Author: H Darrel Rutkin Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3030107795 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 515
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This book explores the changing perspective of astrology from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era. It introduces a framework for understanding both its former centrality and its later removal from legitimate knowledge and practice. The discussion reconstructs the changing roles of astrology in Western science, theology, and culture from 1250 to 1500. The author considers both the how and the why. He analyzes and integrates a broad range of sources. This analysis shows that the history of astrology—in particular, the story of the protracted criticism and ultimate removal of astrology from the realm of legitimate knowledge and practice—is crucial for fully understanding the transition from premodern Aristotelian-Ptolemaic natural philosophy to modern Newtonian science. This removal, the author argues, was neither obvious nor unproblematic. Astrology was not some sort of magical nebulous hodge-podge of beliefs. Rather, astrology emerged in the 13th century as a richly mathematical system that served to integrate astronomy and natural philosophy, precisely the aim of the “New Science” of the 17th century. As such, it becomes a fundamentally important historical question to determine why this promising astrological synthesis was rejected in favor of a rather different mathematical natural philosophy—and one with a very different causal structure than Aristotle's.
Author: Sanat Kumar Jain Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist ISBN: 9788126905560 Category : Hindu astrology Languages : en Pages : 468
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Considered By Some As Science While By Others A Mere Blind Faith, Astrology Is A Complex Subject That Needs To Be Studied In Proper Perspective. In The Present Book, Astrology : A Science Or Myth, An Attempt Has Been Made To Unearth The Actual Basis Of The Astrological Principles Formulated By Our Ancient Sages, On Which The Whole Structure Of Astrology Is Erected, And To Blend The Primitive Knowledge With The Modern Concepts Related To Universe And Solar System. Thus, The Book Aims At Making The Astrological Principles Scientifically Logical And More Useful To The Mankind. All The Basic Astrological Principles Relating To Lord, Friendship, Aspect, Retrogade, Set, Exalted, Mool, Trikon, Vinshottary Periodicity, Ascendant, Forecast, Etc., Alongwith Review Of Krishnamurti System Have Been Studied In Depth In The Light Of Modern Concepts Of Astronomy. A Proper Knowledge Of The Effect Of Ayanansh And Also Other Planetary Impacts Paves The Way For Healthy Development Of The Society And Enables One To Mould His Destiny. The Present Book Would Prove A Great Help In Acquiring Such Knowledge.The Language Of The Book Has Been Deliberately Kept Simple So That Even An Average Reader Would Able To Understand It. The Lucid Style And The Well-Presented Diagrams Provided In The Book Make It All The More Accessible. It Is An Ideal Book For All Those Who Want To Enhance Their Knowledge Of Stars. The Students As Well As Teachers Of Astrology Will Find It Highly Informative And Useful. The Book Will Definitely Inspire The Learned Astrologers To Come Forward With New Research In The Field For Greater Benefit Of Human Civilisation.
Author: Ellen H. Bennett Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780484338530 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 352
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Excerpt from Astrology, Science of Knowledge and Reason: A Treatise on the Heavenly Bodies in an Easy and Comprehensive Form By referring to the diagram of the solar man in this book will be seen the signs that belong to the human body, showing their relatedness to the respective functions of the human system as ruled by the twelve signs of the Zodiac. And by referring to the seven planets in their respective position, one can soon ascertain the nature of the troubles that may be located in the nervous system, whether in mind, anxiety, or bodily disease. I would like to call attention to Horary Astrology, a subject in this work which may be speedily learned by any person of even moderate education, and may, as far as re gards its elementary difficulties, be mastered in a few days study.' It may be. Well understood and reduced to con stant practice in less than three months, and no one will find himself at a loss for occasions to test its reality or its utility, for his own avocations, and the affairs of his friends, will offer these almost daily. If a proposition of any nature be made to any individual, about the result of which he is anxious, and therefore uncertain whether to accede to it or not, let him but note the hour and minute when it was first made, and erect a figure of the heavens, as herein taught, and his doubts will be instantly resolved. He. May thus, in five minutes, learn infallibly whether the affair will succeed or not and, consequently, whether it is prudent to adopt the Offer made or not. To make Horary Astrology more easy, it is necessary to ascertain the hour of sunrise in whatever part of the world one may be, Which can be found in the almanac or the daily newspaper, and so follow the hour of sunrise during each day of the week. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Hans Jurgen Eysenck Publisher: St Martins Press ISBN: 9780312058067 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 243
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Uses modern statistical methods to explain the mechanisms by which the planets might well have a significant influence on life on earth, proposing a new branch of science, cosmobiology
Author: Sepharial Publisher: Cosimo, Inc. ISBN: 1596056282 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 173
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Sepharial.."the prince of English astrologers." - The Referee."the foremost living astrologer." - Evening NewsIn The Science of Foreknowledge, Sepharial offers a variety of topics related to astrological research, philosophy, and practice. These include the role of Neptune in people's lives, the influence of Lilith (Earth's second satellite), Indian astrology, the astrology of the Hebrews, astrology in Shakespeare, the star of Bethlehem, Joan of Arc, financial astrology, and the Radix System, "a method of directing for future events and tendencies." This Cosimo Classic is based on the 1902 edition.SEPHARIAL (1864-1929) was born Walter Richard Old in Birmingham, England. At the age of 22 he had a mystical experience and spent the rest of his life seeking his true self and trying to unravel the future through astrology and other methods. After a scrape with Blavatsky's Theosophical society he changed his name to Walter Gornold, though by the end of the 19th century he was better known as Sepharial. He produced six children and authored nearly 60 books. Sepharial was the first president of the British Astrological Society, and counted among his friends such people as H.P. Blavatsky, Alan Leo, and Charles Carter, who believed that Sepharial was more than a mere astrologer and brilliant at almost everything he touched.
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