Footnotes to the Sun in Aries

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[1] A.Bailey, Esoteric Psychology Vol. 1, p. 63

[2] Emil Bock, Moses, pp. 41 – 43 – 45 – 47

[3] In alchemical manuscripts, the Golden Fleece figures as an emblem for the Great Opus of transmutation, the elaboration of dark matter into the “Gold” radiance of Self (the Opus Jason failed to achieve).

[4] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 613

[5] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 623

[6] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 624

[7] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology,, p. 663

[8] Jean Chevalier, Dictionary of Symbols, p.787 : According to the Baskala-mantra Upanishad, the sage Indra changed himself into a ram to teach the doctrine of the oneness of the Supreme Principle: “I am Immortality, I am the place of the world, what was, what is, what will be”

[9] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 104

[10] Dane Rudhyar, The Astrology of Personality, p. 500

[11] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 304

[12] Although this is “in fact” but the “apparent motion” of the sun, it is also, and more importantly in this context, a very real experience for our consciousness and life on earth. [13] A. Bailey, Esoteric Psychology vol. 2, p. 483

[14] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 121.

[15] Exodus, 2,11-23

[16] Ibid, 4, 12 :”Now go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak”

[17] In the account by V. Andreae of the initiation experienced by Christian Rosenkreutz in 1459 on Easter eve, we also read that he and his companions who passed the tests are invested with a golden fleece… as they prepare for the occult marriage.

[18] A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology, p. 624