Opus Archives and Research Center

Joseph, (Tony) Papers

Summary

Title:
Tony Joseph Papers
Language:
English and German

Background

Scope and content:

Manuscripts, drafts, charts, notes and correspondence related to published and unpublished works, including Archetypal Psychology, Archetypal Universe, and materals relating to The Goddess Project (Conference).

Biographical / historical:

Tony Joseph (1946-1986) was an astrologer and counselor who practiced in San Francisco, California. He focused his work on the intersection of mythology, archetype and astrology. Joseph served as the Executive Director of the National Council for Geocosmic Research in 1979. See the Opus Archives and Research Center website for Tony Joseph's bibliography.

Physical description:
15.25 linear feet (24 boxes)

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Mythology
Archetype (Psychology)
Astrology
Counseling

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Archives Staff
Date Prepared:
© 2017

Access and use

Location of this collection:
801 Ladera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93108, US
Contact:
(805) 879-7397
Website

Contents

Archetypal Universe notebooks

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Zodiac
Gods
Planets

Contents

Archetypal Universe Notebooks

Summary

Extent:
7 folders

Background

Scope and content:

1. Archetypal Universe - Book Proposal 2. Archetypal Universe - Bibliography 3. Archetypal Universe - Planetary Deities 4. Archetypal Universe - Zodiac Signs 5. Capricorn/Aquarius6. Pisces/Aries

Physical location:
Slight aging. Paperclips need to be removed.

Archetypal Universe Notebooks

Summary

Extent:
8 folders

Background

Scope and content:

7. Taurus/Gemini 8. Cancer 9. Leo 10. Virgo11. Scorpio 12. Sagittarius

Physical location:
Slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.

Manuscripts

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Zodiac
Depth psychology
Classicism

Contents

Drafts

Contents

Manuscripts and Drafts-- Notes, Drafts, Xeroxes

Summary

Extent:
3 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Notes on Archetypes and Astrology, charts and lists. Handwritten and typewritten.

Physical location:
Fine. Paperclips need to be removed.

Manuscripts and Drafts

Summary

Extent:
3 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Draft of a book on Astrology (different from Archetypal Universe (title page missing) beginning chapter 1. The Context of Astrology)

Physical location:
fine

Manuscripts and Drafts-- Drafts Archetypal Astrology

Summary

Extent:
9 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Drafts of Chapters 1-8, 10 & 12 from 'Archetypal Astrology'. Charts, and one photo

Physical location:
Fine, some torn pages. Paperclips need to be removed.

Manuscripts and Drafts-- Drafts Archetypal Astrology

Summary

Extent:
13 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Chapter drafts of Drafts Archetypal Astrology

Physical location:
Fine. Paperclips need to be removed.

Manuscripts and Drafts-- Draft of Archetypal Astrology

Summary

Extent:
6 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Library of Congress application and relating correspondence. Handwritten and typewritten, drafts of Archetypal Universe, book proposal and book illustrations.

Physical location:
slight aging, paperclips need to be removed

Publications

Contents

Publications and Other Projects

Summary

Extent:
6 folders

Background

Scope and content:

1. Blue Binder: Letters/Quotes/Poetry on Nature, Life & the Goddess 2. Brown Binder: The Great Women of Antiquity 3. Black Binder: The Great Poets

Physical location:
Fine

Publications and other Projects

Summary

Extent:
7 folders

Background

Scope and content:

4. Geocosmic Reseach Monographs: Number 2, 1981 Astrology Faces Mythology (Zodiacal Virgo & the Ceres Complex, by Joseph) three full copies, eight of article alone. Number 3, 1982 Ancient Greek Astrology, three copies. 5. Geocosmic News. Vol 6, No 2, June 1980 (one copy). Vol 6, No 4, Winter 1980 (one). Vol 7 Nos 1&2, Sp/Su 1981 (one). Vol 7, No 3 Fall 1981 (15 copies). 6. Folder: NCGR, minutes, letter, newsletters 7. Typewritten: AHP Celebrates Freud’s Birthday 8. Folder: Astrology Class Transcription 9. Folder: Articles by Joseph Innovations in Depth Psychology & Astrology 1980 Zodiacal Virgo & the Ceres Complex Guide to Interpreting Horoscopes Psychologizing Predictions Uranus in Sagitarius: The Next Seven Years Reflections on Scorpio & Pluto, 1982 Anima Mundi: Essays on Myth & Astrology 10. Folder: KPFA Interview with Tony Joseph & Will Noffke, 1985. Transcripts

Physical location:
Fine.

Personal materials

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Goddesses
Dream interpretation
Astrographic catalog and chart

Contents

Personal-- Notebook: Dreams

Summary

Extent:
5 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Formerly housed in a three-ring binder, "Personal Dreams - Elaine's Journal, etc." Hand and type written.

Physical location:
Fine. Paperclips may need to be removed.

Personal

Summary

Extent:
6 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Dream Journal, notebook, Thesis (Astrology as Archetypal Psychology), Tony's Chart and College records.

