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Astrology has a rich heritage stretching back thousands of years. This class offers a survey of the history of astrology from the late Renaissance and Enlightenment period through modern times, primarily in the West.
NOTE: If this is your first academic course with Kepler College or you have not paid the one-time registration fee ($40) in the past, please add this to your order. This fee payment is required for all academic students.
The one-time Registration fee is a separate store item found as the last item in each term grouping.
This course is taught in English. Proficiency in English is required for all students.
Original price was: $295.00.$280.25Current price is: $280.25.
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This course begins with the Late Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Most people believe that this is when belief in astrology died out in the West, but in actual fact ephemerides and astrological almanacs were among the first books to be printed on the new Gutenberg printing presses, right after the famous Gutenberg Bible. This 5 week course offers a survey of the historical periods up to the present incorporating astrologically significant events and discoveries.
This course will help students to understand how astrology continued to fit into the cultural milieu of each sequential historical period. Students will also be introduced to concepts such as Philosophy of Science, Comparative Religion, Theosophy, New Age and Postmodernism.
In this course, students will:
This course can be taken as an elective for the Diploma program and will also count toward a certificate in Astrological Heritage OR Multi-Cultural Traditions.
Campion, Nicholas. A History of Western Astrology Volume II: The Medieval and Modern Worlds. Continuum: 2009.
Holden, Janes Herschel. A History of Horoscopic Astrology. American Federation of Astrologers, Inc.: 1996.
Perry, Marvin. Western Civilization, A Brief History. 11th edition. 2015.
Registration closes at 7:00am on Wednesday October 16th, 2024
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