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1976
We have already had occasion to mention Proclus in our discussion of theurgy and we now take the opportunity of saying something about theurgy in the works of Proclus. Obviously this is a much vaster subject than can properly be encompassed in a few pages and we will limit ourselves to those points which might throw some light on the thought of his ...
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We have already had occasion to mention Proclus in our discussion of theurgy and we now take the opportunity of saying something about theurgy in the works of Proclus. Obviously this is a much vaster subject than can properly be encompassed in a few pages and we will limit ourselves to those points which might throw some light on the thought of his ...
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The Classical Quarterly, 1982
Theurgy, the religious magic practised by the later Neoplatonists, has been commonly regarded as the point at which Neoplatonism degenerates into magic, superstition and irrationalism.1A superficial glance at the ancient lives of the Neoplatonists, and in particular at Eunapius’Lives of the Sophists, reveals a group of people interested in animating ...
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Theurgy, the religious magic practised by the later Neoplatonists, has been commonly regarded as the point at which Neoplatonism degenerates into magic, superstition and irrationalism.1A superficial glance at the ancient lives of the Neoplatonists, and in particular at Eunapius’Lives of the Sophists, reveals a group of people interested in animating ...
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2009
Marek Dluhoš Kabalistická teurgie Cabalistic theurgy Cabalistic theurgy is a composition of the Hebrew word cabala (meaning 'tradition') and the Greek word theurgy (involving deities and processes, which transpire in God). The thesis is based on the most relevant research in this field in our region, which was undertaken in the time of pre-war ...
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Marek Dluhoš Kabalistická teurgie Cabalistic theurgy Cabalistic theurgy is a composition of the Hebrew word cabala (meaning 'tradition') and the Greek word theurgy (involving deities and processes, which transpire in God). The thesis is based on the most relevant research in this field in our region, which was undertaken in the time of pre-war ...
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Pythagorean Philosophy and Theurgy on Friendship
dianoesisIn the Pythagorean tradition, friendship is elevated beyond a mere human relationship, serving as a means to transcend human frailty and attain immortality. This philosophy posits that humans are imprisoned and require liberation through the benevolence of the gods.
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Theurgy and the Platonist’s Luminous Body
2013The Plato praised by Proclus in his Platonic Theology is not the Plato taught in the philosophy departments of our universities. The enlightened Athenian whom we honor for transposing Western thought from "the plane of revelation to the plane of rational argument" stands as the founder of our rational tradition, for privileging thought over sensation ...
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