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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... opinion polls suggests that public interest in astrology is similar in, say, Germany and France, to the UK and the US, while the network of organised astrologers manages to cross national boundaries, in spite of the language barriers. I ...
... opinions diverge. It is widely considered to be a feature of the Western esoteric tradition, a New Age belief or practice, paranormal or an 'alternative religion', is seen as a potential contributor to the decline of the mainstream ...
... opinion is that ' New Age ' is ' a label ' which can be ' attached indiscriminately to whatever seems to fit it'.25 Michael York described New Age predictions of historical transformation as a ' mnemonic device far more than a prophecy ...
... Opinion on the matter in relation to the New Age is uncertain. Wouter Hanegraaff argued that, while the New Age sensu stricto tended originally to be pre-millennial and passive, awaiting the coming crisis, it subsequently became post ...
... opinion was that ' It is probable that there is no branch of Astrology upon which more nonsense has been poured forth than the doctrine of the precession of the equinoxes . " 24 In 1951 he followed this up with another burst of contempt ...
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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 | |