Hi, Our spring correspondence courses start 21st March and you can now enrol on-line, over a secure connection, at our web site. For full details of course sylabus and an introduction see below. For details of timescale and prices please visit our web site.
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Best wishes. The D.K. Foundation PS. There are many free articles on various aspects of Esoteric Astrology, which may be of interest to you, available on our web site. New articles are added monthly, so its worth checking back if you havn't called in for a while.
http://www.dkfoundation.clara.net _______________________________ Introduction to The D.K. Foundation's Transitional Astrology Course. A correspondance course of four modules. Thank you for your interest in this course. Getting to grips with this approach to Astrology will take determination and application but, hopefully, it will give you, a different understanding of the System in which we live, move and have our being, and a different perspective on self and upon what can be done the opportunity which is our lifetime. This understanding may then be passed on to your own clients, pupils and those with whom you might discuss these matters. Our purpose in offering the course is to make a contribution towards getting into circulation and usage the knowledge which Djwhal Khul has made, and continues to make available, to humanity. 'Esoteric Astrology' Alice Bailey; published by the Lucis Press is the standard text and we draw heavily upon this work in Module I, taking care to define and explain the concepts in a way which will make them more accessible to the contemporary mind. 'Esoteric Astrology' appeared in a different time and a different cultural environment from that in which we live today. We do this with D.K.'s expressed consent and approval. Please use your Response Sheets to raise any queries about words, terms and concepts which you may not understand. This is their function. Modules 2,3 & 4 will address the matter of building of a bridge between the ideas laid out in Module I and everyday life. Those of you who have already tried to get to grips with 'Esoteric Astrology' will know that it is not an easy read. Indeed, it was never designed to be. The denseness of the text and the many obscurities are, in effect, a ring-pass-not, put into place by D.K. to prevent the knowledge falling into the wrong hands. The obscurities are not riddles. Many do not yield up their secret even after close and careful examination. Indeed, a closer examination sometimes reveals that the smoke screen is thicker than it at first appeared. This is particularly true in respect of the solar systems. D.K. insists that these safeguards must stay in place. His explanation is interesting: the solar systems - the phenomenal _expression_ of the Second Divine Aspect - contain the matrix for the unfoldment of consciousness and wide scale misunderstanding and wrong thinking could adversely effect this unfoldment. Despite its difficulties, Esoteric Astrology is a rewarding work to read: for an astrologer it is a lifetime's education condensed into one volume! Do, please, have a go at it if you have not already. It is widely distributed in a range of languages. And on the matter of reading the Alice Bailey books, D.K. has said very recently that he recommends 20 minutes quality reading in one sitting. After this time the brain will get too tired to take in much more. Every good wish as you start this course. There are sure to be the times when you think you understand less than you did when you started but there will be the other times again when you will feel inspired by what you have learned. That is the way the learning process goes in a subject like Esoteric Astrology when the mind has to struggle with such unfamiliar concepts. We all have to tread this path and endure the discomforts if we want the benefits of the knowledge. There is no other route. Persistence pays! Suzanne Rough Course Tutor _____________________________________ Transitional Astrology or converting orthodox astrology to esoteric mode : a course for practising astrologers. OVERVIEW Definitions: Orthodox astrology concerned with form Esoteric astrology concerned with consciousness Transitional astrology concerned with elucidating and using the connection between form and consciousnes This course in Transitional Astrology is designed for practising Astrologers. As it involves the ‘upgrading’ conventional horoscopy, a familiarity with the language and techniques of conventional horoscopy is essential for anyone wishing to take this course. The Grounding Course which is offered by the Foundation will bring interested people up to the required level of competence. As the Transitional Course is targeted at practising astrologers, there will no formal exercises set for students. We are very anxious not to interfere with ways of working which a practising astrologer develops in the course of working with his discipline and with his clients. Rather, we are offering through the course, concepts and techniques which we hope will be introduced into a student’s practice in whatever way he finds suitable. In place of exercises, we will be issuing Response Sheets with each lesson, which students may fill out, if they wish, raising the questions, problems, and considerations which form in their minds as they think about incorporating these ideas. These Response Sheets are to be returned to the Foundation where they will be given the attention of the course tutor and then returned to students. We hope that the Response Sheets will enable us to offer personalised guidance in the matter of introducing the new ideas. The Transitional Astrology Course comprises twelve lessons which will be issued during the course of three terms over the course of one year. SYLLABUS 1. Esoteric Overview 2. The Planets: The planets and the Rays Esoteric planetary rulership 3. Looking again at (i): The zodiacal signs 4. Looking again at (ii): The houses Areas of consciousness 5. The Principal Concepts (i) Purpose Creative contribution 6. The Principal Concepts (ii) Inheritance Creating the synthesis between past and present 7. The Principal Tools (i) The Sun 8. The Principal Tools (ii) The Moon 9. The Principal Tools (iii) Saturn 10. The Principal Tools (iv) Ascendant 11. Ascertaining: Personality purpose Moon complex Soul purpose Cross of the Heavens 12. Conclusion: Personality/Soul alignment Conscious decision making