L201B Astrology in Sacred Works: Eastern (Summer 20-21)

Course description:

The course introduces students to common themes found in selections from the sacred and canonized literature of three major Eastern world religions. In the course of study, students compare the sacred works according to themes such as creation, facing a great challenge, the fall of man, God’s punishment, sibling rivalry, the rewards of virtue, and the power of love. The sacred works from the East also include views on astrology and acceptance of a relationship between the cosmos and life on earth in excerpts from:

  • The Rig Veda and Upanishads (excerpts), Hinduism;        
  • The Bhagavad-Gita and The Ramayana (excerpts), Hinduism;
  • The Wheel of Life (story of Siddhartha), Buddhism;
  • The Dhammapada (excerpts), Buddhism;
  • The Analects and the I-Ching (excerpts), Confucianism
  • The Tao te-Ching (excerpts), Taoism, off-shoot of Confucianism

 

L201A or L201B may be taken for expanding cultural understanding OR as an elective for the Diploma program, which will also count toward a certificate in Astrological Heritage OR Multi-Cultural Traditions.

 

Course name: L201B: Sacred Paths Through the Written Word: Eastern

Instructors: Carol Tebbs and Batya Stark

Course length: 5-weeks

Course cost: $295

Required Text:

Novak, Philip, The World’s Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World’s Religions, Harper ……Collins, San Francisco, 1995, 425 pps., ISBN 10: 0-06-066342-1

Pre-requisite: none

Weekly topics:

1.    Ancient Mid-Eastern influences on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Sacred Literature Transference

2.    Common Ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

3.    Prophets and Proverbs: Forecasts, and good advice

4.    A Jew fulfills the Messiah Prophesy in The Gospels

5.    Islam emerges from a Common Ancestor: The Koran and forecasting

Instructor bios:

Carol A. Tebbs, MA. Carol Tebbs attended Whittier College earning both BA and MA degrees in English, and shortly after, an MEd in Education. She was President of Kepler College from 2003-2006. Her 38 years of teaching Advanced Placement English to students receiving university credits is combined with her extensive Leadership Team experience in a large urban school district. As three-time Accreditation Team Leader, Technology Grant Author, District Writing Program Coordinator, and District Mentor Teacher charged with training new teachers, Ms. Tebbs' experience and knowledge of the many facets of higher education complement her recent work with the College Board as a "writing assessment reader" and AP teacher trainer.

Recognized as 1999 Wal-Mart "Teacher of the Year", and 2000 District Teacher of the Year, Ms. Tebbs is annually noted in Who's Who in Education and Who's Who in the World. Ms. Tebbs recently published The Complete Book of Chart Rectification. Ms. Tebbs is also well recognized in the astrological community for over 30 years of community service as: 3 terms ISAR President and 22 years on the Board; UAC Co-founder, Board member, Board Chair and UAC '95 Coordinator. Her books include Beyond Basics: Moving the Chart in Time and Beyond Basics: Tools for the Consulting Astrologer.

Carol is an instructor in: 


Batya Stark began her study of astrology in Denver (1973) with Ruth Dewey and Joyce Wehrman. She has also studied Cosmobiology with Eleanor Kimmel and Psychological Astrology with Zip Dobyns. 

Batya has lectured at both national and international conferences and written books and magazine articles. She has lived in Israel, England, and Korea and taught Hebrew and Jewish studies in Denver.  Currently, she lives in the desert where she knits football sweaters for chickens and writes occasionally. 

Batya teaches in the following courses: