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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... Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875. The society is the most important single institutional influence on the New Age movement , partly because of its global reach , from the US to France , the UK , Germany and ...
... Blavatsky believed that the Jupiter - Saturn conjunction in Pisces in 7 BCE was a specific sign of the birth of Christ , adding that it ' shines as a symbol of all the past , present , and future Spiritual Saviours who dispense light ...
... Blavatsky , The Secret Doctrine ( 2 vols , Los Angeles , 1982 ) , vol . 1 , p . 641 . Blavatsky , The Secret Doctrine , vol . 1 , p . 641 . Blavatsky , The Secret Doctrine , vol . 1 , p . 653 . Blavatsky , The Secret Doctrine , vol . 2 ...
... Blavatsky regarded him as, if not an adept, at least 'the greatest among modern seers', and disseminated his ideas through the Theosophical Society.10 By the 1870s the term 'New Age' had become an established metaphor for the ...
... Blavatsky, Bailey and Rudolf Steiner all deliberately set out to create organised movements with a common set of goals and, even if we look at wider New Age culture as consisting of series of networks, it is still perfectly possible to ...
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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 | |