A History of Western Astrology Volume I

The Ancient and Classical Worlds

Dr Nicholas Campion (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK)

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Continuum Publishing Corporation
16 April 2009

Alternative belief systems; Astrology

Series: History of Western Astrology

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.

Beginning with the theories of the origins of religion in sun-worship, it spans the period between the first Paleolithic lunar counters around 30,000 BC and the end of the classical world and rise of Christianity.

Campion challenges the idea that astrology was invented by the Greeks, and asks whether its origins lie in Near-Eastern religion, or whether it can be considered a decadent Eastern import to the West.

He considers the evidence for reverence for the stars in Neolithic culture, Mesopotamian astral divination, Egyptian stellar religion, and examines attitudes to astrology and celestial prophecy in the Bible.

He considers such artefacts as the mysterious, 15,000-year-old 'Venus of Lauselle', the reasons for the orientation of the pyramids, the latest theories on Stonehenge as a sacred observatory, Greek theories of the ascent of the soul to the stars and the Roman emporer Nero's use of astrology to persecute his rivals.

By: Dr Nicholas Campion (University of Wales Trinity Saint David UK)
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 636g
ISBN: 9781441127372
ISBN 10: 1441127372
Series: History of Western Astrology
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 16 April 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chap 1 Distant Echoes: Origins of Astrology Chap 2 Prehistory: Myths and Megaliths Chap 3 The Mesopotamian Cosmos: The Marriage of Heaven and Earth Chap 4 Mesopotamian Astrology: The Writing of Heaven: Chap 5 The Assyrians and Persians: Revolution and Reformation Chap 6 Egypt: The Kingdom of the Sun Chap 7 Egypt: The Stars and the Soul Chap 8 The Hebrews: Prophets and Planets Chap 9 Greece: Homer, Hesiod and the Heavens Chap 10 Greece: The Platonic Revolution Chap 11 The Hellenistic World: The Zodiac Chap 12 The Hellenistic World: Scepticism and Salvation Chap 13 Hellenistic Astrology: Signs and Influences: Chap 14 Rome: the State, the Stars and Subversion Chap 15 Christianity: A Star out of Jacob Chap 16 Rome: The Imperial Heaven Chap 17 Christianity: the Triumph of the Sun Afterword Bibliography Index

Nicholas Campion is Associate Professor in Cosmology and Culture, Principal Lecturer in the Institute of Humanities and Education, and Programme Director of the on-line, distance-learning Master's degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK.