Alan Leo and Modern Astrology, with Kim Farnell

Описание: A discussion about the life of the astrologer Alan Leo, and how his work helped to revive astrology in the early 20th century, with Kim Farnell and Chris Brennan.

Alan Leo (1860–1917) is often credited with helping to spur the revival and popularization of astrology in the west in the early 20th century, through his efforts to publish magazines, horoscopes, and books.

In 1915 Alan and his wife Bessie Leo (1858–1931) founded the Astrological Lodge of London, which still holds weekly astrology meetings in London every Monday.

Kim has been the President of the Lodge since 2008, and we met in the research library of the Theosophical Society to conduct this interview on June 12, 2019.

Kim recently published a new book on Alan Leo titled Modern Astrologers: The Lives of Alan and Bessie Leo.

During the course of the interview we discussed how Alan and Bessie got into astrology, their efforts to promote the subject, and their impact on the field.

Kim’s book provides a detailed and insightful account of the practice of astrology around the turn of the 20th century, and I’d highly recommend checking it out.

The book is available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Astrolo...

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:20 Kim Farnell's background
00:08:25 Who was Alan Leo?
00:11:40 Theosophy
00:13:56 Leo's origins
00:16:31 Leo's astrology background
00:32:36 Theosophy
00:35:40 Bessie Leo
00:51:43 Leo starts publishing books
00:57:20 Revival of astrology in 20th century
01:04:27 Leo's legal issues
01:16:08 Leo made astrology accessible
01:21:49 Bessie's biography of Alan
01:24:30 Charles Carter
01:29:30 Kim's book