I'd like to chime in and wish all a prosperous and happy New Year. I also want to congratulate listmember Peter Adamson on his article “Porphyrius Arabus on...
First, let me wish all members a Happy New Year! It is a privilege to be in the midst of such eminent scholars, benefiting from your knowledge, wisdom, and...
Firstly, Hadot does deal with briefly with theurgy (170-71). He considers it a freak introduced from the Chaldaean Oracles that does not proceed from the ...
To see through that sort of thing? Seriously? That's a heckuva way to turn a phrase that dismisses a whole lot of valid non-Western ways of viewing the...
To illustrate... The most common hypothesis among researches working on European stone age cave art is that the ubiquitous hand prints of this period indicate...
The central issue for me: the usefulness of the concept of shamanism. I'm not sure that the criteria for applying the term to a particular cultural phenomenon...
... valid could mean that the world view produces a stable society that explains itself and its experiences adequately to its members. As you pointed out...
Good afternoon one and all- Can anyone point me towards a reliable translation of Albinus' Prologos in either English or French? I'm aware of the German ones. ...
Thanks a lot for pointing out the later Bremmer and Hanegraaf references. Cheers, Bradley A. Skene On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Leonard George ... [Non-text...
Actually, I see I e-mailed a bit too soon. Could you give the reference for the Hanegraaff? Thanks, Bradley A. Skene On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Leonard...
I received this today on another dicussion group. Apologies for cross posting. One of the articles in the second volume concerns Porphyry, so apparently...
Greetings List, Some members of this list have encouraged me to put out this query for discussion. I have been researching mysticism as it takes shape within a...
... M.C. My initial reaction is that everything works fine until proposition 4, when you introduce the concept of ultimacy. Since I have no idea what you mean...
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Dear Thomas, I'd have to agree with Michael here; proposition 4 is a bit dense and might benefit from some unpacking. Do you mean with ultimacy something like...
Does anyone have any information perhaps on this relatively new translation and text of de Mysteriis done by Claudio Moreschini, <I misteri degli egiziani>,...
Dear Dennis, you can order the book via the Internet Bookshop Italia (IBS) (http://www.ibs.it/), I presume. In the past, I have ordered several books from...
... several ... reference ... misteri ... also ... by ... index ... testo-greco.html ... Thanks, Christoph, that is very helpful indeed. Definitely sounds like...
Dear Dennis, excuse for my english. Do you remember that I have sent to you the notes of Sodano? I have the translation of Moreschini. The notes are few and...
Hello, In terms of #4, I meant ultimately real. If the ultimately real is some kind of monadic entity - whether an impersonal entity or a person, then...
Just for the record, the Western tradition of Christianity is not blind to the point. "There is nothing in the least liberal or akin to reform in the...
Well, the Greek complaint is echoed by the western monastic schools against the cathedral schools/universities and after the incorporation of Maximos the...
Hello Thomas, A few comments. 1. Just in general, this subject is so complex and that it seems like special care should be given towards precise definitions. ...
... the translation of Moreschini. The notes are few and less important. There is a short introduction, but it does not say nothing that we do not know...
... I ... I am reviving this old thread because in the course of working some more on this, I hope, in a more rigorous way, I have discovered that Cremer in...
The Prometheus Trust – who some of you will know through our Thomas Taylor Series – is preparing a new round of publications which should be of interest....
Tim, Wonderful news! Some of these books have become very scarce. Am I to understand that the Westerink, e.g., will include the Greek text? Edward Butler...
Edward Yes, all those books which originally carried texts and translations will have the Greek texts. The O'Neill "Proclus' Commentary on the First...
Dear Fellows and Friends: To be brief, I would like to introduce myself and present a discussion of what is existing at the Research Gate Philosophy as well as...
