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Astrologers were needed by the powerful to get whatever slight advantage they thought was possible in the many conflicts of the day. Astronomers and scientists
by dzink 5y ago
Astrologers were needed by the powerful to get whatever slight advantage they thought was possible in the many conflicts of the day. Astronomers and scientists would use astrology to pay the bills for real research. If digging into the occult helped Dee get the ear of the queen to promote real exploration and discovery, we owe more to the occult than we realize.
- tediousdemise 5y agoI wouldn't view the occult as lesser than "real" science or research. Just because something is not well understood doesn't mean it's false. Science is great, and I love science, but it paradoxically has a way of limiting our understanding. Things that the scientific method cannot be successfully applied to are immediately written off. The rejection of anything not deemed scientific is a dogmatizing and close-minded approach to understanding the universe.
- tgv 5y agoThat's all fine and dandy, but there's not much place for the occult in any rational way left. Attempts at proving supernatural phenomena have not brought any convincing evidence. There comes a point where you have to wonder if it's more likely that there's something out there which we can't measure or observe, but which we can "feel" in some way, or that it's superstition. Or in more practical terms: I wouldn't bet on a spell or the advice of long dead ancestors.