Books On The History of Astrology

	Astrology, History and Apocalypse By Nicholas Campion. Based on seminars delivered for the Centre for Psychological Astrology in 1992 and 1996, this book gives an overview of the history of western astrology and beliefs about the apocalypse and the Age of Aquarius. Campion's argument is that such notions are essentially myths, but that we need to either understand them or be controlled by them. This is volume 16 in the Centre's series of seminar publications and can be ordered direct from the CPA press, BCM Box 1815, London WC1N 3XX. Available from The Centre for Psychological Astrology

	Cosmos: A Cultural History of Astrology by Nicholas Campion. To be published by London books in 2002, this will be a comprehensive history of astrology from earliest times.

	A History of Western Astrology by Jim Tester Boydell Press 1987. This is a fine history of western astrology, though a little dry. It does not cover either the Babylonian periods or the modern day, though. Available from Amazon.com

	From the Omens of Babylon, Astrology and Ancient Mesopotamia by Michael BaigentPenguin-Arkana, 1994. This is the most accessible history of Babylonian astrology but is sadly out of print. Try getting a second-hand copy.

	Mesopotamian Planetary Astronomy-Astrology by David Brown Styx Publications, Groningen, 2000. (styxnl@compuserve.com). This is the most comprehensive and scholarly work on Babylonian astrology. Not for the beginner but definitely for the serious student.

	A History of Magic and Experimental Science by Lynn Thorndike Harvard University Press, New York 1923-58. Published in eight volumes this is the authoritative work on western astrology from the end of the Roman Empire to the seventeenth-century. At $600 it's not something you'd necessarily wish to own, but it's definitely something your local library should make available.

	Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas Penguin, London 1973. There is no single history which covers the Middle Ages and Renaissance but this book, first published in 1971, is a major source on astrology's heyday in the sixteenth century and its decline in the seventeenth. Available from Amazon.com

	A Confusion of Prophets by Patrick Curry. Collins and Brown 1992. Little has been written about modern astrology, but this is a readable and fascinating account of some of the people who laid the groundwork for the revival of modern astrology.