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Theurgy in Dionysius the Areopagite 1 [PDF]

, 2019
The present chapter aims at offering insights into Dionysius the Areopagite’s notion of theurgy, both with respect to the metaphysical principles that connect with “θεουργία” and the particular sacramental reality that emerges from it. Pavlos argues that
Pavlos, Panagiotis G.
exaly   +4 more sources

Theurgy and Transhumanism

Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental, 2020
Theurgy was a system of magical practices in the late Roman Empire. It was applied Neoplatonism. The theurgists aimed to enable human bodies to assume divine attributes, that is, to become deities.
Eric Steinhart
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Uterine prolapse: from antiquity to today. [PDF]

Obstet Gynecol Int, 2012
Uterine prolapse is a condition that has likely affected women for all of time as it is documented in the oldest medical literature. By looking at the watershed moments in its recorded history we are able to appreciate the evolution of urogynecology and to gain perspective on the challenges faced by today′s female pelvic medicine and reconstructive ...
Downing KT.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Non-Theurgy: Iamblichus and Laruelle

Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, 2018
Mysticism, theurgy, non-philosophy: this text will experiment with the three in an attempt to perform a non-philosophical hijacking of so-called theurgy (theurgia).
Stanimir Panayotov
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Fake news, real needs: A qualitative study on Sino-Japanese theurgy fighting [PDF]

Heliyon
Mainstream fake news research has previously mostly focused on authenticity but often overlooked the individual psychological needs and actual social issues behind fake news.
Qing Gao, Qianqian Fu
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Träume statt Theurgie

thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, 2020
In his work De insomniis (On Dreams), Synesios adopts a rather critical view of theurgy, resembling Porphyry’s attitude; his wording shows polemical exaggeration.
Helmut Seng
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Umění a religiozita v esteticko-filozofickém systému Dmitrije Sergejeviče Merežkovského [PDF]

Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2015
The study is aimed on traces of religiosity in aesthetic-philosophical system of a Russian symbolistic poet,  prosaic  writer  and  thinker  D.S. Merezhkovsky.
Jan Vorel
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Solovyov’s Metaphysics between Gnosis and Theurgy [PDF]

Religions, 2018
This article provides a reading of Vladimir Solovyov’s philosophy as expressed in his ‘Lectures on Divine Humanity’ and ‘The Meaning of Love’.
Aleksandr Gaisin
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Theurgy, Paredroi, and Embodied Power in Neoplatonism and Late Antique Celestial Hierarchies

Religions
This article will place the rituals of the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) for the acquisition of a supernatural assistant (paredros) into conversation with broader late antique debates surrounding the place of daimones within the celestial hierarchy.
Katarina Pejovic
exaly   +3 more sources

“Theurgic creativity” in philosophical conceptions of F. Nietzsche, Vl. Solovyov, and N. Berdyaev [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2021
The article presents a comparative analysis of theurgic activity in the works of three thinkers from the point of the generic understanding of theurgy as a “complete transformation of reality”. Despite the literal meaning of the term “theurgy”, according
Buzhor Yevgeniya S., Buzhor Vadim I., Milyaeva Larisa V.   +2 more
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