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Astrology. The Library of Esoterica
Astrology. The Library of Esoterica
Richards Andrea, Miller Susan (Richards Andrea, Miller Susan)
SKU: VV1626792 ISBN: 383657988X Pages: 520 Hardcover year: 2020 Publicher: Taschen (Taschen) Price: $227.70 ship 24-25
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| From the beginning of human history, individuals across cultures and belief systems have looked to the sky for meaning. The movement of celestial bodies and their relation to our human lives has been the central tenant of astrology for thousands of years. The practice has both inspired reverence and worship, and deepened our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.While modern-day horoscopes may be the most familiar form of astrological knowledge, their lineage reaches back to the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks. As author Andrea Richards recounts in Astrology, the second volume in TASCHEN's Library of Esoterica series, astronomy and astrology were once sister sciences: the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid at Giza was built to align with the constellations, Persia raced with Greece to erect the first observatory, and even Galileo cast horoscopes for the Medicis. But with the Enlightenment and the birth of exact science, the practice moved to places where mys |