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[[Magic]] was the branch off the [[evolution]]ary [[religious]] tree which eventually bore the fruit of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment scientific age]. [[Belief]] in '''astrology''' led to the development of [[astronomy]]; belief in a philosopher's stone led to the mastery of metals, while belief in magic numbers founded the [[science]] of [[mathematics]].[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper88.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper88.html&line=107#mfs]
[[Magic]] was the branch off the [[evolution]]ary [[religious]] tree which eventually bore the fruit of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment scientific age]. [[Belief]] in '''astrology''' led to the development of [[astronomy]]; belief in a philosopher's stone led to the mastery of metals, while belief in magic numbers founded the [[science]] of [[mathematics]].[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper88.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper88.html&line=107#mfs]
==References==
# "Activities With Astrology". Astronomical society of the Pacific.
# "Objections to Astrology and the Strange Case of Astrology".
# Robert Hand. "The History of Astrology — Another View". Retrieved 2007-06-19.
# Eysenck, H.J., Nias, D.K.B., Astrology: Science or Superstition? (Penguin Books, 1982)
# "The case for and against astrology: end of a shouting match." Retrieved 2009-9-12.
# Jennifer Viegas. "Scientists dump cold water on astrology." Retrieved 2009-9-12.
==Further reading==
*Roger Beck, A Brief History of Ancient Astrology, Blackwell (2007)
*Paramahansa Yogananda: [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Yogi/Chapter_16 Autobiography of a Yogi/Chapter 16: Outwitting the Stars]
== External links ==
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Divination/Astrology// Astrology/] at the Open Directory Project
; Astrology and religion
* [http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503544140 Astrology in Islam]
* [http://www.freeread.com/archives/short_subjects.php#astrolgy_bible Astrology in the Old and New Testament], by [[Joseph John Dewey]].
* [http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/VolumeIV/astrology.htm Astrology: Between Religion and the Empirical], a treatise on astrology by Dr. Gustav-Adolf Schoener, translated by Shane Denson.
* [http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/bodies/astrology/astrologyhome.html Medieval Astrology], a learning resource from the British Library.
* [http://www.ou.org/chagim/astrology.htm Astrology in Judaism]
; Astrology and science
* [http://www.astrology-and-science.com/ Astrology and Science], a critical look at astrology and science.
* [http://www.skepsis.nl/astrot.html The Astrotest], an account of a test of the [[predictive power]] of astrology, with references to other experiments.
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/the-real-romance-in-the-stars-1527970.html The Real Romance in the Stars], a critical view of astrology by [[Richard Dawkins]].
* [http://www.astrofaces.com/ Astrofaces], a research project seeking to provide statistical correlations of astrology for modern science with photographs grouped by the sun, moon and ascendant signs of the subjects.
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