Peter Marshall set off on a quest to the places where astrology has been practiced for millennia—China, India, the Middle East, and Europe. Initially skeptical, Marshall was eventually persuaded by his research and travels that astrology not only contains the psychology of antiquity, but also offers profoundly modern insights into the workings of the mind. Astrology conveys important truths about the human character and the course of history, he argues, and can help us find our true place and purpose in the universe.
Peter Hugh Marshall (born 23 August 1946, Bognor Regis, England) is an English philosopher, historian, biographer, travel writer and poet. He has written fifteen books which are being translated into fourteen different languages. He wrote, presented and partly filmed the 6-part HTV series 'Voyage Around Africa', first shown in 1994. He also wrote and presented the two-part series 'Celtic Gold: A Voyage around Ireland' for BBC Radio Wales in 1995, which later became a book.
This book is a good insight in history of astrology for new astrologers. I suppose that for readers without astrological grounding reading this book could be a little bit challenging.