Pluto: New Horizons for a Lost Horizon: Astronomy, Astrology, and MythologyRichard Grossinger Encompassing astronomy, mythology, psychology, and astrology, Pluto offers a wealth of knowledge about our most famous dwarf planet. First observed in 1930 and once defined as the ninth and final planet in our solar system, Pluto and its discovery and reclassification throw a unique light on how we generate meaning in science and culture. This anthology, timed to appear in concordance with NASA's New Horizons's approach to Pluto in July 2015, shows that while the astronomical Pluto may be little more than an ordinary escaped moon or tiny Kuiper Belt object, it is a powerful hyperobject, for its mythological and cultural effigies on Earth incubate deep unconscious seeds of the human psyche. Certain astronomical features pertain to Pluto in terms of its distance from the Sun, coldness, and barrenness. These also inform its mythology and astrology as befitting a planet named after the God of the Underworld. Among the issues central to this collection are the meanings of darkness, loss, grief, inner transformation, rebirth, reincarnation, and karmic revelation, all of which are associated with the astrology of Pluto. Pluto also embodies the meaning of true wealth as being nonmaterial essence instead of property, conventional accolades, ego identity, achievement. It is the marker of negative capability. Table of Contents |
Contents
INTRODUCTION Richard Grossinger | 1 |
Pluto on the Borderlands Dana Wilde | 45 |
Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Richard Grossinger | 63 |
New Horizon for a Lost Horizon Richard C Hoagland | 91 |
Pluto and the Death of God J F Martel | 155 |
Hades James Hillman | 166 |
Excerpts from Pluto Fritz Brunhübner | 171 |
Evoking the Archetypes Gary Rosenthal | 177 |
Feel Bad about Pluto Lisa Rappoport | 217 |
Pluto Robert Kelly | 219 |
Pluto Maggie Dietz | 221 |
Falling in Love with a Plutonian Dinesh Raghavendra | 222 |
Dostoevskys Pluto Steve Luttrell | 224 |
Ten Things Id Like to Find on Pluto Philip Wohlstetter | 225 |
Plutonic Horizons or My SixtyNineY Search for Planet X | 226 |
Ten Things Id Like to Find on Pluto Jonathan Lethem | 234 |
Old Horizons Thomas Frick | 184 |
A Planetary MetaDrama in One Act John D Shershin | 191 |
Pluto and the Restoration of Soul Stephan David Hewitt | 203 |
Our Lady of Pluto the Planet of Purification Jim Tibbetts | 208 |
Love Song for Pluto Shelli JankowskiSmith | 216 |
Ten Things Id Like to Find on Pluto Robert Sardello | 235 |
Ten Things Id Like to Find on Pluto Ross Hamilton | 236 |
What the Probe Will Find What Id Like It to Find Jeffrey A Hoffman | 240 |