> "Those who suppose that the stars decide, quite apart from the will of God, how we shall act, and what blessings we shall enjoy or what disasters we shall suffer, are to be refused any hearing whatsoever, not only from those who hold the true religion, but even from those who choose to be worshippers of gods of any sort, however false. For can this supposition mean anything but an end to all worship, and all prayer?"> "Our present argument is not addressed to such as these, but against those who oppose the Christian religion in defence of their supposed gods."- Book V Chapter 2 De Civitate Dei, AugustineAugustine says that if the stars determine reality, all religion and spirituality is meaningless as prayer and worship cannot move reality. Does a "we are stardust" determinist worldview indeed negate the paranormal?
Old school astrological determinism was seen as a science and a part of Galenic medicine and polemic physics. In that sense it is not. It is really the later New Age variant that is construed as paranormal.
Ptolemaic*
