{"title":"Greg Bogart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreg Bogart\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate connections between astrology and personal growth, offering readers profound insights into self-awareness and transformation. His works delve into how planetary movements and cosmic influences can illuminate inner dynamics and psychological patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an intuitive approach to \u003cem\u003eself-help and personal development\u003c\/em\u003e, Bogart guides readers towards greater clarity and healing. His books invite a thoughtful journey into understanding oneself through the lens of astrology and therapeutic reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"in-the-company-of-sages-by-greg-bogart-9781620553848","title":"In the Company of Sages","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplains how to successfully navigate the process of initiation, instruction, testing, and self-transformation under the guidance of a spiritual teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Company of Sages\u003c\/em\u003e explores how to approach a teacher for initiation and the importance of gauging your inner response and feeling of trust and resonance with the teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the process of separating from a spiritual teacher and how to negotiate the emotional conflicts that can arise at this stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShares the author's experiences with several remarkable teachers and details lessons learned through testing and confronting doubts and fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the search for inner awakening and self-realisation, a spiritual mentor can be key to advancement. Yet the process of finding an authentic spiritual teacher who resonates with you can be daunting, especially for anyone who has had a negative experience with a guide. Exploring the emotional nuances of mentoring relationships, Greg Bogart details the path of spiritual apprenticeship: the process of aligning with a teacher, establishing a dynamic spiritual practice, and the later stages of separation and finding the teacher within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author explores the importance of gauging your inner response and feeling of trust and resonance with a teacher and your readiness to receive initiation. He explains how the teacher-student relationship affects the student’s state of consciousness over time and how most students eventually need to become independent from their spiritual guides. Describing emotional conflicts that can arise at this stage, he shows how wise teachers accept our need to separate and graduate while immature teachers try to thwart and control us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpenly sharing his own personal journey, the author illustrates the lasting resonance of his encounters with several provocative spiritual mentors, including Swami Muktananda and Dane Rudhyar. He discusses how some fierce teachers practice \"crazy wisdom\" to confront our doubts, fears, and fixations and to activate our dormant potentials. Examining practices in Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist Yoga, Sufism, and Jewish and Christian mysticism, he also explores the deeper mystical aspects of the guru-student relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author shows how, ultimately, initiation leads the spiritual seeker to find the teacher within and how this can naturally lead to teaching others. Describing nine stages of the spiritual seeker’s journey, the author affirms that a direct path to self-liberation is still attainable through initiation and instruction in the company of sages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868701085932,"sku":"9781620553848","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27214923482764.jpg?v=1759765830"},{"product_id":"astrologys-higher-octaves-by-greg-bogart-9780892541935","title":"Astrology'S Higher Octaves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book illustrates the power of astrology to facilitate emotional healing, aid the lives of couples and families, guide career development, and promote focus and purpose in daily life. \u003cem\u003eAstrology's Higher Octaves\u003c\/em\u003e combines therapeutic astrology, the astrological study of relationships, vocational astrology, archetypal psychology, dreamwork, and the synthesis of astrology and music. Through detailed examples, readers learn to refine their interpretive skills and to practice astrology as a vital catalyst for both inner and outer works, a way to achieve integration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by Jung's interest in astrology and dream analysis, Greg Bogart, PhD, presents a potent technique for combining astrology and dreams, where parallels and synchronicities between dream imagery and planetary symbolism amplify the truthful messages both convey, showing clear steps forward for transformation at crucial transitions. He illustrates how vocational astrology, informed by career counselling theory, helps us choose optimal occupational paths and fosters strategic timing and steady accomplishment in the realm of work. Readers also learn about diurnal astrology, which enhances the enjoyment of daily tasks and activities, sharpening our sense of purpose and time management skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with the spiritual value of astrology, a practice that refines us vibrationally in a manner analogous to music so that over the course of life we can discover and express distinctive tones. Recognition of the potentials shown in the birth chart prepares us for gradual sculpting of the life until it becomes a reflection of our celestial ideal. By unifying astrology with psychotherapy, vocational counselling, and dream interpretation, \u003cem\u003eAstrology's Higher Octaves\u003c\/em\u003e expands the celestial art's range of social influence and teaches us to extend the ray of consciousness in many directions simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536237936876,"sku":"9780892541935","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780892541935-astrology-s-higher-octaves.jpg?v=1776379753"},{"product_id":"planets-in-therapy-by-greg-bogart-9780892541744","title":"Planets in Therapy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores archetypal symbolism, predictive technique and counselling process in therapeutic astrology. Combining insights from Jungian depth psychology, developmental theory, alchemy and dream symbolism with the precision of planetary transits, progressions and midpoints, \u003cem\u003ePlanets in Therapy\u003c\/em\u003e is an inspiring approach to the healing art of astrology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlanets in Therapy\u003c\/em\u003e clearly and succinctly explains the interpretation of the language and techniques of astrology, the deep psychological, transpersonal and spiritual meaning of planetary symbolism and its power to heal and transform. Greg Bogart masterfully guides the reader through the principles of psychological astrology, emphasising the process of self-transformation, spiritual evolution and discovering the meaning in every event and every moment. A wide range of examples demonstrate how to apply this knowledge to skilfully help others as a counselling astrologer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Consciousness, wisdom, and healing are all achieved through synthesis. In this fine new work, Greg Bogart has given the reader just that—a synthesis of astrology, psychology, and a beautiful panoply of spiritual teachings infused throughout the text. Bogart has also achieved something quite special, an integration of the work and perspective of one of the founding fathers of modern astrology, Dane Rudhyar. Rudyar lives on through one of his most devoted students in a form that is of benefit to all serious practitioners of our celestial art and science.\" — Alan Oken\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"You are going to totally love this book if you are serious about mastering the art of astrology, and if you are interested in how all thinking, both conscious and unconscious, interfaces with planetary alignments.\" — Michael Lutin, author of \u003cem\u003eSunShines: The Astrology of Being Happy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607375692012,"sku":"9780892541744","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27cfe607d713f2f313b6cc3c6754fba5.jpg?v=1778189935"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/greg-bogart.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}