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Free Will Astrology and the Rosicrusians

 
 
iconoplast
17:24 / 20.12.02
So I emailed Rob Brezny, who writes Free Will Astrology.

When I got to New York for orientation at NYU - this was in 1995 - I
remember reading my horoscope in the Village Voice. It mentioned a
rosicrucian manifesto along the lines of, "I vow to interpret every event
in my life as a direct communique from god to my soul."

It was a Saggitarius horoscope.

And I cut it out and taped it to my computer and kept it there until a few
years ago the computer was hand-me-upped to my Grandmother in Palm Beach
while I was out of the country. And the horoscope was lost.

You don't happen to have an archive somewhere, do you?

In any case, I adore your message and consider reading my weekly missive
one of the foundations of my spiritual life these days. Thank you for
what you do.

And, I swear to god, within ten minutes he replied:

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Here's an old Rosicrucian affirmation you
might be interested in trying out: "I vow to interpret every event in my
life as a direct communication from God to my soul." If you do this right,
every ad on the side of a passing bus becomes a pithy omen; every
eavesdropped conversation blesses you with a tantalizing bit of divine
guidance.
I've never recommended this exercise before because I didn't think it
would mean anything to you. Now, suddenly, you're more than ready.


I'm posting this, (1) Because I love that horoscope and am thrilled to see it again, and (2) just to somewhat publically thank Rob for being nice enough to ressurect one of my memories.
 
 
mixmage
01:38 / 21.12.02
word...
or should that be
Logos... ?

still mythic... [and drunk]
 
 
Anathema
02:00 / 21.12.02
Similar to Crowley's Oath of the Abyss, which he probably derived from a common source:

"X. that I will interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my Soul.

And if I fail herein, may my pyramid be profaned, and the Eye closed to me."
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
10:40 / 21.12.02
But it gets so damn tiring after a while...
 
 
FinderWolf
04:04 / 22.12.02
All I can say is, this is yet another cool synchronicity that's happened to me in the past few weeks. I was just thinking "I need to remind myself when I go online tonight to read Free Will Astrology's horoscope this week, since I didn't pick up the Village Voice this week and I always really enjoy and benefit from Rob's horoscopes." And I go to Barbelith, having forgotten about my desire to check out Free Will's site, and there's a thread mentioning it that reminded me to check it. On the site I see a book on his list (VALIS) which the universe has been sending me signals to read, and the new Flaming Lips CD, ditto (except "to listen to" instead of "to read").
 
  
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