Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology, and the New Age MovementAshgate, 2012 - 254 من الصفحات This book explores an area of contemporary religion, spirituality and popular culture which has not so far been investigated in depth, the phenomenon of astrology in the modern west. Locating modern astrology historically and sociologically in its religious, New Age and millenarian contexts, Nicholas Campion considers astrology's relation to modernity and draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading modern astrologers to present an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origins and nature of New Age ideology. This book challenges the notion that astrology is either 'marginal' or a feature of postmodernism. Concluding that astrology is more popular than the usual figures suggest, Campion argues that modern astrology is largely shaped by New Age thought, influenced by the European Millenarian tradition, that it can be seen as an heir to classical Gnosticism and is part of the vernacular religion of the modern west. |
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... Naylor . Naylor included , along with an analysis of the Princess's birth chart , general political predictions and about fifty words per day of birthday predictions for each day of the coming week . The column , though , was not based ...
... Naylor . Naylor included , along with an analysis of the Princess's birth chart , general political predictions and about fifty words per day of birthday predictions for each day of the coming week . The column , though , was not based ...
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... Naylor , later added his personal testimony . He wrote that ' Naylor and his horoscopes became a power in the land . If he said that Monday was a bad day for buying , then the buyers of more than one West End store waited for the stars ...
... Naylor , later added his personal testimony . He wrote that ' Naylor and his horoscopes became a power in the land . If he said that Monday was a bad day for buying , then the buyers of more than one West End store waited for the stars ...
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... Naylor himself wrote his first 12 - paragraph sun - sign columns in 1936 when he became astrologer to Prediction . It was clear , however , that even amongst the readers of such a specialised magazine , there was little awareness of the ...
... Naylor himself wrote his first 12 - paragraph sun - sign columns in 1936 when he became astrologer to Prediction . It was clear , however , that even amongst the readers of such a specialised magazine , there was little awareness of the ...
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A MillionDollar Business? | 1 |
The Pursuit of the Millennium | 13 |
The Age of Aquarius | 21 |
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