Book ID: CBB721551148

Astrology in Time and Place: Cross-Cultural Questions in the History of Astrology (2016)

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Campion, Nicholas (Author)
Greenbaum, Dorian Gieseler (Author)


Cambridge Scholars Publishing


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 320 pp.
Language: English

Astrology is the practice of relating the heavenly bodies to lives and events on earth, and the tradition that has thus been generated. Many cultures worldwide have practised it in some form. In some it is rudimentary, in others complex. Culture and scholarship have categorised it as both belief and science, as a form of magic, divination or religious practice – but in many ways it defies easy categorisation. The chapters in this volume make a significant contribution to our understanding of astrology across a range of periods of cultures. Based on papers presented at the annual conference of the Sophia Centre held in 2012, the contributions range from China and Japan, through India, the ancient Near East, the classical world and early modern Europe, to Madagascar and Mesoamerica. The different topics include ritual and religion, magic and science, calendars and time, and questions of textual transmission and methodology. Astrology in Time and Place is essential reading for all interested in the history of humanity’s relationship with the cosmos.

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Authors & Contributors
Brown, David
Ting Chen
Robert, Jean-Noël
Mahboubeh Farkhondehzadeh
Lingfeng Lü
Marsone, Pierre
Concepts
Astrology
Divination; prognostication
Magic
Science and religion
Science and culture
Astronomy
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
17th century
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Early modern
Places
Middle and Near East
China
Mesopotamia
Rome (Italy)
Hellenistic world
Mediterranean region
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