The Planets are Speaking in Verse!
Dear Friends
I am delighted to announce the launch of a very exciting new book, co-authored by myself and my former partner, Andreea Bradu. It is a poetic work of astrological theatre, a series of nine dialogues between the characters that animate the soul of the ten planets. It is all written in rhyming verse (iambic pentameter), and intended to be read aloud, either in performance, or between friends, lovers, spouses or family members. The dialogues carry a lot of archetypal power and resonance. They reveal the intelligence with polarity, where difference sharpens awareness and conflict unveils hidden kinship. What could be more apt for these challenging times! The book also features a monologue from Gaia, our ancient Earth Mother, who mediates the tensions between the planet characters, gathering all their oppositional forces together, and binding them into a wholeness.
“Radiant Sol!
You bring me to a wakeful sight,
A vision so beautiful, so bright!
But remember this, while you are asleep
Before the dawn begins to creep
My brightness just keeps on increasing,
I grow full, while you’re releasing!
I am the screen on which your dreams are cast,
I am the treasurer of all things past.” (Luna to Sol, from the Sun-Moon dialogue)
This work has been twelve years in the making, born in 2014, out of the improvised zodiacal theatre performances that Andreea used to do at our new and full moon gatherings. It has been a real labour of love, and I am so immensely proud of what we have achieved!
Pre-Order Your Copy of ‘The Planetary Dialogues’
The book is now available to pre-order on Amazon, for a 5th June release, and we would so appreciate it if you could pre-order your copy there, as this will help us get into the best seller charts on the week that we launch. And if you could leave us a review on there having read it, that would be amazing!
“Immersion in this book, with its radiance of loving creativity, offers us - through poetry and imaginal participation - many doorways to this sacred dimension. Should we walk through, we will surely return refreshed, inspired and soothed.”
(Melanie Reinhart, astrologer & author - from her Foreword to the book)
“This is an original premise. John and Andreea present a creative experiment that is both playful and deeply thoughtful...This text is an invitation to participate in the cosmic theatre from which these starry wanderers weave their magic spell. It is an incantation. Speak it aloud and let its magic work on you.”
(Mark Jones, astrologer & author - from his Foreword to the book)”
I hope that all whets your appetite!
With love & blessings
John