Theurgy And The Soul
Download Theurgy And The Soul full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Theurgy And The Soul ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Theurgy and the Soul
Author | : Gregory Shaw |
Publisher | : Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Theurgy and the Soul Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Theurgy and the Soul Related Books
Pages: 288
Pages: 282
Pages: 144
Pages: 429
Pages: 408