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The Mercury Labels: A Discography Five Volumes (Discographies)
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Mercury Records was founded in 1945 and soon became a major force in jazz and blues, classical, rock, and country recording. This five-volume discography provides a listing of all recordings made or issued by the Mercury label and its subsidiaries (Blue Rock, Cumberland, Emarcy, Fontana, Limelight, Philips, Smash, and Wing) as well as leased and purchased materials and recordings by independent labels distributed by Mercury. Much of the discography is devoted to recording session listings, which include details on personnel, recording dates, and master and issue numbers. Each volume ends with an artist index, which includes all the names appearing in the session listings of the volume. In addition to providing details on stereo/mono master number equivalences, and information on various formats, the fifth volume concludes with a general artist index, including all the names which appear in the earlier volumes. This discography is invaluable to all who seek details on the music and artists recorded in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Avoiding hyperbole while writing about a possible medical catastrophe is no easy task, but David Kirby has created a fine balance of investigative and personal detail in Evidence of Harm. Combining stories from the parents of autistic children with reports, speeches and studies from researchers, pediatricians and government officials, he creates a picture that is as terrifying as anything dreamed up by Hitchcock.
The topic at hand is determining whether high levels of organic mercury present in an inexpensive preservative used in vaccinations can cause either autism or autism-like symptoms. Kirby's in a delicate position, searching for the truth between frantic parents (he focuses on the founders of political action group Safe Mind) and the self-protective pharmaceutical industry (the author thanks the nameless person who placed a pro-Eli Lilly litigation rider into the Homeland Security Act of 2002). He's also honest enough of a reporter to admit to the temptation of deciding mercury is the culprit behind a range of disorders, even in light of some inconclusive test results. The ultimate truth isn't clear, and Kirby is direct about each of the reasons his sources have for their biased opinions.
While some of the straight research reports will likely to go over the head of anyone not well versed in the terminology, the book is never dull--there is a continual urgency in the material that resists pedantry. However undecided the experts, readers will likely land firmly in one angry camp or the other. Jill Lightner
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In the 1990s reported autism cases among American children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation's already crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given soon after birth or in the early months of infancy. Most of these shots contained a little-known preservative called thimerosal, which includes a quantity of the toxin mercury. Evidence of Harm explores the heated controversy over what many parents, physicians, public officials, and educators have called an "epidemic" of afflicted children. Following several families, David Kirby traces their struggle to understand how and why their once-healthy kids rapidly descended into silence or disturbed behavior, often accompanied by severe physical illness. Alarmed by the levels of mercury in the vaccine schedule, these families sought answers from their doctors, from science, from pharmaceutical companies that manufacture vaccines, and finally from the Center for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration-to no avail. But as they dug deeper, the families also found powerful allies in Congress and in the small community of physicians and researchers who believe that the rise of autism and other disorders is linked to toxic levels of mercury that accumulate in the systems of some children. An important and troubling book, Evidence of Harm reveals both the public and unsung obstacles faced by desperate families who have been opposed by the combined power of the federal government, health agencies, and pharmaceutical giants. From closed meetings of the FDA, CDC, and drug companies, to the mysterious rider inserted into the 2002 Homeland Security Bill that would bar thimerosal litigation, to open hearings held by Congress, this book shows a medical establishment determined to deny "evidence of harm" that might be connected with thimerosal and mercury in vaccines. In the end, as research is beginning to demonstrate, the questions raised by these families have significant implications for all children, and for those entrusted to oversee our national health.
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A Must Read.......2007-09-08
All of us will be effected to some degree or another by this public health catastrophe. The carnage will continue to unfold as thousands upon thousands of these casualties grow into adult body's. What will become of these kids and how will they cope?
A trusting populace allowed a generation of kids to be poisoned. If only Dwight D Eisenhower would have warned us about the Pharmaceutical companies! This book will convince you to question authority! No shots, No school, No Kidding! Who are these people? Many thanks to David Kirby for exposing the truth about what happened.
