Thompson and Maya
White. |
The first
review is in! From Dell Horoscope magazine: [To be published soon]
Astrolocality Astrology: A guide to what it is and how to use it.
Author: Martin Davis
Published by The Wessex Astrologer Ltd. Price £12.50 or about
$25, Euro 17
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Martin
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Wessex Astrologer
Astrolocality Astrology
is the authoritative textbook on the locality techniques of Astro*Carto*Graphy,
Local Space and Geodetics.
Here's what Michael Erlewine, the originator of
Local Space had to say about the book:
"As the originator of the Local Space technique, so valuable
to me in understanding myself and my personal place in this world,
I had always hoped that some writer would take the time to document
this most useful and wonderful astrological technique. I had to
wait some 25 years for a book to accurately present the concepts
and the techniques in a clear, concise, and meaningful way. I want
to thank Martin Davis for making this possible. Good job! — Michael
Erlewine"
Here is what Linda Reid, author and head of the
Canopus Academy of Astrology has to say about Martin's book:
" I have to confess that when I took this
book to bed to read, I expected that I would be asleep within a
few minutes, if the apparent technical nature of the subject had
its usual soporific effect. 3 hours later I forced myself to put
it down.
Martin Davis has approached the techniques of astrolocality
astrology with step by step precision, building on the basic locality
map in easy to follow stages, so that layer by layer, the flat map
becomes a magical landscape. He has covered the principles of Astro*Carto*Graphy,
Local Space Astrology and the Geodetic Chart in detail, clearly
explaining the various applications for using the systems. However,
this is not just a technical treatise, the book is alive with tales
of his personal location experiences, skillfully interspersed between
the definitions so that at no stage does the reader become bogged
down in technicalities.
Davis writes in a crisp style with no padding - a rarity among
astrology books these days. He manages to capture the interest of
the reader with interesting anecdotal examples of well known personalities
so that the maps resonate with energy as one discovers a new perspective
on particular charts and events. I particularly enjoyed his treatment
of the shift in aspect patterns that occurs in various locations
and the consequent easing of difficult natal aspects. Our fates
are not sealed! We just have to emigrate!
Those astrologers interested in Mundane events gain from his
lucid exploration of the Geodetic chart and Davis takes this further
with the fascinating idea that we are drawn to particular locations
because those locations in a world geodetic chart match the angles
of one's Natal Chart. This is an interesting theory and is illustrated
with examples of what Davis calls 'resonance charts'. His theory
led me to check my own and discovered a direct resonance with the
town of Alice Springs. I certainly shall make a point of visiting.
This is a practical book, well illustrated with maps and
charts, but unlike other technical books is warmed by Davis's
obvious enjoyment of the subject. Students often complain to
me that they find it difficult to grasp the complexities of
locational astrology, do not fully understand which method
to use or indeed, what are the different methods of earth charting.
Davis has turned the complexities into simple terms and presented
the subject matter with clarity. No one need be confused after
reading this book. It rates a Highly Recommended from me and
is bound to be one of those books that become an old friend
and frequent reference source."
Linda Reid |