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Grounding the Stars: Towards an Ecological Astrology

Curry, Patrick M. (2007) Grounding the Stars: Towards an Ecological Astrology. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 1 (2). pp. 210-219. ISSN 1749-4907. (doi:10.1558/jsrnc.v1i2.145) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:3466)

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Abstract

In this paper I seek to outline a conception of astrology in which nature—not a modernist Cartesian nature but the living and sensuous natural world—is central. This involves contextualizing astrology as, in effect, a divinatory practice in which the Earth and its animist apprehension is

indispensable. Such a move runs counter to much discourse, both by hostile critics (religious and scientific) and astrologers themselves, which is viewed in Weberian and neo-Weberian terms as part of an attempt, damaging if ultimately unsuccessful, to rationalize and thus disenchant astrology. The positive implications for an openly animist and pluralist astrology are then briefly explored.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1558/jsrnc.v1i2.145
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: P.M. Curry
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2008 17:22 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3466 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
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