Book Launch

Skylights

The Sophia Centre University of Wales Trinity Saint David and The Sophia Centre Press

In Coordination with the Celestial Arts Education Library (CAELI)

This is a reminder of our virtual launch event for our newest book, Skylights: Essays on the History and Culture of Contemporary Astrology. This event is being coordinated with the Celestial Arts Education Library in partnership with the Sophia Centre. We hope you will join us!

6 pm – 7 pm BST, 9 August 2022

Praise for Skylights

"Skylights is empirical confirmation of the extraordinary variety, tenacity and longevity of astrology as an integral part of global human culture."
—Patrick Curry, author of Prophecy and Power: Astrology in Early Modern England (1989), Astrology, Science and Culture: Pulling Down the Moon, with Roy Willis (2004).

"Astrological language, its applications and its various interpretations as either empirical science or historical definition are amply examined in the present collection of splendid Skylights essays." —Michael York, author of Pagan Theology (2003) and of Matter Matters (2022).

"This volume offers innovative theoretical insights that can shed new light on our understanding of astrology as a system of knowledge, a metaphysical practice, and a path for human quests." —Kocku von Stukrad, author of Locations of Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Esoteric Discourse and Western Identities (2010) and A Cultural History of the Soul (2022)

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About the Author

Dr. Frances Clynes was awarded her PhD by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David on Astrology and the Internet: Frances Clynes is a graduate of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology and currently teaches on the Sky and Psyche module at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She also teaches at the Faculty of AstrologicalStudies and is the Vice President of the organization.