Alan Leo and Early Modern Astrology, with Kim Farnell

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Religion

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Episode 209 features an interview with Kim Farnell about her new book titled Modern Astrologers: The Lives of Alan and Bessie Leo. 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. […]

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0:00.0	The Hi, my name is Chris Brennan, and you're listening to the astrology podcast.
0:25.0	Today is Wednesday, June 12, 2019, starting at, I believe, 12.50 PM in London, England, and this is the
0:36.2	209th episode of the show. Joining me today is Kim Farnell and we're going to
0:41.1	be talking about her new book titled Modern
0:43.4	Astrologers, The Lives of Alan and Bessie Leo. Hey Ken, thanks for joining me today.
0:49.2	Yeah, so we are actually today at the astrological lodge of London, which was founded by Alan Leo in 1915, right?
1:00.0	So we're in the Theosophical Society building, where the Middlesex
1:04.8	largest it was originally first met in 1915 and downstairs, this library that
1:10.5	we're sitting at the moment would have been there in the same way then.
1:14.0	So yes, Alums are come and set up here.
1:16.7	Brilliant.
1:17.7	And this is one of the research libraries here.
1:20.3	Yes, it's extending to the room behind us, which we can't actually see at the moment, but there's also an archive city has had,
1:27.0	down stairs, where they're constantly finding records they didn't know they got and re-catalogging them.
1:32.8	So new things are coming to light all the time.
1:35.4	Sure.
1:36.7	All right, so for those of my listeners
1:38.8	that are newer astrologers that might not
1:40.9	be familiar with your work yet.
1:43.0	Could you tell me a little bit about yourself
1:45.0	and what your background is in astrology
1:47.0	and some of the books that you've written?
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