Tony Joseph Papers
Finding aid prepared by Archives Staff
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Tony Joseph Papers
Physical Description: 15.25 linear feet (24 boxes)
Repository:
Opus Archives and Research Center
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Language of Material:
English and German
Scope and Content Note
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unpublished works, including Archetypal Psychology, Archetypal Universe, and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).
Biography/Organization History
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mythology
Archetype (Psychology)
Astrology
Counseling
Archetypal Universe notebooks
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zodiac
Gods
Planets
Box JOSEPH 119
Archetypal Universe Notebooks
Physical Description: 7 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Slight aging. Paperclips need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
1. Archetypal Universe - Book Proposal 2. Archetypal Universe -
Bibliography 3. Archetypal Universe - Planetary Deities 4. Archetypal
Universe - Zodiac Signs 5. Capricorn/Aquarius6. Pisces/Aries
Box JOSEPH 120
Archetypal Universe Notebooks
Physical Description: 8 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
7. Taurus/Gemini 8. Cancer 9. Leo 10. Virgo11. Scorpio 12.
Sagittarius
Manuscripts
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zodiac
Depth psychology
Classicism
Box JOSEPH 101
Manuscripts and Drafts-- Notes, Drafts, Xeroxes
Physical Description: 3
foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine. Paperclips need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
Notes on Archetypes and Astrology, charts and lists. Handwritten and
typewritten.
Box JOSEPH 102
Manuscripts and Drafts
Physical Description: 3
foldersPrint
Physical Location: fine
Scope and Content Note
Draft of a book on Astrology (different from Archetypal Universe
(title page missing) beginning chapter 1. The Context of
Astrology)
Box JOSEPH 103
Manuscripts and Drafts-- Drafts Archetypal
Astrology
Physical Description: 9
foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine, some torn pages. Paperclips need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts of Chapters 1-8, 10 & 12 from 'Archetypal
Astrology'. Charts, and one photo
Box JOSEPH 104
Manuscripts and Drafts-- Drafts Archetypal
Astrology
Physical Description: 13
foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine. Paperclips need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
Chapter drafts of Drafts Archetypal Astrology
Box JOSEPH 105
Manuscripts and Drafts-- Draft of Archetypal
Astrology
Physical Description: 6
foldersPrint
Physical Location: slight aging, paperclips need to be removed
Scope and Content Note
Library of Congress application and relating correspondence.
Handwritten and typewritten, drafts of Archetypal Universe, book
proposal and book illustrations.
Box JOSEPH 116
Publications and Other Projects
Physical Description: 6
foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine
Scope and Content Note
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
Box JOSEPH 117
Publications and other Projects
Physical Description: 7
foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine.
Scope and Content Note
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
Personal materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Goddesses
Dream interpretation
Astrographic catalog and chart
Box JOSEPH 106
Personal-- Notebook: Dreams
Physical Description: 5 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine. Paperclips may need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
Formerly housed in a three-ring binder, "Personal Dreams - Elaine's
Journal, etc." Hand and type written.
Box JOSEPH 107
Personal
Physical Description: 6 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fair, paperclips need to be removed
Scope and Content Note
Dream Journal, notebook, Thesis (Astrology as Archetypal Psychology),
Tony's Chart and College records.
Box JOSEPH 108
Personal
Physical Description: 11 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine. Some aging
Scope and Content Note
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
Box JOSEPH 109
Personal
Physical Description: 12 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fair. Paperclips need to be removed
Scope and Content Note
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)
Reference materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Reference sources
Classicism
Time
Box JOSEPH 118
Computer Manual/Disks
Physical Description: Print
Floppy disk
Scope and Content Note
Computer documentation and floppies for Osborne computer, 1981. 1. White
Binder: Apple Core Computer Programs (disks included) 2. Loose pages,
computer programs
Box JOSEPH 112
Reference Materials
Physical Description: 15 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Fine. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
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
Box JOSEPH 113
Reference Materials
Physical Description: 13 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
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
Box JOSEPH 114
Reference Materials
Physical Description: 5 foldersPrint
Physical Location: slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
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
Box JOSEPH 115
Reference Materials
Physical Description: 3 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Slight aging. Staples and paperclips need to be removed
Scope and Content Note
32. Time Changes in the USA33. Longitudes & Latitudes
throughout the World34. Red Binder: Teaching Manual, Current Seminars
(put in 3 folders)
Slides
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zodiac
Architecture
Art
Box JOSEPH 121
Slides - slide descriptions
Physical Description: 2 foldersPrint
Scope and Content Note
Slide descriptions, and notes for slides in JOSE 121 and JOSE 122
Box JOSEPH 101 VISUAL
Slides
Physical Description: 30 foldersSlide
Scope and Content Note
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.)
Box JOSEPH 102 VISUAL
Slides
Physical Description: 30 foldersSlide
Scope and Content Note
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gimbutas, Marija, 1921-1994
Goddesses
Isis (Egyptian deity)
Box JOSEPH 110
The Goddess Project
Physical Description: 4 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Slight aging. Paperclips and staples need to be removed.
Scope and Content Note
1. White binder: correspondence 2. Black binder: The Goddess Project
Box JOSEPH 111
The Goddess Project
Physical Description: 18 foldersPrint
Physical Location: Slight aging. Staples and paperclips should be removed.
Scope and Content Note
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
