The Planets Within: The Astrological Psychology of Marsilio Ficino - Thomas Moore

In his eloquent introduction Noel Cobb offers four reasons why Moore's introduction to Ficino's imaginal world of the Florentine Renaissance is important: First, it shows a way whereby the world may be ensouled, whereby soul is given body and is also nourished by the spirit. Second, through Ficino a vision is given us of our cultural roots in ancient Greece, and origins in the archetypal world. Third, it gives astrology at last the kind of home it deserves: a palace designed by Leonardo, decorated by Botticelli, furnished by Lorenzo and filled with the living music of Ficino's lyre. Fourth, because it deflates the ...  Read the complete review