Programme

Provisional Programme (Subject to Change)

9:30 - 9:55 am: Arrive and Registration

9:55 - 10:00 am: Nicholas Campion: Welcome

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Session 1: Astrology in the Modern World (1)

10:00 - 10:30 am: Bernadette Brady - Astrology, a cosmological or a chaotic creature?

10:30 - 11:00 am: Frances Clynes - Online Astrology and its Impact on Astrological Practice

11:00 - 11:30 am: BREAK

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Session 2: Temples, Tombs and Megaliths

11:30 - 12 noon: Fabio Silva - The Prehistoric Skyscapes western Iberian project: an overview and update

12 noon - 12:30: Pam Armstrong - Skyscapes of the Neolithic

12:30 - 1:00 pm: Tore Lomsdalen - A Solar Calendar in Stone?

1:00 pm - 2:15pm LUNCH: A delicious vegetarian buffet will be provided

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Session 3: Exploring the Past

2:15 - 2:45 pm: Claire Chandler - What are the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM), and why are they such a valuable resource?

2:45 - 3:15 pm: Chris Mitchell - The Provenance of 'Arabic' Astrological Techniques

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Session 4: Astrology in the Modern World (2)

3:15 - 3:45 pm: Liz Hathway - Saturn: An auto-ethnographic enquiry into contemporary astrological practice

3:45 - 4:15 pm: BREAK

4:15 - 4:45 pm: Laura Andrikopoulos - Jung, Astrology and Modernity

4:45 - 5:15 pm: Bernard Eccles - 21st Century Astrology: Judgement Without Consideration

5:15 pm - 5:30 pm: Closing comments

Book Launch

5:30 - 6:00 pm: Dorian Greenbaum and Charles Burnett on their new publication,
From Masha'allah to Kepler: Theory and Practice in Medieval and Renaissance Astrology

Wine Reception: Join us for a toast to the Sophia Centre's fourteenth successful year and the launch of the Sophia Centre Press's new publication, From Masha'allah to Kepler. Edited by Charles Burnett and Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum, this is an important new work for the study and understanding of astrology in the Medieval and Renaissance worlds.

7 pm: Close