Astrology from Ancient Babylon to the present day
The story of astrology through the ages from ancient Babylon to the present day. Astrology is a means of interpreting the influence which the position of certain heavenly bodies have upon the earth and human beings. The earliest records are those of Babylon, which were designed to help its kings und...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Astrology |b from Ancient Babylon to the present day |c by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Land Between the Rivers c.800 BC-c.600 BC: Interpreting Portents -- Greece & Rome c.600 BC-50 BC: The Religious Zodiac -- Hellenistic & Roman Egypt 50 BC-c.AD 100: Personal Horoscopes -- The Imperial West c.100-c.200: Political Quicksands -- A Christian Dilemma c.200-c.500: Theological Doubts & Popular Belief -- Islamic Speculation c.600-c.900: Fresh Insights, Transmission & Astral Magic -- Byzantium & the Jewish Diaspora c.900-c.1200: Agreements to Disagree -- Mediaeval Europe c.1200-c.1300: The Inheritor of Traditions -- Astrology in Mediaeval Literature, Art & Architecture c.1300-c.1500 -- Astrologers at Work c.1500-c.1600: The Stars in an Age of Reform -- Questioning the Macrocosm c.1600-c.1700: The Pursuit of a `Sane' Astrology -- Prophets & Sceptics c.1700-c.1800: Astrology Fighting Decline -- New Planets, Esotericism & Almanacs c.1800-c.1900: Astrology in the Post-Industrial World -- Plus ca Change c.1900-2000: Facing the Future | |
| 520 | |a The story of astrology through the ages from ancient Babylon to the present day. Astrology is a means of interpreting the influence which the position of certain heavenly bodies have upon the earth and human beings. The earliest records are those of Babylon, which were designed to help its kings understand the will of their gods. It then became a way of making sense of the world as people saw themselves as integral parts of a vast but puzzling whole. Medicine, politics, religion, the sciences, all had astrology woven into their fabric, and the best minds of the Middle Ages and early modern period engaged themselves in its study. Controversy, however, thereafter hastened its decline as a science until the twentieth century saw its return in the highest circles of the Third Reich and a number of post-war democracies. This book traces astrology's chequered history and notes that modern research suggests it should be taken much more seriously than people usually suppose. | ||
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