The modern world is passing through a time of critical change on many levels cultural political ecological & spiritual We are witnessing the decline & dissolution of the old order the tumult & uncertainty of a new birth Against this background there is an urgent need for a coherent framework of meaning to lead us beyond the growing fragmentation of culture belief & personal identity Keiron Le Grice argues that the developing insights of a new cosmology could provide this framework helping us to discover an underlying order shaping our life experiences In a compelling synthesis of the ideas of seminal thinkers from depth psychology & the new paradigm sciences Le Grice positions the new discipline of archetypal astrology at the centre of an emerging world view that reunifies psyche & cosmos spirituality & science mythology & metaphysics & enables us to see mythic gods heroes & themes in a fresh light He draws especially on the work of C G Jung Joseph Campbell Richard Tarnas Fritjof Capra David Bohm & Brian Swimme Heralding a 'rediscovery of the gods' & the passage into a new spiritual era The Archetypal Cosmos presents a new understanding of the role of myth & archetypal principles in our lives one that could give a cosmic perspective & deeper meaning to our personal experiences