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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... History of Western Astrology ( 2 vols , London , 2009 ) , vol . 2 , p . 12 . 29 Claudius Ptolemy , ' Centiloquium ' , in John Partridge , Mikropanastron , or an Astrological Vade Mecum , briefly Teaching the whole Art of Astrology – viz ...
... history is divided into periods of one, two or three thousand years.3 The classic text of Christian millenarianism, the Revelation of St John, set out a historical template which still exerts a heavy influence in New Age ideology, in ...
... and formed a part of Gnostic , Jewish and Christian historical theory , and all partook of a common tradition which was shared with the Greek - speaking world.8 Even though they may have specific connotations, and some argue.
... history and delay or prevent political disaster and social decay.12 Such notions fed into early Christianity via the great Helleniser, St Paul. Another commonly expressed view in the classical world and closely associated with the ...
... historical changes coincide with the predictable sequence order of astronomical motions . Significant examples of ... history's purpose will become clear and once its purpose has been revealed , the future can be prophesied . The ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
percentages | |
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
compared with Moore 1960 | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |
Modernity and Normality | |