The dawn of astrology : a cultural history of western astrology : the ancient and classical worlds.
Pubblicazione:
2008.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 388 p.
Contiene:
Indice: Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Distant echoes: origins of astrology 2. Prehistory: myths and megaliths 3. The Mesopotamian cosmos: the marriage of heaven and Earth 4. Mesopotamian astrology: the writing of heaven 5. The Assyrians and Persians: revolution and reformation 6. Egypt: the kingdom of the Sun 7. Egypt: the stars and the soul 8. The Hebrews: prophets and planets 9. Greece: the platonic revolution 11. The Hellenistic world: the zodiac 12. The Hellenistic world: scepticism and salvation 13. Hellenistic astrology: signs and influences 14. Rome: the state, the stars and subversion 15. Christianity: a star out of Jacob 16. Rome: the imperial heaven 17. Christianity: the triumph of the Sun. Afterword.: Decline and survival. Notes. Bibliography. Index
Campion, Nicholas. History of western astrology. London : Continuum, 2008-2009. 1