2018 FAA Conference Speaker Charles Jameson
Charles Jameson is an astrology blogger, researcher and educator. He began his astrological journey in 1993, learning from Kay Raymer. This culminated in his gaining the F.A.A. Practitioner Diploma about four years later. He has presented at the Victorian Astrologers Association (VAA) on several occasions. Presentation topics included the astrological life and times of cult leaders Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite; Elizabethan astrologer Simon Forman, and Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycles.
Charles is a graduate of John Frawley’s Horary Apprenticeship, and Robert Zoller’s Foundation of Medieval Astrology. He was a co-convenor of the two instances of the Regulus traditional astrology conference in 2009 and 2011. Charles is the Australian ‘satellite,’ or advocate, for the Organisation for Professional Astrology (OPA).
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Lecture
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The Astrology of Cult Leaders
What makes cult leaders so appealing to their followers? And what do we mean by ‘cult’, anyway?
This presentation looks at why seemingly rational people get involved in cults led by charismatic and often dangerous individuals. People who willingly obeying their leader’s command, no matter what. Even unto death.
Do cult leaders have certain astrological characteristics that account for their uncanny ability to bend others to their will?
In this presentation, Charles summarises his research surrounding ten infamous cult leaders. He looks at their astrological similarities and differences, dipping into example charts to illustrate key points.