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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... century. Thereare indeed arguments that precession was used by astrologersin the ancient world, but they are based entirely on the retrospective interpretation ofcircumstantial evidence and lack any textual support. David Ulansey, for ...
... century andThomas Campanella in the sixteenth century, asa major problem.5 Atnotime was it considered a possible source of astrological forecasts. The originofthe beliefthat the Age of Aquarius is imminent is relatively modern and ...
... centuries, thenotion of 'many changes' was to become popularly associated with the coming of the Age of Aquarius ... century. As a simple example, it was saidthat when theSun rose inTaurus, which it did roughly between 4,000 and2,000 ...
... century's two mostinfluential theosophists, Rudolf Steiner andAlice Bailey, borrowed their versionsofthe Age of Aquarius(although Steiner himself preferred to talk about the Age of Michael). In1910 Steiner wrote, 'There is much talk ...
... century.18 Barley had been the subeditor ofLeo's magazine and propaganda vehiclefor theosophical astrology, Modern Astrology. 19 The conscious sense ofparticipating in a movement intended to encourage the smooth transition to the NewAge ...