The Universal Dream Book by Zadkiel

The Universal Dream Book by Zadkiel

For as long as we have been having dreams, mankind has been attempting to decipher them. Dreams are often considered important, powerful omens as evidenced by their many appearances in the Bible and in other religions worldwide. The Universal Dream Book has been a favorite for more than century. Zadkiel takes the most common dream symbols of his time and lists them in order, alphabetically, making this a dream dictionary. It accurately reveals what many symbols, animals and events truly mean when we dream them. This book is highly recommended for those engaged in dream research or who wish to explore the inner worlds more clearly.

William Lilly was born in 1602 in Diseworth, Leicestershire. He received a basic classical education at the school of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, but makes a point of saying that his master never taught logic. He began to dabble in astrology, reading all the books on the subject he could fall in with, and occasionally trying his hand at unravelling mysteries by means of his art. The years 1642 and 1643 were devoted to a careful revision of all his previous reading, and in particular, having lighted on Valentine Naibod's Commentary on Alcabitius, he seriously studied him and found him to be the profoundest author he ever met with. Lilly's most comprehensive book, entitled Christian Astrology, was published in 1647. It is so large that it came in three separate volumes in modern times, and it remains popular even today and has never gone totally out-of-print. It is considered one of the classic texts for the study of traditional astrology from the Middle Ages, in particular horary astrology, which is mainly concerned with predicting future events or investigating unknown elements of current affairs, based on an astrological chart cast for the time a particular question is asked of the astrologer. Lilly studied thousands of horary charts, most of the time successfully giving correct answers for a wide range of questions from the location of missing fishes to the outcome of battles. He then began to issue his prophetical almanacs and other works, which met with serious attention from some of the most prominent members of the Long Parliament. Lilly wrote a preface to Sir Christopher Heydon's An Astrological Discourse with Mathematical Demonstrations, a defence of astrology written about 1608 which was first published posthumously, at the expense of Elias Ashmole. After the Restoration he very quickly fell into disrepute. He died in 1681. In 2003 a commemorative plaque was placed next to the disused Aldwych tube station on the Strand. Lilly lived close to this spot. Richard James Morrison (15 June 1795 -- 5 April 1874) was an English astrologer, commonly known by his pseudonym Zadkiel. Morrison served in the Royal Navy, but resigned with the rank of lieutenant in 1829. He then devoted himself to the study of astrology, and in 1831 issued The Herald of Astrology, subse-quently known as Zadkiel's Almanac. In this annual pamphlet Morrison, over the signature Zadkiel Tao-Sze, published predictions of the chief events of the coming year. Morrison died on 5 April 1874.

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ISBN 13	9781585093267
ISBN 10	1585093262
Title	The Universal Dream Book
Author	Zadkiel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Book Tree,US
Year published	2008-12-04
Number of pages	140
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