Pluto

Encompassing astronomy, mythology, psychology, and astrology, Pluto offers a wealth of knowledge about our most famous dwarf planet. First observed in 1930 and once defined as the ninth and final planet in our solar system, Pluto and its discovery and reclassification throw a unique light on how we generate meaning in science and culture. This anthology, timed to appear in concordance with NASA’s New Horizons 's approach to Pluto in July 2015, shows that while the astronomical Pluto may be little more than an ordinary escaped moon or tiny Kuiper Belt object, it is a powerful hyperobject, for its mythological and cultural effigies on Earth incubate deep unconscious seeds of the human psyche. 

Certain astronomical features pertain to Pluto in terms of its distance from the Sun, coldness, and barrenness. These also inform its mythology and astrology as befitting a planet named after the God of the Underworld. Among the issues central to this collection are the meanings of darkness, loss, grief, inner transformation, rebirth, reincarnation, and karmic revelation, all of which are associated with the astrology of Pluto. Pluto also embodies the meaning of true wealth as being nonmaterial essence instead of property, conventional accolades, ego identity, achievement. It is the marker of negative capability. 

Table of Contents

Dana Wilde: Pluto on the Borderlands

Richard Grossinger: Pluto and The Kuiper Belt

Richard C. Hoagland: New Horizon … for a Lost Horizon

J. F. Martel: Pluto and the Death of God

James Hillman: Hades

Fritz Bruhubner: The Mythology and Astrology of Pluto

Thomas Frick: Old Horizons

John D. Shershin: The Inquisition of Pluto

Stephan David Hewitt: Pluto and the Restoration of Soul

Jim Tibbetts: Our Lady of Pluto, the Planet of Purification

Shelli Jankowski-Smith: Love Song for Pluto

Robert Kelly: Pluto

Dinesh Raghavendra: Falling in Love with a Plutonian

Steve Luttrell: Dostoevsky's Pluto

Philip Wohlstetter: Ten Things I'd Like to Find on Pluto

Jonathan Lethem: Ten Things I'd Like to Find on Pluto

Robert Sardello: Ten Things I'd Like to Find on Pluto

Ross Hamilton: Ten Things I'd Like to Find on Pluto

College of the Atlantic Students: Ten Things I’d Like to Find on Pluto

Jeffrey A. Hoffman: What the Probe Will Find, What I’d Like It to Find

Nathan Schwartz-Salant: Ten Things I’d Like to Find on Pluto

Charley B. Murphy: The Ten Worlds of Pluto

Timothy Morton: Ten Things I’d Like to Find on Pluto The End of the World

Robert Phoenix: My Father Pluto

Ellias Lonsdale: Pluto is the Reason We Have a Chance

Rob Brezsny: Pluto: Planet of Wealth

From the Trade Paperback edition.