Product Description: New Age culture is generally regarded as a modern manifestation of Western millenarianism - a concept built around the expectation of an imminent historical crisis followed by the inauguration of a golden age which occupies a key place in the history of Western ideas...read more

Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: When you think of astrology, you may think of the horoscope section in your local paper, or of Nancy Reagan's consultations with an astrologer in the White House in the 1980s. Yet almost every religion uses some form of astrology: some way of thinking about the sun, moon, stars, and planets and how they hold significance for human lives on earth...read more

Product Description: This is the first comprehensive examination of astrology's origins and it examines the foundations of a major feature of popular culture in the contemporary west, one which has its origins in the ancient world. Campion explores the relationship between astrology and religion, magic and science, and explores its use in politics and the arts...read more

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Explores the relationship between the human soul and the stars, which has been central to Western thought and other cultures for thousands of years. This book examines ideas, beliefs and practices which meet at the boundary of psychology and cosmology, the universe and human imagination.

An investigation into the origins and development of astrology - the study of which linked the rulers of Babylon with Chaucer and a topic which has attracted countless millions past and present. It offered a system of thinking that allowed people to make decisions and to make sense of the world.

Part of 'What Do We Believe' series, this title explores astrology's past and present, its claims and appeal. It also explains what astrologers really believe.

Product Description: In April 1998 a one-day conference was held in Sherborne to mark the one-thousandth anniversary of the founding of the Benedictine Abbey by St Wulfsige through the granting of a charter by King Æthelred II. The papers presented here cover various aspects of the Benedictine foundation, as well as examining the history and archaeology of Sherborne in its wider context...read more

Product Description: This volume contains astrological and historical data relating to the formation of countries and governments.

Product Description: In this comprehensive and immensely practical book, Nicholas Campion, well known for his internationally acclaimed astrological columns, applies his wealth of experience and substantial expertise as a teacher to the calculation and interpretation of birth charts...read more

Human beings have always been preoccupied with whether and when the world will end, now no less than in Babylonian and medieval times. This volume includes seminars which deal with the theme of astrology's use as a tool of global prediction over the centuries, especially as part of a religious vision of the 'end of days'.

Product Description: The New Astrology is a masterly exploration of the myths, symbolism, history, beliefs, and current scientific thought surrounding the cosmos, from art and religion to quantum theory and cosmobiology. Myths and theories explaining the existence of the universe have embodied the deepest hopes and fears of cultures throughout the ages, and the profound meanings that mankind has attributed to the stars, constellations, and planets are all explored--their psychological and mystical characteristics, religious and mythical significance, and their astronomical basis...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Covers astrological interpretation techniques and discusses astro-economics, and the astrology of finance, business, medicine, and gardening

Product Description: This volume contains astrological and historical data relating to the formation of countries and governments.