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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... human affairs.29 Simply , astrology requires the presence of the astrologer . Whichever version of astrology we are discussing , the form with which we are concerned in this book is judicial . We can also classify astrological practice ...
... human affairs.29 Simply , astrology requires the presence of the astrologer . Whichever version of astrology we are discussing , the form with which we are concerned in this book is judicial . We can also classify astrological practice ...
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... human culture was subject to an inevitable progression in which primitive magic was succeeded in turn by polytheism , monotheism and atheism.39 Astrology , Tylor argued , belonged to the earliest , most primitive magical stage and its ...
... human culture was subject to an inevitable progression in which primitive magic was succeeded in turn by polytheism , monotheism and atheism.39 Astrology , Tylor argued , belonged to the earliest , most primitive magical stage and its ...
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... human society , the whole world , or even the entire universe , is about to experience a cataclysmic transformation . The word ' millenarianism ' has both narrow and broad definitions . First used in the fifth century CE by St Augustine ...
... human society , the whole world , or even the entire universe , is about to experience a cataclysmic transformation . The word ' millenarianism ' has both narrow and broad definitions . First used in the fifth century CE by St Augustine ...
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... humanity and God was due, '... the stars of the Heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the Sun will be dark at its rising and the Moon will not shed its light.14 Such prophecies were repeated or paraphrased in the ...
... humanity and God was due, '... the stars of the Heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the Sun will be dark at its rising and the Moon will not shed its light.14 Such prophecies were repeated or paraphrased in the ...
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... human beings to amend it . His view was clear and insightful : Astrology , it should be realised , shares with historicism the belief in a predeterminate destiny which can be predicted : and it shares with some important versions of ...
... human beings to amend it . His view was clear and insightful : Astrology , it should be realised , shares with historicism the belief in a predeterminate destiny which can be predicted : and it shares with some important versions of ...
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Age astrology Age culture Age discipline Age Movement Age of Aquarius Alan Leo Alice Alice Bailey amongst astrologers answers apocalyptic Aquarian Age Astrological Association Astrological Journal Astrology London astrology's attitudes to astrology Bailey behaviour belief in astrology Blavatsky British Astrological cent century church claimed concerned Consciousness contemporary context cosmic cosmology cult Dane Rudhyar David Spangler definition of astrology divine Esoteric Astrology evidence example figures future Gallup History horoscope columns human individual Leo's literature Magic MAJMA Michael Michael York millenarian Modern Astrology n/a n/a nature Naylor Neoplatonic Nicholas Campion notion Occult Oxford Paranormal Patrick Curry Paul Heelas planets popular culture positive postmodern prediction Prophecy psychological astrology question questionnaire read horoscope readership of horoscope religious affiliation response sample sceptical Science sense Skeptical Inquirer social Society sociological spiritual stars Study of Religion suggests sun-sign theory theosophical tradition Western Astrology York