Dynamic Reporting on a Neglected Issue.......2007-04-06
This book is required reading for anyone who is concerned about the health of children all over the world. It is a comprehensive story of the crusading efforts of parents whose children were disabled after receiving required immunizations containing thimerosal, a toxic mercury substance. While battling overwhelming barriers imposed by both private and public interests, these parents succeeded to finally gain preventive action, although much irreparable damage has already been done to thousands of children. The research is exhaustive. This is a battle that must continue if we value the health of our children.
A good step forward.......2007-02-24
Thank you Mr.Kirby for being brave enough to write about this subject.
Recognizing vaccines as an important trigger for autism is going to be like recognizing the problem of global warming. we are finally starting to admit that we are causing the problem. So, are vaccines.
Do you believe everything you hear?.......2007-01-21
Anyone can write a book like this claiming to be based on extensive research and fact, but often books like this come out completely biased. Signs of autism usually surface at about 1-2 years of age and at about the time that many vaccines are being given. Medical records have shown that the increase in autism falls several years after the use of thimerosol being stopped, therefore the children in the group of increased incidence were not even born early enough to have received the thimerosol laced vaccines. By the way, that would be medical records in countries not including the U.S., because yes thimerosol is still used in vaccines in the states. Although, research has also shown that the levels of mercury in the vaccines are well within the safety limits. I would hope that anyone getting all riled up over this book would not limit their knowledge of the subject to this one text. If its going to cause you to go on a crusade, please educate yourself completely and not just regergitate the first thing you hear about a subject. It will only lead to more ignorance, which this world is in no need of.
horrible inaccurate misleading book.......2007-01-17
Kirby has so many factual errors in this book that it's scary. He says that Asperger's syndrome is what used to be called "idiot savantism." How anyone could make an error like that is astonishing, it's so far from the truth. He says mercury is the second most toxic substance on earth. it's not, not at all. This book promotes a very narrow and very ugly view of autism and has been very damaging to the lives of autistic people, in my opinion.
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In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz left his aircraft testing job to join NASA and champion the American cause. What he found was an embryonic department run by whiz kids (such as himself), sharp engineers and technicians who had to create the Mercury mission rules and procedure from the ground up. As he says, "Since there were no books written on the actual methodology of space flight, we had to write them as we went along."
Kranz was part of the mission control team that, in January 1961, launched a chimpanzee into space and successfully retrieved him, and made Alan Shepard the first American in space in May 1961. Just two months later they launched Gus Grissom for a space orbit, John Glenn orbited Earth three times in February 1962, and in May of 1963 Gordon Cooper completed the final Project Mercury launch with 22 Earth orbits. And through them all, and the many Apollo missions that followed, Gene Kranz was one of the integral inside men--one of those who bore the responsibility for the Apollo 1 tragedy, and the leader of the "tiger team" that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts.
Moviegoers know Gene Kranz through Ed Harris's Oscar-nominated portrayal of him in Apollo 13, but Kranz provides a more detailed insider's perspective in his book Failure Is Not an Option. You see NASA through his eyes, from its primitive days when he first joined up, through the 1993 shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, his last mission control project. His memoir, however, is not high literature. Kranz has many accomplishments and honors to his credit, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but this is his first book, and he's not a polished author. There are, perhaps, more behind-the-scenes details and more paragraphs devoted to what Cape Canaveral looked like than the general public demands. If, however, you have a long-standing fascination with aeronautics, if you watched Apollo 13 and wanted more, Failure Is Not an Option will fill the bill. --Stephanie Gold
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A breathtaking, first-hand account of the early days of the NASA space program, through the eyes of the man who held it all together...
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Perhaps best known through Ed Harris's Oscar-nominated portrayal in the film Apollo 13, Gene Kranz was a NASA flight controller throughout the entire manned space program. Kranz witnessed everything from Alan Shepard's and John Glenn's early flights in the Mercury program through the triumph of Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind in Apollo 11 and the near-disaster of Apollo 13. Kranz headed the "tiger team" that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts, and he provides new details about the urgent and successful improvising that brought the crew safely back to Earth.
