Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture

Resources and Links

Academic Links

The links on this page are all relevant to the subjects encompassed by the Sophia Centre. If you would like to link to the Sophia Centre site (www.lamp.ac.uk/sophia), we would be very pleased. Please note, though, that we can only exchange reciprocal links with other academic sites. If you notice any broken links, please let us know. Please e mail Dr Nick Campion, n.campion@lamp.ac.uk.

Journals

Culture and Cosmos: a journal for the history of
astrology and cultural astronomy
www.cultureandcosmos.com

Correlation: journal of research in astrology
http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/reference/
publications/correlation/

Archaeoastronomy: the journal of astronomy in culture
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jarch.html

Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/news.html

Journal for the History of Astronomy 
http://www.shpltd.co.uk/jha.html

The Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/mathphys/astronomy/jah2/index.shtml

Cauda Pavonis: Studies in Hermeticism   http://www.caudapavonis.net/

Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism  http://www.brill.nl/arie

Esoterica  http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/

Journal for the Academic Study of Magic   http://www.sasm.co.uk/journal2.html

Journal of Religion, Nature and Culture   http://www.religionandnature.com/journal/

Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies  http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/jasanas/

Nova Religio  http://www.novareligio.com/

Spring: a Journal of Archetype and Culture
http://www.springjournalandbooks.com/cgi-bin/ecommerce/ac/agora.cgi

Harvest: International Journal for Jungian Studies   http://www.jungianstudies.org/harvest.htm

The Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture  http://www.religionandnature.com/journal/index.htm

Diskus: The journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR) 
http://www.basr.ac.uk/diskus/index.html

The Journal of Contemporary Religion
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13537903.asp

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Courses

Kepler College, Distance-Learning BA and MA in Astrology and the Liberal Arts  
www.kepler.edu

University of Chichester, MA in Transpersonal Art and Practice,
http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/services/courses/Prospectusdetail.cfm?ID=106

University of Amsterdam, History of Hermeticism and Related Currents (BA, Minor Western Esotericism; MA Religious Studies trajectory, ‘Mysticism and Western Esotericism)
http://www.amsterdamhermetica.nl/index.php

California Institute of Integral Studies, MA in Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness
http://www.ciis.edu/academics/pcc.html

University of Exeter, MA in Western Esotericism
http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/postgrad/ma/esotericism.htm

University of Kent, MA in Cosmology and Divination
http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/thrs/postgrad/MACosDiv/ma-cosdiv.htm

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Academic conferences, associations, research groups and resources

The Sophia Project  http://www.sophia-project.org.uk/

Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP)   http://insap.org/insap/

Society for the History of Astronomy   http://www.freewebs.com/sochistastro/

Association for the Study of Esotericism  http://www.aseweb.org/

European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism http://www.esswe.org/

European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC)  http://www.archeoastronomy.org/

The International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (ISAAC)
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/isaac.html

Centre for Archaeoastronomy  http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/index.html

Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative   http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/19

Society for the Academic Study of Magic   http://www.sasm.co.uk/index.html

Research Group into the Critical Study of Astrology   http://www.astrology-research.net/rgcsa.htm

Electronic History of Astronomy, the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and the
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Oxford
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/

The History of Astronomy Discussion Group  listserv@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) of the International Astronomy Union (IAU)
http://www.historyofastronomy.org/

International Association for Jungian Studies  http://www.jungianstudies.org/about.htm

University of Arizona, Centre for Consciousness Studies http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/

Goldsmiths College, Anomalistic Psychology Unit  http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/what.php

Hope Centre for Millennialism Studies   www.millennialism.org.uk

Bill Thayer, ancient astronomy and astrology resources, Chicago University Department of Classics
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/home.html

Rob van Gent, history of astronomy, University of Utrecht
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/

Bibliographies on Australian Aboriginal astronomy
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/AboriginalAstronomy/Literature.htm

Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
http://www.uws.edu.au/research/researchcentres/ccr

University of Essex, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies
http://www.essex.ac.uk/Centres/psycho/