This section is from the book "Astrology In A Nutshell", by Charles Henry Webber. Also available from Amazon: Astrology In a Nutshell.
The outer or personal man, that which manifests itself to others by some form of bodily expression, and through which we comprehend, or mind, the worldly expressions about us. It is our medium through which we exchange our soul possessions with the soul expressions of others. This mind action is largely governed, in the world, by the moon, polarized . to the sun force within us.
Well, it would not be inconsistent with the Bible to use such terms, on the plane of earth life, as the created image of universal life, but, so much confusion and contention has been created through a misunderstanding of these terms, that it would be far wiser to discard them, in the present understanding of astrology, until the world becomes better informed of the Divine truths contained in this science. Then each one may. easily, for himself, compare his findings with the Bible, and surprise himself with the harmony existing between the Bible and astrology.
The Bible speaks disparagingly of certain astrologers, who had abused, or misused the science, but, not of the science itself. The more one knows of both Bible and astrology the more he becomes convinced that the Bible is a book of astrology from beginning to end, and the Biblical characters most favored by the "God in heaven that revealeth secrets." were like Joseph, Daniel, Jesus and John, exceedingly well versed in astrology, and their lives and sayings fully attest the fact. It is difficult however, to convince average minds of that fact, until they become alike conversant with both Bible and astrology. In the world at large, it is no doubt a fact, that the Bible is as little understood as astrology. A union of Biblical and astrological knowledge would fill the churches and bring "peace on earth, good will to men."but the churches in past ages, made a misuse of astrology and thereby prostituted • knowledge and lost Divinity or the power to Divine.
Why, certainly not. The chapter implies, that the city of Babylon, had departed from the truth in all ways; in the practice of wisdom and of knowledge (v.10) and of merchandizing (v.15.) and of astrology. For this departure, the astrologers (not astrology) and every other class of people in the city were condemned, even the astronomers, who are the real "star-gazers."Astrologers do not gaze at the stars. Their work comes in after the stars have been gazed at, and recorded by astronomers. No person of today would oppose astronomy because the astronomers, (stargazes) of Babylon were caught with all the rest of that city working by Charlatan methods, instead of by true methods. The city at that time seems to have been given up to sorcery. Sorcery is a form of Divination, by the aid of evil spirits. Astrology has no more to do with spirits than astronomy or telegraphy. There are plenty of people today, heralded as "astrologers,"and "monthly prognosticators," who could not tell the sign the Sun is in on any day of the year. Only those ignorant of astrology would speak slightingly of astrology because of such ignorance of astrology. The only way to prevent fraud is to learn how to distinguish it from that which is true. Our wonder wheel is an educator in the line of truth.
Those who become posted on this line need never be deceived, even though they may never become adept in the science. The Bible, we believe, makes no mention of astronomers, except as "star-gazers,"and of no astrologers, except in Isaiah, as Quoted, and in Daniel. In the latter case certainly not disrespectful of the science, for Daniel himself was an astrologer, and by the king was made "master of astrologers,"because he excelled all the others in his interpretations, or.Divining powers.
It is quite evident that they were associated with astrologic studies, for they were accounted to be the wisest, most learned and scientific men of their day. As the science, from them spread among other nations, it became largely mixed with sorcery, and at the present day charlatanry is attached to it in the minds of those who have only superficial knowledge of it. Such ignorance of the true, or such prostitution of the true, is deplorable, but it in no way injures the science itself in the minds of those who know the false from the true;
They are nothing but individual expressions of the diseased mind of the community. Ignorance in the mind of the community creates these forms of deception. In fact the community invites them, entertains and feasts them, or they could not exist Nothing can exist that is not needed by someone. Ignorance invites anything sensational to feed its hungered mind. Bigotted ignorance is over-fed with some choice delusion and has closed eyes and ears to all things else.
We are yet in the "dark ages of the world,"and fraud will exist in church, state, social commercial and scholastic walks of life until astrology is properly understood and adhered to.
To a certain extent it did. because it confused the mind of astrologers over the proper centre, from which to make calculations, but, later on, it began to dawn upon discerning minds that earth and sun being in a straight line from each other, the angles of a circle would be relatively the same in effect, whether measured from earth or sun as centre; hence astrology, like Christ, was not killed; it was merely crucified, and a deep knowledge of astrology goes to prove that both Christ and astrology will return to the world in power together, and the Christ will manifest to the world, by endorsing astrology, as the "stone rejected by the builders,"and which will become the "chief stone of the corner.'* "The abomination of desolation"has girdled the earth. The time is not far distant, when these truths will dawn upon first one mind and then upon another; or in other words: "two will be reaping in the field; one will be taken and the other left.""He that hath ears to hear, let him hear,"but, let these ancient as-trologic prophesies work themselves out, and let these ignorant denunciations of astrology pass for what they are worth. We of today have minds as able as minds of the past.
Can we not prove the truth or falsity of astrology for ourselves? We can if we get on the right track of astrology and not on the fortune-telling track until our foundation is sure.
 
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