Failure Is Not an Option is a thrilling insider's account of Mission Control from the early years of trying to catch the Russians to the end of the manned space program. It is filled with behind-the-scenes stories, including the painful self-examination that took place following the Apollo 1 disaster and the daring decision to schedule an Apollo flight to the moon before NASA had ever launched a manned rocket beyond earth orbit. Kranz's stories about the dedication and resourcefulness of the astronaut corps and Mission Control teams show how an organization dominated by young people only in their twenties could succeed in one of the boldest missions in human history, placing a man on the moon in less than a decade.
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Inspiring reading for technical leaders of all kinds.......2007-08-15
While I confess to being a lifelong space buff, this book is the first of many memoirs I have had the pleasure of reading from the actual men and women who participated in one of the greatest adventures in human history. I read it nonstop from the moment I brought it home, and have reread many sections of it numerous times. I believe it is a useful historical record of the golden era of the space program, but also holds many lessons for those who find themselves in formal or de facto positions of technical leadership in all types of organizations - churches, consulting firms, technical contractors, manufacturers, and probably many others with which I am not personally familiar. Thank you Mr. Kranz for all you have shared!
a fist hand report of the early NASA years.......2007-06-30
I highly recommend this book to all the poor men who already believe today that APOLLO is a whole fake
KRANZ tell the truth it is obvious when you read him
The best way to learn about spaceflight is through this book.......2007-05-17
Failure is not an Option
The first time I heard this sentence is when I saw the movie Apollo 13 (Tom Hanks), when I was only 7 years old. I then read the book only when I was 11 years old. Gene Kranz is a great writer as well as a great Flight Director.
The book explains about everything from Mercury, through Gemini, to Apollo in great detail. The book taught me a lot of stuff that I did not know such as that Gemini 7 was before Gemini 6A. The book explains why did it happen and how. It will also explains what they were going to do about it.
The book has 21 pictures and 397 pages of knowledge. I recommend it for everybody
Failure Is Not An Option..........2007-03-15
The book arrived within the scheduled delivery time in excellent condition.
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Not a bad book - not a great one either........2007-01-16
"Failure is Not An Option" is not a bad book, but it is not a great one either. Kranz provides certain insight into the role of NASA Flight Directors and the book is interesting to the extent it serves that function. However, Kranz occasionally gives major events fairly short shrift, while writing at length on an array of banal topics which are of limited interest. The reader is often left wanting greater details about events that shaped the space program and less information on subjects such as Kranz's management style or his trademark vests.
Moreover, Kranz's writing style is a little too compact and terse to make this book a consistently engaging read. Kranz uses the word "crisp" in seemingly every other paragraph. His writing style might be described in the same way. Unfortunately, it can make sections of "Failure Is Not An Option" a bit tedious at times.
Lastly, although a small point, Kranz makes no attempt to hide his political bent. The book is replete with praise for Kennedy and obvious (though unarticulated) disdain for Nixon. Kranz speaks with almost boy-like ardor of Kennedy's far-sightedness and vision for the space program despite the fact that many regard Kennedy's interest in space to have arisen solely out of a political desire to beat the Soviets - not for scientific or human advancement as Kranz would have the reader believe. At times, the political commentary proves irritating and distracting and Kranz's idolatry of Kennedy excessive and simplistic.
That said, this book is worth the read for the information it does impart and to supplement other texts on the space program, but it is not as gripping or engaging as "Lost Moon" or a host of others.
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After nearly 300 years, one of the most important alchemical and magical texts of all time has finally been translated into English! "For the modern student of the Western Mystery Traditions, it is impossible to over-estimate the importance of von Welling's work. Its influence can be traced through the doctrines and teachings of a host of European esoteric institutions - even those that helped give birth to the Golden Down and the Modern Occult Revival." - Lon Milo DuQuette In Goethe's immortal play, Faust, the brooding hero reflects upon the vainness of earthly knowledge and education. He opens a book of magic and is transfixed by an illustration of the magical universe. He resolves there and then to become a magician. The book that fired Goethe's imagination for that dramatic scene was a real book - the book of forbidden knowledge that evoked every mystical cliché - Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum. After nearly 300 years, one of the most important alchemical and magical texts of all time has finally been translated into English!
