The Message of the Stars by Max Heindel

The Message of the Stars by Max Heindel

Danish-American mystic and astrologer MAX HEINDEL (1865-1919) is considered by some the greatest Western spiritualist of the 20th century, and with the aid of his wife, research assistant, and fellow occultist AUGUSTA FOS HEINDEL (1865-1949), he helped develop the modern teachings of the esoteric Christian philosophy of Rosicrucianism. Here, in this 1918 work, the Heindels examine the art of astrology through this lens of this mysterious strain of mysticism that connects humanity to the stars. You'll learn. . why the human body reacts to the vibrations of the planets that we interpret as astrology . how to interpret the complex influence of the planets on each of the signs of the zodiac . how the zodiacal signs affect human health, and which signs rule which parts of the body . how a healer can ensure his vibrations will complement his patient's for maximum therapeutic impact . how horoscopes can diagnose disease . and much more.

Max Heindel was a Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic who was born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Aarhus, Denmark on July 23, 1865. On January 6, 1919, he died in Oceanside, California, USA. Heindel left home at the age of sixteen to study engineering in Glasgow, Scotland's shipyards. As Chief Engineer, he traveled widely and was assigned to a huge Cunard Line passenger liner that sailed between America and Europe. He worked as a consultant engineer in New York City from 1895 until 1901.

Around this time, he married, but his marriage was ended by his wife's death in 1905. This union produced a boy and two daughters. After hearing C.W. Tolkien's theosophical lectures, he decided to pursue a career as a theosophist In 1904 and 1905, he became vice-president of the Theosophical Society of Los Angeles, which he founded.

He began studying astrology, which provided him with the key to understanding man's fundamental essence. Around this period, he met Augusta Foss, his future wife. In 1905, overwork and starvation caused him significant cardiac problems, and he was on the verge of death for months. During his rehabilitation, he became more aware of humanity's needs.

Throughout his sickness, he spent a lot of time out of his body, consciously working and searching for the truth in the invisible planes. From 1906 and 1907, he embarked on a lecture tour to disseminate his occult knowledge. Heindel claims to have been visited by a Spiritual entity who identified himself as an Elder Brother of the Rosicrucian Order, an inner-worlds organization founded in 1313 that has no direct relation to physical groups of the same name. Later, he discovered that during a previous visit by the Elder Brother, he had been subjected to a test to verify his eligibility to be a messenger of the Western Wisdom Teachings, and that only then was he given orders on how to access the etheric Temple of the Rose Cross, where he was in direct touch with and under the personal instructions of the Rose Cross Elder Brothers.

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ISBN 13	9781596059023
ISBN 10	1596059028
Title	The Message of the Stars
Author	Max Heindel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cosimo Classics
Year published	2006-09-01
Number of pages	696
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