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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... that 'It is drivel because it flies intheface offour centuries of evidence, from Galileoto the latest space probe'.10 ... thatit isa multimillionpound industry. For example, inAugust 2003, Robert Matthews, science correspondence ofThe ...
... thatit is overwhelmingly a matter ofbelief; astrology isclassified as aformof'belief' andstudents and practitioners of itare characterised as 'believers'. Atthis point, letmeturn to the question of previous studies. Although astrology ...
... thatit doesnot make scientific claims. On the other hand, if it is natural philosophy, which ishow itwould have seemed to many medieval Aristotelians, it islikely to avoid Christian censure but arouse scientific ire.Central to such ...
... that it happens. The New Age movement exhibits thesame paradox:while the dawningof NewAge isinevitable, it is still vital to encourageitby alteringone's lifestyle. Popper also noticed that thepractice of astrology isbasedaround the ...
... that it'shines as a symbol of all the past, present, and future Spiritual Saviours who dispense light and dispel mental darkness'.12 'Thehistory of the world', she wrote, 'since its formation and to itsend “is writtenin the stars,”i.e. ...