An important statement
Minderwiz, first, thank you for posting this.
One point that Sue Ward made impressed me as being very important. Lilly has become an important milestone in astrological practice in terms of him being and providing a "summing up" of the state of the art at that period in history. Since his time we have seen an ever-accelerating development and presentation of ideas, experimental concepts and new methodologies that are bewildering to consider.
He provides a touchstone with what we now see, from this century, as a basic and firmly established astrological practice. Now, that isn't strictly true as there had been in the centuries just prior to his time, and following him, many translations of older/ancient writings that have introduced changes for some. But, taken as a whole, we can view him and his work as a basis for comparison to many modern practices.
Many of those modern practices have proven to be valuable--midpoints as developed by the Hamburg School in Germany (late 1800s and 1900s) are one exciting and important example.
Right now, I am using Charles Carter as my touchstone, reviewing his works and comparing them to Evangiline Adams, Sydney Omar, Noel Tyl, and some recent writers. It is interesting to see the progression of thought. Not that I am a scholar in these areas, but after close to four decades exploring modern techniques I believe it is useful to go back to one's roots for a review period. I had started with Alan Leo, Marc Edmond Jones, Rudhyar, Ruperti, Theosophy and Adams. Then I moved to Ebertin, Tyl, and the more recent authors and now the Internet with its many capable astrologers.
We live in a rich astrological world but it is necessary to not forget where we came from and how we got to "now." Again, thanks for sharing. Dave
