Focusing on its magical and apocalyptic movements and use in everyday life throughout history, this title charts Western astrology from 30,000 BCE up to the 17th century. It examines the foundations of a major feature of popular culture in the contemporary west, and explores the relationship between astrology and religion, and magic and science.
Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement
Astrology's role in contemporary religion and popular culture is thoroughly examined, highlighting its historical and sociological connections to New Age movements and millenarian beliefs. Nicholas Campion utilizes extensive fieldwork and interviews with prominent astrologers to provide insights into astrology's relevance in modernity. This work offers a significant contribution to understanding the origins and nature of New Age ideology, shedding light on a previously underexplored area of spirituality.
Medieval and Renaissance Europe marked the high water mark for astrology. This book examines the foundation of modern astrology in the medieval and Renaissance worlds. It challenges the historical convention that astrology flourished only between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries.
This reference book serves as a vital resource for enthusiasts of mundane astrology, featuring comprehensive charts of various countries and notable historical events. It includes detailed appendices that provide the degrees of planets and angles for over 400 charts, making it an essential tool for both study and practical application in the field of astrology.
1. How Consciousness Becomes the Physical Universe. Menas Kafatos, Rudolph E. Tanzi, and Deepak Chopra 2. Cosmological Foundations of Consciousness. Chris King 3. The Origin of the Modern Anthropic Principle. Helge Kragh 4. Consciousness in the Universe: Neuroscience, Quantum Space-Time Geometry. Roger Penrose, and Stuart Hameroff 5. What Consciousness Does: A Quantum Cosmology of Mind. Chris J. S. Clarke 6. Quantum Physics & the Multiplicity of Mind: Split-Brains, Fragmented Minds, Dissociation, Quantum Consciousness. R. Joseph 7. Logic of Quantum Mechanics and Phenomenon of Consciousness. Michael B. Mensky 8. Evolution of Paleolithic Cosmology and Spiritual Consciousness. R. Joseph 9. Alien Life and Quantum Consciousness, Randy D. Allen 10. Evolution of Consciousness in the Ancient Corners of the Cosmos. R. Joseph 11. How Consciousness Became the Universe R. Joseph 12. Cosmology and Psyche in the Classical World: Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Ptolemy, Nicholas Campion 13. Was There A Ptolemaic Revolution in Ancient Egyptian Astronomy? Nicholas Campion
Outlines how, by observing the celestial bodies, people have engaged with the divine, managed the future, and attempted to understand events here on earth
