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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... zodiac once every 20 years. The astrologers noticed that the totalsequence ofpossible Jupiter–Saturn conjunctions took 960years and, although the real period is somewhat shorter, theyregarded itas deeply significant that 960 yearsis ...
... zodiac', used in Western astrology, from the 'sidereal zodiac', which isbased onthe actual stars. For example, the Western zodiac signof Pisces nolonger occupies thesame portion ofsky asthe classical Greek constellationof Pisces. The ...
... zodiacs was usedto discredit astrology, on the grounds that the planets no longer occupied theparts ofthe zodiac claimed by Western astrologers.The earliest extant exampleof precession being used toundermine astrology was penned bythe ...
... heargued, wasthe originofthe Egyptian zodiac. After around two thousand years, in 13,079BCE, thesun rose inVirgo at the spring equinox and itthen proceeded inreverse order through the signs untilit rose in Aquarius atthe spring equinox of.
... zodiac signs through precession of the equinoxes as a guide tothe changing character of religious observation, circulated amongst both atheists and occultists through the firsthalf the nineteenth century. As a simple example, it was ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |