De Mysteriis

Author : Iamblichus
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 158983058X
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book De Mysteriis written by Iamblichus and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2003 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the first modern English translation of Iamblichus’s De mysteriis alongside the standard critical edition of the text by Édouard Des Places (Les Belles Lettres, 1966). This important work, which provides a unique insight into the mystical side of late Neoplatonism, has hitherto been neglected to an unfortunate degree, partly due to its inaccessibility. Iamblichus argues that the only true good is union with the gods and that the only route to this divine union is theurgy—religious ritual demonstrating supernatural power—which both symbolizes and encapsulates the extraordinary miracle of the soul’s conversion back to its divine origin. The process of sacrifice, the activities of angels and demons, the meaning of divine possession, and the functioning of oracles are all examined in this extraordinary defense of theurgic mysticism against contemporary critics such as Porphyry. Clarke, Dillon, and Hershbell bring this famous and fascinating text to light through their introduction and extensive notes.

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Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians. Translated from the Greek by T. Taylor written by and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Saint Ambrose (Bishop of Milan)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St. Ambrose. "On the Mysteries" written by Saint Ambrose (Bishop of Milan) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1572 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliotheca Lindesiana ... written by James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julia L. Hairston
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 080189414X
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body in Early Modern Italy written by Julia L. Hairston and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human bodies have been represented and defined in various ways across different cultures and historical periods. As an object of interpretation and site of social interaction, the body has throughout history attracted more attention than perhaps any other element of human experience. The essays in this volume explore the manifestations of the body in Italian society from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Adopting a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, these fresh and thought-provoking essays offer original perspectives on corporeality as understood in the early modern literature, art, architecture, science, and politics of Italy. An impressively diverse group of contributors comment on a broad range and variety of conceptualizations of the body, creating a rich dialogue among scholars of early modern Italy. Contributors: Albert R. Ascoli, University of California, Berkeley; Douglas Biow, The University of Texas at Austin; Margaret Brose, University of California, Santa Cruz; Anthony Colantuono, University of Maryland, College Park; Elizabeth Horodowich, New Mexico State University; Sergius Kodera, New Design University, St. Pölten, Austria; Jeanette Kohl, University of California, Riverside; D. Medina Lasansky, Cornell University; Luca Marcozzi, Roma Tre University; Ronald L. Martinez, Brown University; Katharine Park, Harvard University; Sandra Schmidt, Free University of Berlin; Bette Talvacchia, University of Connecticut

Author : Moshe Barasch
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814787266
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icon written by Moshe Barasch and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1992-08-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the centuries, European debate about the nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. Out of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particular. This fascinating work concentrates on these historical arguments, from the period of Late Antiquity up to the great and classic defenses of images by St. John of Damascus and Theodore of Studion. Icon extends beyond the immediate concerns of religion, philosophy, aesthetics, history, and art, to engage them all.

Author : April D DeConick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134935994
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Histories of the Hidden God written by April D DeConick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Western religious traditions, God is conventionally conceived as a humanlike creator, lawgiver, and king, a being both accessible and actively present in history. Yet there is a concurrent and strong tradition of a God who actively hides. The two traditions have led to a tension between a God who is simultaneously accessible to humanity and yet inaccessible, a God who is both immanent and transcendent, present and absent. Western Gnostic, esoteric, and mystical thinking capitalizes on the hidden and hiding God. He becomes the hallmark of the mystics, Gnostics, sages, and artists who attempt to make accessible to humans the God who is secreted away. 'Histories of the Hidden God' explores this tradition from antiquity to today. The essays focus on three essential themes: the concealment of the hidden God; the human quest for the hidden God, and revelations of the hidden God.

Author : Andocides
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book Andocides De mysteriis written by Andocides and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book Demoniality; Or, Incubi and Succubi written by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 212 pages
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