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Dennis Elwell - Cosmic Loom
Identifier
010275
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Dennis Elwell (born 16 February 1930 in Stourbridge, England) is a British astrologer, journalist, author, and lecturer (now retired). He is the author of the book Cosmic Loom, and has contributed articles to the publications The Future of Astrology, the Astrological Association Journal, American Astrology, Prediction and Mountain Astrologer.
As a teenager, Elwell taught himself the basics of astrology. At the age of 19, he had an article on reincarnation published in the magazine Prediction. In 1953, he began writing regularly for American Astrology, a popular magazine that acted as a platform for contemporary astrologers. His association with the magazine continued for twenty years.
Elwell was a professional journalist for most of his life. At the same time, he explored astrological theory, following diversified interests in science and the works of Rudolf Steiner and George Gurdjieff. He began lecturing to astrologers in 1963 and gained a reputation for being an original thinker and stimulating speaker.
A description of the experience
Dennis Elwell – Cosmic Loom
You can take your chart in your hand and pretend it is the part you have been given for a play. Obviously in the theatre of life there are good and indifferent actors. If you have to play Sagittarius the Archer you can play the part well or not. No actor in the theatre is going to say to himself, now I have secured the role of the Archer I don’t have anything more to do; the producer will do it all. That would be to make the mistake of thinking he was not an actor but a marionette. He knows that the part has been played by giants of the stage before him. He studies the nuances they have brought to it, he examines it from all angles, perhaps he has done some background reading, he considers how he can make it his own, he experiments, he rehearses.
Should it be any different in real life? Everything in the chart can be raised to the level of an art form.
...........It is no bad idea, if you want anything, to look at the people who already have it, and ask how they acquired it. So who and where are the people who have achieved rich self development?
Looking around, it is easier to say who they are not. They are not in deep analysis. They are not thronging the consulting rooms of psychotherapists. They are not recounting their dreams at mind numbing length. They are not trying to explain their problems in terms of what mummy and daddy did or neglected to do. They are not dredging up their incest fantasies.
On the contrary, you find they are busy doing things that passionately interest them. They have work they feel enthusiastic about, absorbing hobbies. They are involved with other people, and give time and effort to those human contacts. In short, they are the paid-up, contributing members of the human race