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...a.org/wiki/Precession_of_the_equinoxes precession of the equinoxes]. The [[theory]] was popular from the 9th to the 16th centuries. ...l back over the same 8 degrees. Theon describes but did not endorse this [[theory]].

...s. In particular, the [[geocentric]] [[Ptolemaic system]] was the accepted theory to explain the motion of the heavens until [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], and sub ...n an [[expanding universe]], depending on its value. Thus the [[big bang]] theory was proposed by the [[Belgium|Belgian]] priest [[Georges Lemaître]] in 192

...According to [[Occam's razor]], all other things being equal, the simplest theory is the most likely to be true. In the [[context]] of human lifestyle, simpl ...72, p. 398). Galileo, in the course of making a detailed comparison of the Ptolemaic and Copernican models of the solar [[system]], maintains that "Nature does

...fits of the [[Copernican system]] with the philosophical benefits of the [[Ptolemaic system]] into his own model of the universe, the [[Tychonic system]]. From ...the planets and stars with enough accuracy so as to determine whether the Ptolemaic or Copernican system was more valid in describing the heavens.

...y, and its mathematical description thus follows logically from Einstein's theory of gravity. ...resulted in the current "crisis in cosmology" which begs for the Big Bang theory to be replaced with another cosmological model.

...of the [[universe]] assumed by [[astrology]], the development of the germ theory of disease, that restricted the scope of applied magic and threatened the b ...luded "mundane" acts of change as well as [[ritual]] magic. In ''Magick in Theory and Practice'', Chapter XIV, Crowley says:

...Syria] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_egypt#Ptolemaic_Dynasty Ptolemaic Egypt] against each other necessitated fostering [[Palestine]] as a separat ...ce]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] more clearly than did Paul. But Paul's [[theory]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin original sin], the doctrin