Teaching himself the astrological basics as a teenager, over 50 years ago - when few good books were available - at 23 Dennis Elwell began contributing regularly to American Astrology. This magazine did much to popularise the subject in the United States, and was a platform for the leading astrologers of the day. The association continued for twenty years. He began lecturing to astrologers worldwide in 1963, gaining a reputation as an original thinker and stimulating speaker. For most of his life he worked as a newspaperman in his home town of Stourbridge, England but his guiding passion throughout has been the rehabilitation of astrology, and he followed up any clue that might lead to insights into its baffling subject matter. The trail led to an interest in science on the one hand, and on the other to occultists like Gurdjieff and Rudolf Steiner. In recent years, realising its awesome potential he has been saying to those who imagine that astrology is for amusement only, 'Think again. All genuine knowledge confers and advantage, and this stuff is positively dangerous'. The author enjoys teaching and has tutored his own correspondence course in advanced concepts and techniques.