| International Standard Book Number |
0593966805
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593966808
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| International Standard Book Number |
0241682800
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780241682807
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| Personal Name |
Campion, Nicholas, author.
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| Title Statement |
A history of astrology, divination and prophecy / consultant, Nicholas Campion ; contributors, Jo Edge, Kim Farnell, Ben Gazur, Ulla Koch, Jeffrey Kotyk, Mai Lootah, Cai?ln Murray, Helen Nde, Philip Parker, Michelle Pfeffer, Izabela Podlaska Konkel, Anupam Kumar Suman.
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| Publisher |
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
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| Content Type |
still image rdacontent.
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| Content Type |
text rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier.
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| General Note |
Includes index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Ancient practices (up to 200 BCE) -- Guided by stars (200 BCE-1100 CE) -- Distant and divine (1100-1600) -- Changing fortunes (1600-1900) -- Modern futures (1900-onward)
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A History of Astrology, Divination & Prophecy traces the journey of astrology from its roots in the 3rd century BCE, when ancient Mesopotamians studied celestial bodies with the aim of predicting the future, and its development into the distinct branches of Eastern astrology, Hindu (Vedic) astrology, and Western astrology that we know today. Learn about the numerous techniques that have been devised over the centuries to predict the future -- from the use of yarrow stalks in the I Ching more than 2,500 years ago to methods still practiced today, such as tarot, crystals, palmistry, and numerology. Discover the story of influential and learned seers, from the oracles of Ancient Greece to the 16th-century French philosopher and mystic Nostradamus, who is said to have predicted the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and explore how our fear of and fascination with astrology, divination, prediction, and prophecy have been depicted in art and literature." -- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Astrology History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Divination History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prophecies (Occultism) History.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works. lcgft.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Edge, Jo, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Farnell, Kim, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Gazur, Ben, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Koch, Ulla Susanne, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Kotyk, Jeffrey, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Lootah, Mai, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Murray, Cai?ln, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Nde, Helen, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Parker, Philip, 1965- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Pfeffer, Michelle, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Konkel, Izabela Podlaska, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Suman, Anupam Kumar, author.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
9780241777145.
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