Subject: [world-vedic] B.V. Raman about the nature of astrology
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:25:45 -0000
From: "deandddd" <0108@terra.com.br>
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List Members,

Here are a few words from B.V. Raman about the nature of astrology, a 
rationale - the rationale. This is from the first pages of the book 
Muhurta.

Posted by Dharma/Dean:

The value of Time is inestimable. All objects in nature are produced 
in Time, developed in Time, and destroyed in Time. The truth of these 
statements requires no further proof. It stands unchallenged. Here we 
have a grand problem for solution: If the creative, protective and 
destructive forces are embedded in the all-powerful Time recognized as 
the great Kala Purusha in the astrological literature, then will it 
not be reasonable to study the influences of the various energies 
issued from the solar globe and from the other globes dependent on the 
Sun for their supplies of energies and reflected by them under various 
modifications? Astrology is a science which deals with time proceeding 
from the Sun and all the wonderful phenomena which are embodied in 
that mysterious agency. Scientific investigations have now led to the 
conclusion that "we are faced with a cosmic determinism." Astrology is 
a complete system of philosophy which requires the assistance of 
neither metaphysics nor physics. It is the empirical systematization 
of the idea that [CELESTIAL] RADIATION IS THE DETERMINANT OF ALL 
TERRESTRIAL PHENOMENA (emphasis mine). That idea is as valid today as 
when it was first started and the most striking experimental evidence 
of its validity has been furnished by modern scientific research. 
Being the first human attempt to apply mathematics to biology, its 
conclusions and broad generalizations are being confirmed by newer 
scientific data."

... Suffice it to say that we are living in a veritable sea of 
vibratory energy which unerringly and equitably supply the means of 
creating, maintaining and destroying life and its activities in our 
little universe. Planetary rays are unseen vibrations and they affect 
biological and psychological processes.

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