"For the modern student of the Western Mystery Traditions, it is impossible to overestimate the importance of von Welling's work. Its influence can be traced through the doctrines and teachings of a host of European esoteric institutions--even those that helped give birth to the Golden Dawn and the Modern Occult Revival."--Lon Milo DuQuette
In Goethe's immortal play, Faust, the brooding hero reflects upon the vainness of earthly knowledge and education. He opens a book of magic and is transfixed by an illustration of the magical universe. He resolves there and then to become a magician. The book that fired Goethe's imagination for that dramatic scene was a real book--the book of forbidden knowledge that evoked every mystical cliché--Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum.
This first ever English edition of Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum will appeal to anyone interested in the history or practical aspects of alchemy, astrology, magick, Rosicrucianism, esoteric Freemasonry, and the Golden Dawn. A perfect addition to any library of classic esoteric literature, this edition reproduces famous illustrations.
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Superb.......2007-03-24
If you're thinking of buying this you should know something about yourself or are willing to learn something about yourself. Inner exploration though frightening, is absolutely neccissary for ourselves to evolve. There really isnt anything more to know. This isnt a book to just purchase and sit on the shelf, there must be a reason for having an interest in the subject matter, then if you know what Im speaking of this is essential material.
Exceptional Translation of a Classic in Spiritual Alchemy & Theosophy.......2006-07-13
The tendency to interpret physical change in spiritual terms was part of alchemy from its inception in the ancient world. Beginning in the Middle Ages and well into the 18th century parallels were drawn between alchemical processes and the mysteries of Christianity. The preparation of the philosopher's stone was described in terms of death and resurrection and equated with the death and resurrection of Christ; the constituents of the stone, for example, the salt, sulfur, and mercury of the Paracelsians, were identified with spirit, soul, and body as well as the Trinity. For Georg von Welling the symbols and signs of nature carried deep correspondences with biblical revelation. The religious nature of many alchemical texts makes it difficult at times to distinguish those that describe actual laboratory processes from those employing alchemical language for purely spiritual ends. Nevertheless, there was a clear tendency among "spiritual" alchemists to distinguish themselves from those they disparagingly described as "puffers" or "sooty empirics". The English physician, alchemist, and Rosicrucian sympathizer Robert Fludd dismissed the work of practical alchemists as "chymia vulgaris". Only their imagery and symbolism kept these alchemists in touch with the fire and the furnace.
The upsurge in spiritual alchemy coincided with the breakdown of religious unity during the Reformation. Alchemical symbolism provided an ideal framework for individuals seeking new schemes of salvation both for themselves and the world at large. The books written by Jacob Boehme illustrate how well alchemical symbolism served spiritual and theosophical ends. Boehme's writings fuse alchemical, Paracelsian, hermetic, and kabbalistic themes into a theosophical exhortation to spiritual rebirth.
Much of the spiritual side of western alchemy was rooted in the notion that the world was a battle ground, in which the forces of evil (matter) battled the forces of good (spirit). This idea came from a variety of sources, neoplatonic, kabbalistic, and Christian. Alchemists were sometimes presented as quasi-Gods in their laboratories, as saviors redeeming base matter, equating the philosopher's stone with Christ and identifying themselves with both Although many alchemists were members of the clergy, their ventures into theology affronted a number of orthodox Catholics and Protestants.
Besides writing the book which made him famous Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum, written in German, von Welling lived an adventurous life, serving as a captain fighting the Turks at Vienna. Briefly appointed a counselor by Frederick I in Berlin, and supervising the salt mines as a metallurgist and mineralogist.
The Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum seems originally intended to be only about the alchemy of salt, it ended up covering much more. Initially published in 1719, and edited by "S.R." (Sincerus Renatus, a fellow theosopher), the author signed it as Gregorius Anglus Sallwigt. A note in it saya it was finished as early as 1708. This first edition contains only what was to be the first of the three parts of the subsequent versions. The second edition, published in 1729 (after von Welling's death and signed G.A.S), was the first to contain all three parts. Its first part had been edited by S.R. in 1729. The third edition (1735) was later re-edited in 1760 and 1784, and is considered the definitive and complete edition, upon which this Weiser translation is based. It is signed Georg von Welling and edited by C.S.; this stands for Christoph Schutz, a theosopher likewise interested in alchemy. Schütz also wrote the preface and inserted a text of his own on the "Eternal Wisdom".
