Attended a lecture at The Living Institute by Priscilla Costello about astrology in Shakespeare’s plays. She is not the only one to present this line of inquiry, however she did offer some fascinating ways to read S’s plays using astrological theory and the notion of archetypes. And while I am always a little wary when people toss around the term “Jungian archtypes,” Costello did a great job, providing many rich visuals, with some particularly nice transparencies of works by Robert Fludd.

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