Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of IamblichusPennsylvania State University Press, 1995 - 268 pages Iamblichus was once considered one of the great philosophers. The Emperor Julian followed Iamblichus's teachings to guide the restoration of traditional pagan cults in his campaign against Christianity. Although Julian was unsuccessful, Iamblichus's ideas persisted well into the Middle Ages and beyond. His vision of a hierarchical cosmos united by divine ritual became the dominant worldview for the entire medieval world. Even Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that he expected a reading of Iamblichus to cause a "revival in the churches". But modern scholars have dismissed him, seeing theurgy as ritual magic or "manipulation of the gods". Shaw, however, shows that theurgy was a subtle and intellectually sophisticated attempt to apply Platonic and Pythagorean teachings to the full expression of human existence in the material world. |
Table des matières
Embodiment in the Platonic Tradition | 21 |
Matter as Cosmic Instrument | 28 |
Theurgy as Demiurgy | 47 |
Droits d'auteur | |
17 autres sections non affichées
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus Gregory Shaw,Greg Shaw Aucun aperçu disponible - 1971 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
A. H. Armstrong According to Iamblichus activity anatropic Anima argued Aristotle ascent Belles Lettres body cause celestial Chaldean Oracles commentary cosmogenesis cosmogonic cosmos cult daimons Damascius DCMS Demiurge descent described Dillon discussion divine doctrine E. J. Brill E. R. Dodds Egyptian embodied soul encosmic gods energeia essence Etudes Augustiniennes frag function Gnostics Greek heaven Helios hieratic human soul hypercosmic gods Iamblichean Iamblichi Chalcidensis Iamblichus believed Iamblichus explains Iamblichus says Iamblichus's immaterial ineffable intellectual Jamblique Late Antiquity manifestation mantikē material gods mathematical matter mortal Mysteriis nature Neoplatonism Neoplatonists noetic numbers ousia Paris participate Phaedrus philia Philosophy Platonic Platonists Plotinus Plotinus's Porphyry Porphyry's possess principle Proclus Pythagoras Pythagorean receptacle revealed Revue role sacred sacrifice soul's Stob sunthēma sunthēmata symbols theurgic rites theurgic ritual theurgist theurgy things Timaeus tion Tradition trans translation Trouillard unity University Press World Soul worship α α α καὶ τὴν τὸ τῶν