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1915. A course of public lectures presented before the Astrological Society in the months of January, February and March of 1915. A synopsis of the three lectures follows: Lecture I discusses The Rising Star of the Material World, Science, Youth, the Age of Force and Assertiveness, National Consciousness, The Struggle for Individuality, The First Lesson of Mars; Lecture II is on the Culminating Star of the Material World, Philosophy, Maturity, The Age of Competition, Self-assertiveness, Combat and self-righteousness, National self-consciousness, Ambition, higher and lower, The Struggle between Might and Right, The Critical Stage, The Second Lesson of Mars; and Lecture III presents The Setting of the Star of Materiality, The Changing World, Moral Victory or the Decline and Fall, National Super-Consciousness, The Ideal State, Unity at home and abroad, The Transmutation of Mars.
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DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF WHEELS IN THE SKY www.groups.yahoo.com/group/wheelsinthesky A forum where one can learn about Gann and other market forecasters. Mars: the War Lord BY ALAN LEO Being the substance of a Course of P UBLIC LECTURES delivered before the A STROLOGICAL S OCIETY, in the months of January, February and March, 1915 WITH AN INTRODUCTION SAMUEL WEISER INC. New York 1970 SAMUEL WEISER INC. 734 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10003 ISBN 0-87728-021-5 Library of Congress Card No. 79-16451 Printed in U.S.A. by NOBLE OFFSET PRINTERS, INC. NEW YORK 3, N.Y. SYNOPSIS PAGE Introduction..................................................................... Lecture vii I. THE RISING STAR OF THE MATERIAL WORLD – Science, Youth, the Age of Force and Assertiveness – National Consciousness – The Struggle for Individuality – THE FIRST LESSON OF MARS 1 II. THE CULMINATING STAR OF THE MATERIAL WORLD – Philosophy, Maturity – The Age of Competition, Self-Assertiveness, Combat and Self-Righteousness – National Self-Consciousness – Ambition, higher and lower – The Struggle between Might and Right – The Critical Stage – THE SECOND LESSON OF MARS 21 III. THE SETTING OF THE STAR OF MATERIALITY – The Changing World – Moral Victory or the Decline and Fall – National Super-Consciousness – The Ideal State – Unity at home and abroad – THE TRANSMUTATION OF MARS ........... 47 Summary ......................................................................... 75 Lecture Lecture [This page is intentionally blank to facilitate double-sided printing.] FOREWORD MANY of those into whose hands it is hoped this book will come, will find the idea that there is any connection between the planets and man, a startling one. For it is entirely contrary to accepted notions. Astronomers of our day have unanimously declared Astrology a baseless superstition, and the plain man in the street naturally presumes that since they study the heavens they must know. A specialist however – and the astronomer is a specialist as regards his study, which deals with the physical constitution of the universe – a specialist is admittedly ill-qualified to pronounce judgment on matters outside his particular province, albeit he is often too willing to do so. And astronomers of our day do not study Astrology, showing themselves woefully ignorant of the subject in the few allusions they do make. KEPLER, whose Three Laws are the very foundation of modern astronomy, was a man of a different stamp: although he said some very sharp things about the astrologers of his MA RS : THE W AR LORD iv time, he attested the fundamental truths of Astrology in the following remarkable passage:– A N UNFAILING EXPERIENCE OF THE EXCITEMENT OF