Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic

Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Author: Peter Kingsley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1995
Genre: Literary Criticism
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More specifically, he traces for the first time a line of transmission from Empedocles and the early Pythagoreans down to southern Egypt, and from there into the world of Islam. "Highly polemical new book ... The thesis is argued with immense learning." "Times Higher Education Supplement".


Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Language: en
Pages: 440
Authors: Peter Kingsley
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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More specifically, he traces for the first time a line of transmission from Empedocles and the early Pythagoreans down to southern Egypt, and from there into th
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Peter Kingsley
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

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Empedocles played a crucial role in the development of western culture; yet little is known or understood about this man, who lived in Sicily in the fifth-centu
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Peter Kingsley
Categories: Pythagoras and Pythagorean school
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023 - Publisher:

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This study brings to light new evidence about ancient Pythagoreanism and its influence on Plato, as it reconstructs the esoteric transmission of Pythagorean ide
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: Madame Alexandra David-Neel
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-27 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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A practicing Buddhist and Oriental linguist recounts supernatural events she witnessed in Tibet during the 1920s. Intelligent and witty, she describes the fanta
Magic, Mystery, and Science
Language: en
Pages: 414
Authors: Dan Burton
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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"[P.D. Ouspensky's] yearning for a transcendent, timeless reality—one that cancels out physical disintegration and death—figures into science at some fundam