What's the deal with Dr. Theodor Landscheidt.
I was looking for information on him. I was searching stuff on Google
groups. I found discussions that he had with others. He says that he
is not a professional astrologer, and that he has written a book that
provides statistical evidence that the astrological tradition does not
conform with reality. He expressed concern about his reputation as a
scientist being harmed. He even talked about the possibility of going
to court to sue for damages.
He said that if it is alleged that a scientist is an astrologer, it's
a kind of death sentence and that he/she will not get funding and his/
her papers will no longer be published and colleauges will sneer at
her or him. He said that he got such effects. He talked about a
person tha told lengthy stories to provide evidence that he's a
professional astrologer and that it had the effect that one of his
papers he recently submitted at the time for publication was rejected
on the grounds that he is an astrologer.
He said that in his book "Astrology:Hope of a Science?",he showed that
all of the practices
of astrologers do not stand up to state of the art statistical
investigations.
Somebody confronted him by showing that he wrote:
Cosmic Cybernetics - The Foundation Of A Modern Astrology. LANDSCHEIDT
Theodor, Dr. $4.95 An anthology compiled for readers interested in
Cosmobiology.
It is a summation of some essential concepts the author presented in
articles &
talks.
and
Sun-Earth-Man Theodore Landscheidt 8.95
Dr. Landscheidt illustrates how the world's climate, stock
market, ozone levels and many other phenomena move in time
with the planetary harmonies of our solar system. His findings,
supported by successful forecasts, will be of interest to both
the layman and student of practically every area of study.
and that he has been referred to as an astrologer.
There was no response from Theodor Landscheidt after that.
I was wondering is he an astrologer or is he a scientist. He strongly
asserted that he was a scientist and denies being an astrologer. He
could have been both an astrologer and scientist, but denied being an
astrologer because he cared about his reputation as a scientist being
damaged. I think if there other astrologers who are scientists think
that way. Maybe there are some professional astronomers who actually
do Astrology,and are afraid to be ostracized by the their scientific
colleagues. Astronomer Dr. Percy Seymour wrote a couple of books
about a scientific basis for Astrology,and he got a lot of negative
criticism from scientists too. I wonder if that even had more of an
effect on Dr. Landscheidt's concern about not wanting to be known as
an astrologer.
Here is the discussion involving Dr. Theodor Landscheidt
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.environment/browse_thread/thread/ff40bafa356c6512/e7b59df4b555755c?q=theodor+landscheidt&lnk=ol&
I admit that as a learning
disability,neurodivergent,neurodiversity,mental health human rights
activist, I am concerned that my beliefs/practices of Astrology and
other metaphysical subjects will seem too controversial and lead me to
much negative criticism about both my intelligence and sanity by
skeptics of Astrology and other metaphysical subjects. To me,it's a
highly valid concern. I have a very strong Saturn influence including
with Saturn being handle of a bucket as it is the only planet in
southern hemisphere and being in one of the Gauquelin sectors which
was said to be common in scientists. Astrology skeptics have already
given me a hard time in the past and questioned my intelligence and
sanity including some that are in the metaphysical fields including
magick.
There are fears that the controversy of my beliefs/practices of
Astrology will overshadow my advocacy,activism.
Raymond Andrews
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