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Porphyry of Tyre on Theology and Theurgy [PDF]
Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234-305) was not only the biographer of his teacher Plotinus, and the editor of his Enneads, but an important Platonist philosopher in his own right. Presented here are two texts of Porphyry’s, preserved in fragments, in which he tries to bring philosophy to bear on religion, and ultimately to align the two.
Muller, Fabien
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Beyond the Mystical Experience Model: Theurgy as a Framework for Ritual Learning with Psychedelics
ReligionsContemporary interpretations of psychedelic spirituality are dominated by the “mystical experience model,” which emphasizes that psychedelics can lead to well-being through bringing about ego dissolution and a unitive mystical experience.
André van der Braak
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«Perceptible forms of goods and truth». The beauty in the theurgy aesthetics of V.S. Solovjev
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2008 The article deals with originality of V. Solovjev's aesthetics and his theurgy understanding of the nature of art creativity.
V A Meskin
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On the Structure and Significance of Augustine’s Moral Grammar
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 715-738, December 2021., 2021 Abstract This essay traces Augustine’s understanding of the structuring elements that give shape to human becoming. It presents this understanding as a distinctive form of maximalism in thinking about happiness, justice, and power, and as standing apart from classical and modern alternatives in its approach to desire, power, and mediation.
Martin Westerholm
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Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity
Les platonismes de l'Antiquité Tardive, 2012 Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity Algis Uzdavinys (Author), John Finamore (Foreword), jan/2010 The Ancient Philosophy, in its original Orphico-Pythagorean and Platonic form, is not simply a way of life in accordance with the divine or human ...
Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete
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Liturgy, Theurgy, and Active Participation: On Theurgic Participation in God [PDF]
, 2021 This thesis, providing a metaphysical grounding for liturgical participation, argues that ‘active participation’ in the liturgy must be understood principally as our participation in God’s act and particularly in the act of Christ and only secondarily as
KRINGLEBOTTEN, KJETIL
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Métamorphoses du thème du retour de l’âme du De Regressu de Porphyre au livre X du De civitate Dei
Études Platoniciennes, 2022 Book 10 of the City of God is the main source about Porphyry’s On the return of the soul, but it can also be read as an Augustinian treatise On the return of the soul in which discussing with Porphyry gives Augustine the opportunity to take hold on the ...
Pauline Rates
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The Genesis of Myth in V. Solovyov’s Early Writings. Myth as Theogon [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2016 In Vladimir Solovyov’s works myth is presented in two ways: as the authorial myth, which is a part of the future “universal religion”, and as an object of theoretical refl ection in the process of philosophical and religious research.
Vaganova Natal'ia
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The Neoplatonic Substructure of Russian Orthodox Iconography and Theology
Визуальная теология, 2023 This paper aims to uncover the underlying Neoplatonic ideas embedded in Russian Orthodox iconography and theology. The focus is on two earlier figures of Neoplatonism, namely, Iamblichus and Plotinus.
Emile Alexandrov
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Plato and Hermes in Mani’s Prophetology: a possible adaptation to the theurgical milieu
Filosofia Unisinos, 2022 The aim of this article is to set forth conjectures that are likely to explain the inclusion of Plato and Hermes as heralds of Mani in the testimony of Ephrem of Syria.
João Paulo Dantas, Gabriele Cornelli
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