Physical location:
Fair, paperclips need to be removed

Personal

Summary

Extent:
11 folders

Background

Scope and content:

8. Research bibliography of Geocosmic studies 9. two wirebound bibliography 10. notebook of services offered by T. Joseph11. copies of flyers: Multimedia Journey inot Astrology, Mythology & the Goddess; Myth Astology & the Goddess; astrological services 12. Folder: medical notes; letters re. support for T. Joseph and about AIDS 13. envelope: from Z. Dobyns: asteroid placements & ephemeri 14. BA degree from Case Western Reserve University 15. Passport 16. Folder: vita & notes 17. Newspaper clippings: on Father Serra; Liberated Male; Aids breakthrough18. misc. unsent letters and notes

Physical location:
Fine. Some aging

Personal

Summary

Extent:
12 folders

Background

Scope and content:

19. batch of poems (typed & handwritten) 20. Folder: Flyer for Mythic Journey to Greece 21. Chenrazig P’Howa, a terma practice22. Tape log & music notes23. Copy editing notes 24. Folder: stationary 25. Mounted photo. On reverse: “Thank you for Greece, June 1984” 26. Red binder: Piano music 27. Folder: Archetypal studies, conference & program proposals28. Red Binder: Planning Notes (covers all work areas)

Physical location:
Fair. Paperclips need to be removed

Reference materials

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Reference sources
Classicism
Time

Contents

Computer Manual/Disks

Background

Scope and content:

Computer documentation and floppies for Osborne computer, 1981. 1. White Binder: Apple Core Computer Programs (disks included) 2. Loose pages, computer programs

Reference Materials

Summary

Extent:
15 folders

Background

Scope and content:

1. Black binder: Sacred Texts, Gnostic Gospels, Hebrew Texts 2. Wire bound: The Genetics of Astrology: A Study in the Topocentric System 3. Brown binder: The Greek Dances: Our Living Link with Antiquity, D. StratouXeroxes 4. Mere Coincidence? Robert Wilson 5. The Vestal Circle, K.R. Prowse 6. Pandora & Eve: Sex as the Root of All Evil, Justin Glenn 7. Synagogue Excavation Reveals Stunning Mosaic of Zodiac and Torah Ark 8. Omens in the Odyssey, Antony Podlecki 9. Indigenous African Architecture, René Gardi 10. Black Kingdoms, Black Peoples, Anthony Atmore 11. Earth Rites: Fertility Practices in Pre-Industrial Britain, Janet & Colin Bord 12. Crisis of Psychoanalysis, Erich Fromm 13. Brief History of Ancient Astrology, Colin James 14. Naming the Cultural Forces that Push us Toward War, C. Spretnak

Physical location:
Fine. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.

Reference Materials

Summary

Extent:
13 folders

Background

Scope and content:

15. Chiron from Larousse Encyclopedia of Astrology 16. Envelope: parts of Mythology Speaks 17. Folder: Clippings-articles 18. Folder: Bibliographies 19. Folder: Pavlinac - articles 20. Folder: xeroxes, misc sections 21. Folder: The Time the Earth Starved 22. Folder: Astrology Notes. 23. photocopy calendar 24. Folder: Astrology Handouts25. Handwritten/typewritten notes

Physical location:
Slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.

Reference Materials

Summary

Extent:
5 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Also includes 3 additional books: 26. Profiles of Women: A Collection of Astrological Biographies 27. Chiron Ephemeris 28. Black Binder: The Greek Asteroids 29. The Asteroid Ephemeris 1883-1999 30. Time Changes in the World 31. Times Changes in Canada & Mexico

Physical location:
slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.

Reference Materials

Summary

Extent:
3 folders

Background

Scope and content:

32. Time Changes in the USA33. Longitudes & Latitudes throughout the World34. Red Binder: Teaching Manual, Current Seminars (put in 3 folders)

Physical location:
Slight aging. Staples and paperclips need to be removed

Slides

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Zodiac
Architecture
Art

Contents

Slides - slide descriptions

Summary

Extent:
2 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Slide descriptions, and notes for slides in JOSE 121 and JOSE 122

Slides

Summary

Extent:
30 folders

Background

Scope and content:

From The British Museum; Shape shifters; Aphrodite; Well with snake; Medusa; Caravaggio; Botticelli; Michelangelo; Architecture/Temples and Sacred Shrines - Minoan/Greek/Roman/Christian; Stone circles; Ancient Observatories; Maps of Greece; Roman; Florence, Italy; Early Christian; Zodiac Mandalas; Netsuke animals (rabbits, snake, oxen, goats, horses, etc.)

Slides

Summary

Extent:
30 folders

Background

Scope and content:

Gemini/Hermes; Cancer/Artemis; Leo//Apollo;Virgo; Libra/Palles; Scorpio & Pluto; Sagittarius & Zeus; Capricorn; Aquariaus/Uranus; Picasso-Friendship; Picces & Neptune; Aries & Mars; Book of Kells; Book of Durrow; Irish Carving Sheelina gigh; Adam and Eve; Woman Contemplating Flame (painting); Vatican/Sistine Chapel;

The Goddess Project

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Goddesses
Isis (Egyptian deity)

Contents

The Goddess Project

Summary

Extent:
4 folders

Background

Scope and content:

1. White binder: correspondence 2. Black binder: The Goddess Project

Physical location:
Slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.

The Goddess Project

Summary

Extent:
18 folders

Background

Scope and content:

3. Black binder: Prospectus/proposal 4. Folder: Goddess Film Planning 5. Envelope: Goddess (misc images & notes) 6. Folder: Selected Bibliography on the Goddess 7. Folder: Iris Information & News Service: Proposal 8. Folder: Prospectus: The Goddess Project 9. Folder: Iris: Messenger of the Goddess: March 1985; Spring 1985 (on Marija Gimbutas); invitation from Isis Institute 10. Envelope: Advisory Council: letters 11. Envelope: Fundraising 12. Envelope: Non-Profit Foundation: Therapeia & The Arts 13. Envelope: Bulk Mail Instructions 14. Envelope: Retreat Center (Marija Gimbutas Desert Home) 15. Inner Image Educational Services: Inner Images Archives 16. Letter: Joseph & Assoc. 1981 17. Envelope: Goddess Conference: Facilities 18. Folder: Goddess Conference (w/ letter from Marija Gimbutas) 19. Envelope: Goddess Video

Physical location:
Slight aging. Staples and paperclips should be removed.