reasonable to expect that correct explanations of and justifications for observed operations
should come from a man, however brilliant, who did not know that the planets had a proper
motion as they revolved about the Sun, as well as an apparent motion by virtue of the Earth's
rotation; who did not know that his Primum Mobile was a mirage; and who had never been
initiated into any of the mysteries that have been unveiled to us by the telescope, the
microscope, the spectroscope, the X-ray and the cyclotron. The contributions he made to
learning, in view of the meagre tools at his command, inspires only veneration for those
scientists who lived in an age when men still had time to think. The fact that a man of his
intellectual attainments found nothing fallacious in the premise that human life and destiny
may be influenced by the motions and cycles of the planets, and their reflected solar
radiations as transmitted to the Earth, indicates a measure of scientific open- mindedness that
is somewhat conspicuous by its absence among many of today's unimaginative and
materialistic-minded scientific pedants.
Astrology has persisted in spite of all attempts to explain it; but in accordance with Ptolemy's
sound philosophy it is every astrologer's duty to avail himself, with the utmost of
understanding, of all knowledge that is applicable to the science, whereby to arrive at the true
and correct explanations which alone can bring the improved technic that will enhance
Astrology's value to society.
Pyrois. Greek name for Mars, referring to its fiery nature.