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Proclus on ἕνωσις: Knowing the One by the One in the Soul

Philosophies
At Plato’s insistence to become as godlike as one can, the Neoplatonists seek their salvation in union with the first principle they call the One, identifying this union as the highest end of philosophy.
Van Tu
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Vom Seelengefährt zum Glorienleib Imaginationsräume aitherischer Leiblichkeit [PDF]

, 2018
Platons Verwendung des ochema als Seelenwagen hat die weitere Begriffsgeschichte nachhaltig geprägt. Zentral dabei sind die ontologisch gleichsam liminale (Pseudo-)Stofflichkeit des Seelengefährts in ihren unterschiedlichen Feinheitsgraden und seine ...
Bergmann, Lutz, Bohle, Bettina, Rohling, Bernd   +2 more
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Symbolic Poetry, Inspired Myths and Salvific Function of Allegoresis in Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic

Peitho, 2014
The present article is concerned with Proclus’ highly original and profoundly influential account of the symbolic function of poetry, the pedagogic as well as the hieratic value of myths and the soteriological power of allegorical interpretation.
Mikołaj Domaradzki
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Creativity in understanding M. Tsvetaeva and N. Berdyaev

Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2014
The paper draws conclusions about the proximity of philosophical utopia Berdyaev sense of creativity and poetic ideas of the creativity Tsvetaeva.
L A Kosareva, K M Gerasimova
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“THEURGY” PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY, ART AND RELIGION IN MODERN RUSSIA

Концепт: философия, религия, культура, 2018
The closer to the end of the positivist NINETEENTH century., the century of modern revolutions, the more obvious was the increase in the world of evil. The philosophers had a presentiment of the revival  of the Gnostic complex of this world alien to man.
N. A. Khrenov
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The Cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor as a Basis for Ecological and Humanitarian Ethics [PDF]

, 2014
This paper explores the cosmology of St Maximus the Confessor and its relevance for contemporary ethics. It takes as it’s starting point two papers on Maximus’ cosmology and environmental ethics (Bordeianu, 2009; Munteanu, 2010) and from there argues ...
Dewhurst, Emma Brown
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Neuromusicology or Musiconeurology? “Omni-art” in Alexander Scriabin as a Fount of Ideas [PDF]

, 2016
Science can uncover neural mechanisms by looking at the work of artists. The ingenuity of a titan of classical music, the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), in combining all the sensory modalities into a polyphony of aesthetical experience,
Lazaros C. Triarhou
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God-Perfecting Man: Theurgical Elements in the Mysticism of Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165–638/1240) and Their Historical Significance

Religions
The following article aims at highlighting the theurgical tendencies in the teachings of the great Andalusī Muslim mystic Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165–638/1240).
Michael Ebstein
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Western Esotericism: A Cosmopolitan History and Historiography

Migrating Minds, 2023
From the 1950s onwards, the opening of the research field of the History of Religions to esoteric beliefs and practices worldwide was made possible by cosmopolitan, agnostic, and interdisciplinary positions that eventually responded to the constitutive ...
Schiavetta, Bernardo
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Magic Made Modern?: Re-evaluating the Novelty of the Golden Dawn’s Magic

Correspondences, 2014
This is an article in the history of magic that re-evaluates Alison Butler’s thesis regarding the novelty of the magical praxis of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Christopher A. Plaisance
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