I have burrowed in the thickness of the earth,

and the beasts of the zodiac have come forth,

and so I have chased these beasts, like on a hunt.

Max Jacob

(French poet, painter, astrologer, 1876 - 1944)

Born and raised in Germany

Study of philosophy, law and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, degree of Masters in Economics, 1974.

Study of astrology with Wolfgang Döbereiner 1975 - 1977 in Munich

Extended travels in Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Far East

Settling in Northampton, Massachusetts

Private study groups on Heidegger, Nietzsche and Foucault  in the 80’s and 90’s in Northampton and Amherst, Massachusetts

Seminars in Existencial Philosophy at UMass and Mount Holyoke College

Heidegger Symposia across the US

Study of Systems Theory (autodidactic)

Study of Ancient Greek at  Smith College

Homeric Greek (private study group - Northampton)