View from the Big Hills

Going through my London Group archive papers this weekend, I came across a simple guide to drawing your own Tree of Life. This was first published in 1975. I remember following a similar set of instructions while I was working through the Outer Court programme in the 1980s, although this was by then metric!  In these strange times of COVID-19, self-isolation and quarantine, readers may enjoy experimenting with their own drawing skills. Here are the instructions:-   Materials:             Sheet of paper. Pencil (preferably 4H) . Ruler. Compasses.   Stage 1:                   Draw a vertical base line AD, say 8 inches long.   Stage 2:                 Mark the centre point B.   Stage 3:          ...

"Let us feel and obey the urge aroused by the great need of healing the serious ills which at present are affecting humanity; let us realize the contribution we can make to the creation of a new civilization characterized by an harmonious integration and cooperation, pervaded by the spirit of synthesis."  - Roberto Assagioli, Founding Father of Psychosynthesis. Will Parfitt first introduced me to Psychosynthesis in the late 1980s when he came along to talk to my North Kent / Charlton House Green Circle group about his then relatively new book, "The Living Qabalah". I had just bought his even newer book with the unreplicable title, "Walking Through Walls." "Walls" looked at a range of different systems and methodologies for overcoming those things which block us from reaching a greater potential. Star Trek, Psychosynthesis, Timothy Leary's "Circuits of Living" and Qabalah were some of the diverse range of topics cover...