{"id":582,"date":"2007-08-05T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-05T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/08\/steven-forrest-rock-opera-comp.html"},"modified":"2007-08-05T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-05T17:48:00","slug":"steven-forrest-rock-opera-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2007\/08\/steven-forrest-rock-opera-comp.html","title":{"rendered":"Steven Forrest : Rock Opera Composer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noted astrologer Steven Forrest is an old friend and teacher of mine in Chapel Hill where we both live, and when his wife Jodi, also an accomplished astrologer, wrote a series of stories about the old Norse gods beginning with a book called the Rhymer and the Ravens.  Steven, who you may not know is an accomplished musician, wrote a rock opera to accompany that first book.<\/p>\n<p>About ten years ago I was fortunate to be involved as one of the dancers in the early stage productions of the Rhymer and the Ravens, which was succeeded by two more volumes in Jodi&#8217;s trilogy.  If you&#8217;re a fan of Steven&#8217;s you&#8217;ll enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/story\/659780.html\">this article in the local paper<\/a> about the band Dragonship who plays the music for the &#8220;Elves&#8217; Prophecy&#8221; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenforrest.com\/dragon.html\">this page on Steve and Jodi&#8217;s website <\/a>about the project.<\/p>\n<p>Steven&#8217;s books are a must for any student of astrology.  You can find many of them in the bookstore on this page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noted astrologer Steven Forrest is an old friend and teacher of mine in Chapel Hill where we both live, and when his wife Jodi, also an accomplished astrologer, wrote a series of stories about the old Norse gods beginning with a book called the Rhymer and the Ravens. 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