In the Greatness of Saturn experience directly the healing power of one of the world's great myth. The telling of mythic stories has always been a powerful form of therapy, bringing bealting to people facing adversity. The Greatness of Saturn is such a therapeutic myth, told and retold through many centuries. Taken from the East Indian Vedic tradition, it honours the planet Saturn, who personifies time, limitations, loss and all forms of adversity. No person goes thorough life without sometime being touched by Saturn. This book presents a classic Saturn story and a clear view of the cosmology from which the story came. As we hear the story and come to understand its context, we experience a deeper understanding of what it means to be human. "Dr. Svoboda nourishes the spiritual imagination of his readers by immersing them in the powerful, transformative universe of India's mythic vision. From within the horizon of ancient Hindu astrology, be enables us to engage vital issues of life and fate, love and conflict, success and defeat in newly liberating ways. No writer today presents the heart of this profound tradition with more authenticity highly recommended for anyone seeking to integrate spirituality with the complexities of everyday living".