Synopsis: In Week 6, we will discuss astrology’s central role in Western Esotericism in general. We will also illustrate a technique that astrologers such as Porphyry and Agrippa considered to be the theurgical goal of the art: liberation from causality through contact with one’s personal daimon resulting in henosis.

• The Astrological Current in Western Esotericism
• Astrology in Alchemy & Magic
• The “Big Operation”: Theurgy and Henosis