Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementThis 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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... I therefore conducted the bulk of my fieldwork amongst those active in astrology, particularly attendees at astrology conferences. This may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often statements about astrology's nature are made ...
... I therefore conducted the bulk of my fieldwork amongst those active in astrology, particularly attendees at astrology conferences. This may seem obvious, but it is surprising how often statements about astrology's nature are made ...
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One is Marcia Moore's little-known attempt to conduct sociological research amongst astrologers in 1960; the others are Derek Parker's survey published in 1972 and Garry Phillipson's collections of interviews, published in 2000.21 While ...
One is Marcia Moore's little-known attempt to conduct sociological research amongst astrologers in 1960; the others are Derek Parker's survey published in 1972 and Garry Phillipson's collections of interviews, published in 2000.21 While ...
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... discredited amongst historians and debunked by anthropologists. It was the nineteenth-century anthropologist E.B. Tylor who argued that human culture was subject to an inevitable progression in which primitive magic was succeeded in ...
... discredited amongst historians and debunked by anthropologists. It was the nineteenth-century anthropologist E.B. Tylor who argued that human culture was subject to an inevitable progression in which primitive magic was succeeded in ...
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... deities) and the shift of zodiac signs through precession of the equinoxes as a guide to the changing character of religious observation, circulated amongst both atheists and occultists through the first half the nineteenth century.
... deities) and the shift of zodiac signs through precession of the equinoxes as a guide to the changing character of religious observation, circulated amongst both atheists and occultists through the first half the nineteenth century.
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The discussion remains a live one amongst astrologers. On 5 December 2009 astrologer Erin Sullivan presented a day-long seminar as a part of the Robert Bateman 'Green Learning Series', on 'Global Transformation: The Evolution of ...
The discussion remains a live one amongst astrologers. On 5 December 2009 astrologer Erin Sullivan presented a day-long seminar as a part of the Robert Bateman 'Green Learning Series', on 'Global Transformation: The Evolution of ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
Belief in Astrology | |
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
With Their Own Voices | |
Modernity and Normality | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
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