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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... historical theory, and all partook ofa common tradition whichwas shared with the Greekspeaking world.8 Eventhough they may have specific connotations, and some arguethat the distinctions areimportant, theterms 'millenarian', 'millennial ...
... historical periodisation.19After this'conjunctional astrology' was adopted in medieval Europe in thetwelfth and thirteenth centuries, there were two principal astrological means of predicting the coming of the millennium. Onthe one hand ...
... historical and astrological thought wasencouraged inthe fifteenth century by the translationof theworks ofPlato, including his crucial cosmological texts, into Latin. So great was Plato's reputation that,as Eugenio Garin put it, inthe ...
... historical. Another pervasive feature of millenarian thought, observed byKarl Popper,isthe paradoxical beliefthat active participation inthe historical process, rather than passive acceptance, is required inorderto bring the inevitable ...
Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement Dr Nicholas Campion. historical theories of Platoand Marx. In Marxism, for ... historical and cosmiclaw. Hilary Carey suggested asimilar conclusion.32 Citing Malinowski's theory thatone of ...