Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 01/09/2012 - 224 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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... Alice Bailey , borrowed their versions of the Age of Aquarius ( although Steiner himself preferred to talk about the Age of Michael ) . In 1910 Steiner wrote , " There is much talk about periods of transition ... human beings will ...
... Alice Bailey founded her theosophical offshoot , the Arcane School , in 1923 , she was quite explicit that she was creating a group of individuals whose purpose was to bring the New Age into being . In 1937 Bailey had discussed the ...
... Alice Bailey's followers maintain the concept of a political programme . For example , in 1984 an advertisement for the Lucis Trust , the organisation set up to perpetuate Alice Bailey's teachings , announced that the ' Lucis Trust is ...
... Alice A. Bailey, 'Seed Groups in the New Age', in Alice A. Bailey, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy (New York, 1957), p. 28. 21 Alice A. Bailey, The Unfinished Autobiography (London, 1951), p. 191. 22 Alice A. Bailey, The ...
... Alice A. Bailey, The Destiny of the Nations (New York, 1949), p. 36; Sir George Trevelyan, A Vision of the Aquarian Age: The Emerging Spiritual World View (London, 1984), pp. 82, 139–47; York, The Emerging Network, pp. 34, 39–40, 49, 57 ...
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SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
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The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
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Interviews with Astrologers | |
Modernity and Normality | |