Originally published in 1954, ''The Theory of Celestial Influence'' is an exploration of the universe and man's place in it. Drawing extensively on the teachings of Russian mathematician and esotericist P. D. Ouspensky and Greek-Armenian Esoteric doctrine teacher George Gurdjieff, author Rodney Collins examines 20th century scientific discoveries and attempts to unite astronomy, physics, chemistry, human physiology and world history with his own version of planetary influences. He concludes that the driving force behind everything is neither procreation nor survival, but expansion of awareness. Collin sets out to reconcile the considerable contradictions of the rational and imaginative minds and of the ways we see the external world versus our inner selves.

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Science HistoryTable of contents
- INTRODUCTION
- I-THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
- II-THE TIMES OF THE UNIVERSE
- III-THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- IV-SUN, PLANETS AND EARTH
- V-THE SUN
- VI-THE HARMONY OF THE PLANETS
- VII-THE ELEMENTS OF EARTH
- VIII-THE MOON
- IX-THE WORLD OF NATURE
- X-MAN AS MICROCOSM
- XI-MAN IN TIME
- XII-THE SIX PROCESSES IN MAN (i)
- XIII-THE SIX PROCESSES IN MAN (ii)
- XIV-HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY
- XV-THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZATION
- XVI-THE SEQUENCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
- XVII-THE CYCLES OF GROWTH AND WAR
- XVIII-THE CYCLES OF CRIME, HEALING AND CONQUEST
- XIX THE CYCLE OF SEX
- III-SEX AS THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION
- XX THE CYCLE OF REGENERATION
- XXI-MAN IN ETERNITY
- APPENDIX ONE-THE LOGICAL AND SUPER-LOGICAL MINDS IN SCIENTIFIC ILLUMINATION
- APPENDIX TWO-TABLE OF TIMES AND COSMOSES
- APPENDIX THREE-THE THEORY OF OCTAVES
- APPENDIX FOUR-PLANETARY TABLES
- APPENDIX FIVE-TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
- APPENDIX SIX-TABLE OF HUMAN FUNCTIONS
- APPENDIX SEVEN-TABLE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- APPENDIX EIGHT-THE CYCLE OF CIVILIZATIONS
- APPENDIX NINE-PLANETARY CYCLES AND HUMAN ACTIVITY
- APPENDIX TEN-THE CYCLE OF WAR
- APPENDIX ELEVEN-RELATION BETWEEN THE JOVIAL AND SOLAR SYSTEMS
- APPENDIX TWELVE-THE CYCLE OF SEX
- APPENDIX THIRTEEN-THE CYCLE OF REGENERATION
- APPENDIX FOURTEEN-BIBLIOGRAPHY
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