Nicholas Campion
Encyclopedia
Nicholas Campion is an historian
with particular expertise in cultural history
and the history and contemporary culture and practice of astrology
. He is the author of a two volume history of Western Astrology.
He is a native of Bristol, England. As an author
and lecturer, he has written on the history of astrology
, apocalyptic and millennial
beliefs, and New Age
culture. He studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge and took his MA at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
He is Senior Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, director of the Sophia Centre
for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, and course director of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He also taught on the degree programmes at Kepler College
, Seattle, Washington
. He is on the international executive committee of the conferences on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena; the editorial director of the Sophia Centre Press, and has acted as a past chairman of the Advisory Panel of Astrological Education.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
with particular expertise in cultural history
Cultural history
The term cultural history refers both to an academic discipline and to its subject matter.Cultural history, as a discipline, at least in its common definition since the 1970s, often combines the approaches of anthropology and history to look at popular cultural traditions and cultural...
and the history and contemporary culture and practice of astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
. He is the author of a two volume history of Western Astrology.
He is a native of Bristol, England. As an author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and lecturer, he has written on the history of astrology
History of astrology
Astrology, the belief in a connection between the cosmos and terrestrial matters has played an important part in human history.Regional branches of astrology include Western astrology, Indian astrology, and Chinese or East Asian astrology.-Early origins:...
, apocalyptic and millennial
Millenarianism
Millenarianism is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming major transformation of society, after which all things will be changed, based on a one-thousand-year cycle. The term is more generically used to refer to any belief centered around 1000 year intervals...
beliefs, and New Age
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
culture. He studied history at Queens' College, Cambridge and took his MA at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
He is Senior Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, director of the Sophia Centre
The Sophia Centre
thumb |upright |Sophia Centre, School of Archaeology, History and AnthropologyUniversity of Wales, Lampeter.The Sophia Centre was founded in the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University in 2002, as the first University centre in the world to teach Cultural Astronomy thumb...
for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, and course director of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He also taught on the degree programmes at Kepler College
Kepler College
Kepler College is an institution of higher learning which was permitted by the state of Washington to grant degrees between March 9, 2000 and March 9, 2010. It focused on interdisciplinary liberal arts with an emphasis on the history of astrology...
, Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
. He is on the international executive committee of the conferences on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena; the editorial director of the Sophia Centre Press, and has acted as a past chairman of the Advisory Panel of Astrological Education.
Books
Author of several books on the history of astrology, including:- Campion, Nicholas: "An Introduction to the History of Astrology" (1982) ISBN 0-9508412-0-X
- Campion, Nicholas: "The Great Year: Astrology, History and Millenarianism in the Western Tradition" (London: Penguin, 1994) ISBN 1357908642
- Campion, Nicholas: "Astrology, History and Apocalypse" (2000).
- Campion, Nicholas: "A History of Western Astrology" 2 Volumes (London: Continuuum, 2008,9) ISBN 1-85285-257-7.
- Campion, Nicholas: "What Do Astrologers Believe?" (London: Granta Books 2006).