The Sky Stretched Out Before Me: Encounters with Mystics, Anomalies, and Waking Dreams
By Ray Grasse
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The Sky Stretched Out Before Me is a fascinating collection of autobiographical essays from noted astrologer and writer Ray Grasse. Drawing on episodes from the author ’s life, it presents an exploration of consciousness and the nature of reality, touching on such wide-ranging subjects as synchronicity, symbolism, mythology, Fortean phenomena, and the arts. Also included are discussions of the author’s experiences in Egypt, the American Southwest, and studies under teachers in the Kriya Yoga and Zen traditions.
Ray Grasse is a teacher, photographer and astrologer, and author of several books including An Infinity of Gods, Signs of the Times, Under a Sacred Sky, StarGates, and Urban Mystic. His first book, The Waking Dream, was called by Colin Wilson “a masterpiece.” He worked on the editorial staffs of Quest Magazine and Quest Books for ten years, and has been associate editor of The Mountain Astrologer for 20 years. He graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied filmmaking and painting.
“Ray Grasse is one of the world’s greatest astrologers.”
—Whitley Strieber, author of Communion, The Key, A New World
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