Journal for Star Wisdom 2013

Powell, Robert: - Robert Powell, PhD, is an internationally known lecturer, author, eurythmist, and movement therapist. He is founder of the Choreocosmos School of Cosmic and Sacred Dance, and cofounder of the Sophia Foundation of North America. He received his doctorate for his thesis "The History of the Zodiac, " available as a book from Sophia Academic Press. His published works include "The Sophia Teachings, " a six-tape series (Sounds True Recordings). He has published numerous books with SteinerBooks and Lindisfarne Books, and other works published by Sophia Foundation Press and distributed by Fields Bookstore. He translated the spiritual classic "Meditations on the Tarot" and was cotranslator of Valentin Tomberg's "Lazarus, Come Forth!" Robert is coauthor with Kevin Dann of "Christ & the Maya Calendar" and "The Astrological Revolution, " and with Lacquanna Paul coauthored "Cosmic Dances of the Zodiac" and "Cosmic Dances of the Planets." He teaches a gentle form of healing movement: the sacred dance of eurythmy (from the Greek, meaning "harmonious movement"), as well as the cosmic dances of the planets and signs of the zodiac, and through the Sophia Grail Circle, he facilitates sacred celebrations dedicated to the Divine Feminine. Robert offers workshops in Europe, Australia, and North America and, with Karen Rivers, cofounder of the Sophia Foundation, leads pilgrimages to the world s sacred sites: Turkey, 1996; the Holy Land, 1997; France, 1998; Britain, 2000; Italy, 2002; Greece, 2004; Egypt, 2006; India, 2008; Turkey, 2009; the Grand Canyon, 2010; and South Africa, 2012. Visit www.sophiafoundation.org and www.astrogeographia.org.