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 in the face of four centuries of evidence , from Galileo to the latest space probe'.10 One may ask why , if it is drivel , it arouses such anger , and why one part of British media regulation regards ...
... that it did not exist, but this is not the point. What we are dealing with is public perception. In 2009 one TV company expanded the common notion of astrology as a 'million-dollar' business into the unlikely figure of a 'billion-dollar ...
... that it does not make scientific claims. On the other hand, if it is natural philosophy, which is how it would have seemed to many medieval Aristotelians, it is likely to avoid Christian censure but arouse scientific ire. Central to ...
... that it happens . The New Age movement exhibits the same paradox : while the dawning of New Age is inevitable , it is still vital to encourage it by altering one's lifestyle . Popper also noticed that the practice of astrology is based ...
... that it ' shines as a symbol of all the past , present , and future Spiritual Saviours who dispense light and dispel mental darkness'.12 " The history of the world ' , she wrote , ' since its formation and to its end " is written in the ...
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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 | |