Mystery of Personal Identity

Psychology meets astrology in this exploration of that ancient question: "Who am I and what does life mean?" The author leads readers on a journey beginning with his own forty night vision quest in the woods alone, to Native American and other ancient and modern traditions of personality theory. A major focus of the book is "re-visioning" astrology into an astro-poetic language to meet the current need to find an alternative to the medical model of labeling personality. A new theoretical basis for astrology palatable even to skeptics. Unlike those who proclaim a scientific relationship between cosmos and personality, her we find an emphasis on how astrological metaphor can be used to transform the meaning of one's life, to awaken wonder and to heal. An in-depth case study presents therapeutic methods useful to the astrologer, and gives the psychotherapist a sense of how astrological symbols can be used to help a person explore their unique life's meaning. This work is a major contribution to the continuing synthesis of astrological and psychological ideas. While still in the form of a Ph.D. dissertation, this material won the 1979 astrology prize from the Astrological Association of Great Britain as the most valuable contribution to astrology that year. --- from book's back cover