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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... theory that one of magic's primary functions is to provide a means of influencing forces and events normally outside human control, she raised the question as to whether astrological forecasting, combined with the rituals which often ...
... theory that one of magic's primary functions is to provide a means of influencing forces and events normally outside human control, she raised the question as to whether astrological forecasting, combined with the rituals which often ...
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... theory holds that significant shifts in human civilisation conform to major movements of the constellations or zodiac signs in relation to the equinox. According to the theory, the next age, the Age of Aquarius, will be inaugurated when ...
... theory holds that significant shifts in human civilisation conform to major movements of the constellations or zodiac signs in relation to the equinox. According to the theory, the next age, the Age of Aquarius, will be inaugurated when ...
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... by which this was to be accomplished was the study of comparative religion, the deliberate aim being to diminish Christianity's claim to unique status. The second was the theory that the shared origin of all religion lies in worship of the.
... by which this was to be accomplished was the study of comparative religion, the deliberate aim being to diminish Christianity's claim to unique status. The second was the theory that the shared origin of all religion lies in worship of the.
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... theory that religion and astronomy shared common origins was developed in the revolutionary atmosphere of 1790s France by François Henri Stanislas Delaunaye in his 1791 work, L'Histore générale at particulière des religions et du Culte ...
... theory that religion and astronomy shared common origins was developed in the revolutionary atmosphere of 1790s France by François Henri Stanislas Delaunaye in his 1791 work, L'Histore générale at particulière des religions et du Culte ...
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... theories of history, she argued, had 'their application in the teachings of Occult science', Blavatsky set out her theory of cyclical history, in which complex patterns of cycles regulate a cosmos in which physical evolution is ...
... theories of history, she argued, had 'their application in the teachings of Occult science', Blavatsky set out her theory of cyclical history, in which complex patterns of cycles regulate a cosmos in which physical evolution is ...
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The New Age and the Age of Aquarius | |
New Age Astrology | |
SunSign Astrology | |
The Survival of Belief in Astrology | |
The Extent of Belief in Astrology | |
Belief in Astrology | |
The Astrologers Universe of Discourse | |
With Their Own Voices | |
Modernity and Normality | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Astrology Religion and Belief | |
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