Nothing is said in the book about either kabbalah or magic. For von Welling, these words are just synonyms for knowledge of Nature and Christian faith, understood in the "gnostic" sense von Welling intends them to have. They serve to designate his purpose of bringing together the "mysteria naturae" and the "mysteria scripturae". For him, Jewish Kabbalah employs 'throughout a misuse of the Divine Names'; but, the other hand, he occasionally praises the Christian Kabbalists. Actually, the Opus Mago-Cabbalisticum et Theosophicum is best understood as a book of spiritual alchemy and Christian theosophy, and for all practical purposes, the terms "kabbala" and "magic" are to be understood here as synonyms of it.
The Opus contains graphic geometrical drawings that have something of a "magical" flavor to them - not surprisingly, since they are meant to convey theosophical notions. Some of these drawings were later reproduced by numerous other authors and added significantly to the fame of the work. These diagrams are photographically reproduced in this edition.
The three parts of the Opus correspond to Paracelsus' "Tria prima", namely salt, sulphur and mercury. The central topics treated are the alchemy of salt, cosmogony, the Lucifer myth, an exegesis of Genesis, and chiliastic/eschatological speculations. Many of the themes of Opus are also borrowed from - Jacob Boehme. First there is the "Urgrund", understood as the ontologically primary reality in and of God, and His creation of the seven Spirits. Furthermore, one finds Boehme's exegesis of the first words of Genesis, the androgyny of Adam, and the myth of the Fall of Lucifer who becomes Satan. Last, but not least, von Welling borrows from Boehme the universalist belief in an "apokatastasis panton": the belief that after the consummation of all things at the end of time, all beings, be they good or evil, will return to God. But unlike Boehme, von Welling does not deal with the theme of the Divine Sophia.
Von Welling offers numerous theosophical interpretations of biblical verses in the light of alchemical concepts. For instance, salt, which is the main term around which most of his speculations revolve, corresponds to Christ; and the process of purification in alchemy is compared to that of Lucifer on the Last Day. This is not a new line of interpretation, since for already over one hundred years, spiritual alchemy - theosophy blended with alchemy - had offered speculations about salt. It was variously and even simultaneously regarded as a substance, a metaphysical principle and a religious metaphor. Von Welling assigns to the three Paracelsian principles (salt, sulphur, mercury) a role that is both celestial and terrestrial. In the wake of such alchemists as Knorr von Rosenroth, and Heinrich Khunrath, Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont, Georg von Welling deals with the "Schamajim", or the original balance between Fire and Water (in Hebrew "Aesch" and "Majim", used here as a symbolic oxymoron). Their separation is due to the Fall. It is more specifically in terms of both cosmology and metallurgy that von Welling is much indebted to F.M. van Helmont's Paradoxal Discourses, concerning the Macrocosm and Microcosm . . . (London 1685; German ed. 1691). Both share the same complex vision of the four elements as related to the planets, and similar cosmosophical views as well. The spirits of the four elements, or "elementals", are the object of a strong interest for von Welling, who deals with them in connection with his exegesis of the creation of the world. The two earlier relevant and important works on nature of the elementals had been Paracelsus' Liber de nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris (written in the 1530s), and Nicolas P.H. Montfaucon de Villars' Le Comte de Gabalis (1670).
Of the theosophical writings of the first half of the century, along with the works of Sincerus Renatus and Hermann Fictuld, the Opus ranks among the more influential. Its reception reached its height in the second half of the 18th century, during which two more editions appeared, in 1760 and 1784. Among the patients to whom the physician Johann Friedrich Metz recommended readings of these kinds was the young Goethe. Metz urged Goethe to immerse himself in von Welling's writings; and in his autobiography, Dichtung and Wahrheit (1811, Book VIII), Goethe even devoted a few pages to the readings that he had made of spiritual alchemical books, and in particular to his personal exegesis of von Welling's Lucifer narrative. There is good evidence that Georg von Welling's Opus was used in Rosicrucian and Masonic lodges in Germany and Russia also later writers on spiritual alchemy often referred to his ideas. Spiritual alchemy proliferated in the 18th century. Alchemical themes and symbols were integrated into Masonic and Roscrucian rituals among such groups as the Asiatic Brethren, the Lodge of the Amis Réunis, the Illumines d'Avignon, and various Rosicrucian orders in Germany. It is good that we have Georg von Welling Opus at last in a vivid and well wrought English translation. To the degree that it quickens our symbolic quest for the true philosophical stone may all those who study it remember Georg von Welling has a biting sense of irony and humor.
