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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... that the shared origin of all religionlies inworship ofthe celestial bodies, especially the Sun, which became amodel of all male deities and mythical heroes.The third was the use of the apparent shift of the stars causedby theprecession ...
... that the Jupiter–Saturn conjunctionin Pisces in 7BCE was a specific sign of the birth of Christ, adding that it'shines as a symbol of all the past, present, and future Spiritual Saviours who dispense light and dispel mental darkness'.12 ...
... that the prophecy thata Messiah will be born again 'willbe... fulfilled when the Equinox enters thesign of the Waterman [Aquarius] about theendof thiscentury, to whichthe Samaritans are still looking forward forthecoming of their ...
... thatthe use of theshift ofthe constellations as a technical basisfor such prophecies appears to be a product of late eighteenthcentury atheism, filtered through theosophy and then adoptedby astrologers. We are therefore dealing with a ...
... thatthe parousia,the restorationof Christ's presence on Earth throughthe Second Coming, had actually occurred in 1757 butonly ona spiritual level,which meant thatone had tohave a certain levelofspiritual awareness in order to perceive ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
A Public Survey | |
Interviews with Astrologers | |