William Morris explores culture and history relative to food, herbs, Soul, and astrology. This in-depth, 3-part article explores the concept of Soul from antiquity to the modern era in China and Europe, and weaves it together with astrological planetary dignity, history and culture.
It is said that when he was near death, Plato had a dream in which he saw himself changed into a swan that flew from tree to tree making it difficult to catch him. Of all the philosophers, Plato is perhaps the most difficult to feel that one has him and his meaning properly netted and secure.
Astrological symbolism shows up throughout William Shakespeare’s works both in specific astrological details and as the archetypal basis for entire plays. In Part 2, Priscilla Costello explores these astrological references in The Merchant of Venice, Richard II, Hamlet, and more.
