Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age MovementRoutledge, 15/04/2016 - 264 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 signs, personality and psychological potential. While the foundation of my study is historical, this leads directly into an analysis of the contemporary situation, principally from a qualitative standpoint. My use of quantitative ...
... zodiac signs, personality and psychological potential. While the foundation of my study is historical, this leads directly into an analysis of the contemporary situation, principally from a qualitative standpoint. My use of quantitative ...
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... zodiac once every 20 years. The astrologers noticed that the total sequence of possible Jupiter–Saturn conjunctions took 960 years and, although the real period is somewhat shorter, they regarded it as deeply significant that 960 years ...
... zodiac once every 20 years. The astrologers noticed that the total sequence of possible Jupiter–Saturn conjunctions took 960 years and, although the real period is somewhat shorter, they regarded it as deeply significant that 960 years ...
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... Zodiac of Life (London and Boston, 1976), p. 18. Ernst Cassirer concurred in this and compared some modern historical literature, such as Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, to Renaissance astrological theories, making the point ...
... Zodiac of Life (London and Boston, 1976), p. 18. Ernst Cassirer concurred in this and compared some modern historical literature, such as Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, to Renaissance astrological theories, making the point ...
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... zodiac', used in Western astrology, from the 'sidereal zodiac', which is based on the actual stars. For example, the Western zodiac sign of Pisces no longer occupies the same portion of sky as the classical Greek constellation of Pisces ...
... zodiac', used in Western astrology, from the 'sidereal zodiac', which is based on the actual stars. For example, the Western zodiac sign of Pisces no longer occupies the same portion of sky as the classical Greek constellation of Pisces ...
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... zodiacs was used to discredit astrology, on the grounds that the planets no longer occupied the parts of the zodiac claimed by Western astrologers. The earliest extant example of precession being used to undermine astrology was penned ...
... zodiacs was used to discredit astrology, on the grounds that the planets no longer occupied the parts of the zodiac claimed by Western astrologers. The earliest extant example of precession being used to undermine astrology was penned ...
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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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