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- ↑ Dr Nicholas Campion (1 September 2012). Astrology and Popular Religion in the Modern West: Prophecy, Cosmology and the New Age Movement. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-1-4094-6149-4.
- ↑ "Interview with Nick Campion - Part 2". Astrological Association. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.