Astrology and cosmology in the world's religions

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Autore principale: Campion, Nicholas
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : New York University Press, c2012.
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Sommario:
  • Cosmology and religion: measurement and meaning
  • Astrology: the celestial mirror
  • Australia: the dreaming
  • Oceania: navigating the sky
  • North Americas: the Great Spirit
  • South and Central America: salvation and sacrifice
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: heaven on earth
  • Egypt: the solar society
  • China: the celestial offices
  • India: ancient traditions and modern practice
  • Babylon: signs in the sky
  • The Jews: myth, magic, and transcendence
  • Classical Greece: ascent to the stars
  • Christianity: influence and transcendence
  • Islam: faith and reason
  • Theosophical, new age, and pagan cosmologies: nature and transformation.