This treatise on religious studies traces the European tradition of astrology from its oriental beginnings to the present day. The aim is to get a view of the different mythological, philosophical and theological ideas of the cosmos (especially with Platonic and Aristotelian borrowings), which astrology has repeatedly reformulated and carried through all epochs. However, it seems as if astrology had lost its plausibility with the overcoming of the geocentric world view by Copernicus and Kepler and could only continue to exist as an "intellectual regression" (Theodor Adorno). This view is countered by the thesis, founded here, that astrology has been able to survive the changes in world views unscathed because it designs philosophical (holistic) patterns of reasoning into the relationship between cosmos and humans, which in a Platonic sense understand the cosmos as an intelligent and vital organism.
This treatise on religious studies traces the European tradition of astrology from its oriental beginnings to the present day. The aim is to get a view of the different mythological, philosophical and theological ideas of the cosmos (especially with Platonic and Aristotelian borrowings), which astrology has repeatedly reformulated and carried through all epochs. However, it seems as if astrology had lost its plausibility with the overcoming of the geocentric world view by Copernicus and Kepler and could only continue to exist as an "intellectual regression" (Theodor Adorno). This view is countered by the thesis, founded here, that astrology has been able to survive the changes in world views unscathed because it designs philosophical (holistic) patterns of reasoning into the relationship between cosmos and humans, which in a Platonic sense understand the cosmos as an intelligent and vital organism.
Über den Autor
Gustav-Adolf Schoener attained his Doctorate from the Institute of Philosophy at Leibniz University in Hanover, and further achieved his habilitation at the Institute of Religious Studies. His primary areas of research and teaching revolve around religions, worldviews, and esotericism as manifested in antiquity, early modern times, and modernity in the history of European religion. Moreover, he is a language teacher for Latin and Ancient Greek at the Institute of Theology within Leibniz University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents - Introduction - The Structure of Astrology I An Analogy between the Cosmos and Humans - Astrology and Science in the Present Day - The Structure of Astrology III Celestial Deities and Intelligible Nature - Astrology as a Misunderstood Science - Astrology in the Context of Modern Societies - Bibliography