From the Editor.......2006-04-14
In Act I of Goethe's Faust, the hero broods alone in his chamber and reflects upon the vainness of earthly knowledge and education. He opens a ponderous book of magic and gazes in almost sensual wonder upon the lines and symbols on a diagram of the Macrocosm. Upon waves of ecstasy he gives voice to the passion that since the dawn of consciousness has consumed the student of the mysteries.
The archetype for the book that fired Goethe's imagination (and in his play initiated Faust's memorable career as magus) was in all likelihood a real book - a book that evoked every mystical clich? of the dramatic imagination; a massive and heavily illuminated work of alchemy, astrology, theology, magic, and cabbala which in 1719 dropped like a living culture into the fertile medium of western syncretic thought; a book that for the remainder of the 18th century would revolutionize the Rosicrucian, Masonic, and Hermetic movements throughout Europe; a book with which Goethe, and the brightest stars in the firmament of European esotericism were intimately familiar - Georg von Welling's Opus Mago-cabbalisticum et Theosophicum.
As important as this work seems to be, it has never been translated into English -- until now.
Meticulously translated by Joseph McVeigh, this is a stunning and highly collectable edition of one of the most important book on alchemy ever written.
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Worth Reading.......2004-05-04
This book is worth reading if you have the time and interest. Although the writing is not polished, Wilkinson's perspective is unique, insightful, and thought-provoking. I have studied Astrology and metaphysics for 20 years, yet still found the information useful. The concepts in this text are not, however, for the novice. Readers who do not have a solid understanding of Astrology before they begin are likely to be dissatisfied with this book, due to their own inability to comprehend the esoteric concepts contained therein. However, for the rest of us, I would say enjoy!
A useful guide for living in today's world.......2004-01-19
Robert Wilkinson's book is an amazing work that explains many different things associated with this interesting phenomenon which occurs three times a year. Just like the lunar cycles, the Mercury cycle is equally important in our lives. This book helps us understand everything we need to know about this in clear and concise language. It raises our awareness, reduces the misunderstandings, and helps us bring more order as we move through these strange periods.
I wholeheartedly recommend this work as being unique, useful, deep, and very well-written. If you or a loved one have Mercury retrograde in your chart, you may want to get this book to help gain insights into how a retrograde cognitive process can function at its best.
From personal experience, this book has helped me reduce my anxiety and frustration in coping with my Mercury retrograde. For instance, I learned that during these times, my life affairs actually move forward and things get a lot clearer for me. There are hundreds of more insights I've gotten from this remarkable work. You will too.
Resourceful, but not in depth.......2001-07-03
The author is a practicing professional astrologer over 30 years. This book is divided into two parts. The first part is an article of mercury retrograde - its general meanings and its application. The second part is a large volume of materials related to mercury retrograde, including a list of celebrities with mercury retrograde, a list of famous events during mercury retrograde, and a calender of mercury retrograde during 1900-2035. Even if you may not find any interesting issue in the first part, you can use the second part for your reference.
According to the author, people with mercury retrograde usually lack confidence in their own ideas. They tend to learn by copying others and rethink the same thing again and again. But there are some areas where mercury retrogate can work productively. These areas include teaching, doing research, and understanding non-verbal communications. The author also provides a cookbook about how to interprete mercury retrograde in each sign and what kind of impact transiting mercury retrogate brings to people of each sign.
Though the title of the book begins at "A New Look," I do not think that the author has peculiar opinion. The book does not go deeper into the topic, but I think that the semi-beginner of astrology can enjoy this book.
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