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Read the following excerpts from Elements and Evolution: The Spiritual Landscape of Astrology- Table of Contents
- Introduction
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| Introduction | 11 | ||
| Chapter 1 - The 4 Elements | 15 | ||
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| Fire | 15 | ||
| Earth | 18 | ||
| Air | 21 | ||
| Water | 24 | ||
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| Chapter 2 - Neutral and Charged Elements | 29 | ||
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| Consensus and Non-Consensus Realities | 30 | ||
| Levels of Intensity | 31 | ||
| The Charged Elements: Water & Fire | 32 | ||
| The Neutral Elements: Earth & Air | 33 | ||
| Charged & Neutral Interactions | 34 | ||
| Charged & Neutral Elements in Astrology | 41 | ||
| Regarding the Planets | 44 | ||
| Venus as Neutral | 46 | ||
| Renewing the System | 47 | ||
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Cyclical Evolution | |||
| Chapter 3 - The Evolutionary Cycle | 51 | ||
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| The Modalities | 52 | ||
| The Evolutionary Cycle | 54 | ||
| Sequence of the Stages | 73 | ||
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| Chapter 4 - Aspects & Evolution Part I: Oppositions and Trines | 75 | ||
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| Aspects | 76 | ||
| Oppositions | 79 | ||
| Trines | 88 | ||
| Shadow Trines | 97 | ||
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| Chapter 5 - Aspects & Evolution Part II: Squares and Sextiles | 99 | ||
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| Squares | 100 | ||
| Sextiles | 113 | ||
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| Chapter 6 - Aspects & Evolution Part III: Quincunxes | 123 | ||
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| An Interconnected System | 134 | ||
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Progressive Evolution | |||
| Chapter 7 - The Evolution of Consciousness | 143 | ||
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| Enter Astrology | 145 | ||
| Resolving the Moon | 147 | ||
| Choosing the Past | 148 | ||
| The End of Separation | 149 | ||
| A Spiritual View of the Luminaries | 150 | ||
| Spiritual Fire | 153 | ||
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| Chapter 8 - Elemental Levels | 155 | ||
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| Earth: The Physical Level | 155 | ||
| Water: The Emotional Level | 157 | ||
| Air: The Mental Level | 160 | ||
| Fire: The Soul Level | 165 | ||
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| Chapter 9 - Liberation and Manifestation | 173 | ||
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| Liberation | 174 | ||
| Manifestation | 177 | ||
| Inspiring into Action | 178 | ||
| Interlocking Pyramids | 179 | ||
| Our Orientation | 180 | ||
| Personal to Transpersonal | 182 | ||
| The Universality of Symbolism | 183 | ||
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| Chapter 10 - The Spiral Stairway | 191 | ||
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| The Spiritual Path | 192 | ||
| Climbing the Stairway | 193 | ||
| Managing the Lesson | 195 | ||
| Bridging Worlds | 197 | ||
| Elemental Deficiencies | 199 | ||
| About Time | 201 | ||
| Fate and Free Will | 202 | ||
| The Self-Destruct Mechanism | 203 | ||
| The Spiritual Landscape | 205 | ||
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| Appendix - Complex Aspect Configurations | 209 | ||
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| An Evolutionary Technique | 209 | ||
| The Grand Trine | 212 | ||
| The T-Square | 215 | ||
| The Yod | 226 | ||
| Other Complex Configurations | 236 | ||
| The Wedge | 237 | ||
| The Square-Trine-Quincunx Triangle | 243 | ||
| The Square-Sextile-Quincunx Triangle | 250 | ||
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| Glossary | 258 | ||
| Bibliography and Further Reading | 261 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 265 | ||
