Cosmobiology
Cosmobiology (Greek kósmos = universe, world order) is a term used by astrologers for theoretical approaches to "biologically" explain the connections between cosmic constellations and movements and earthly life that they postulate. It is not to be confused with the science of astrobiology , which deals with possible extraterrestrial life forms.
Concept development
The Viennese doctor Fritz Wehofer was the first to coined the term cosmobiology and understood it to mean the direction of a scientific and applied medical astrology . He relied primarily on the work of Dr. Allendy and Heinrich Däath . He published his works under the pseudonym Friedrich Feerhow and wrote that he was " the first to dare to attempt a scientific, causal meaning of this cosmobiological connection. " The first yearbook for applied cosmobiological research was published in 1928 by HA Strauss. The focus of cosmobiology was initially in the demarcation toFatalism of vulga rstrology and was particularly dedicated to the research of cosmic influences on life processes, taking into account and applying scientific methods. The supporter of cosmobiology Wilhelm Hartmann (former head of the Nuremberg observatory) defined the demarcation to classical astrology with the following words: Cosmobiology takes into account heredity, soil, milieau; emphasizes the moral; claims to be able to interpret no future. Astrology only derives everything from the stars; is fatalistic; claims to be able to interpret the future one hundred percent .
The attempt to scientifically process astrological teachings under the term cosmobiology and to gain new recognition for them is to be regarded as a failure today.
Cosmobiology and astrology
Cosmobiology, which tried to distance itself from astrology , developed its own terminology and was particularly known through Reinhold Ebertin (student of Alfred Witte , the founder of the astrological Hamburg school). His mother Elsbeth Ebertin entrusted him with editing the astrological yearbook A Glance into the Future , which he renamed the Cosmobiological Yearbook , redesigned its content and which appeared for the first time in 1938. The later authors included numerous scientists and academics such as Michel Gauquelin , Walter A. Koch , Thomas Ring , Otto Julius Hartmann and many others, especially doctors. The constellations at the time of birth were no longer called a horoscope , but rather a cosmogram and used as an aid for medical diagnosis . Reinhold Ebertin made the holistic, cosmobiological approach known, especially in English-speaking countries. His main work, Combination of Celestial Influences, is one of the classics of cosmobiology and has been translated into French, Dutch and Swedish in addition to English.
Individual evidence
literature
- Feerhow, Friedrich, The Medical Astrology, Leipzig 1914
- Ebertin, Reinhold, Combination of Celestial Influences, Ebertin-Verlag, Aalen 1972
- Ebertin, Reinhold, Applied Cosmobiology, Freiburg im Breisgau 1986
- Hartmann, Wilhelm, The solution to the ancient riddle of people and stars, Nuremberg 1950
