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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... reincarnation. Thus, there is a purpose to each human life, which is to work to purge one's self of the 'dross' of one's nature working towards a gradual improvement in each incarnation until one can finally secure the chance of escape ...
... Reincarnation and Karma'.28 Leo was no relativist , though . He wrote that the ' laws which guide the evolution of the world are infallible laws which work incessantly for the ultimate good of humanity ' and ' are capable of ...
... reincarnation was seen as liberating , and as a means of escaping one's destiny . However , the positive negotiation of one's future incarnations was dependent on management of the present , and this in turn was dependent on alteration ...
... reincarnation (which had been unacceptable to Renaissance Neoplatonists) produced an entirely new genre of astrology in which one's past and future lives might be described in precise detail.39 The new esoteric, spiritual-psychological ...
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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 | |