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Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West : Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement

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
eBook, English, 2012
Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Farnham, 2012
1 online resource (265 pages)
9781409435150, 9781409461494, 9786613718273, 9781315568188, 1409435156, 1409461491, 6613718270, 1315568187
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Introduction: A million dollar business?
Cosmic liberation : the pursuit of the millennium
The shock of the new : the Age of Aquarius
Celestial enlightenment : the New Age
End times : the New Age and the Age of Aquarius
The writing of heaven : New Age astrology
Oracles to the vulgar : sun sign astrology
An evolutionary paradox : the survival of belief in astrology
Salvation and the stars : astrology, religion, and belief
Superstitious times : the extent of belief in astrology
Belief in astrology : a public survey
In their own words : the astrologers' universe of discourse
With their own voices : interviews with astrologers
Conclusion: Modernity and normality
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011