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What’s Plotinus’s idea of Magic? Why is theurgy so important for Iamblichus? Emanationism, Sympathy, Antipathy and Neoplatonic cosmology.

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Filip Holme @LetsTalkReligion What is Neoplatonism? (followed by Neoplatonism and Islam): https://youtu.be/aDc1TXTNxV0

Dr. Justin Sledge @TheEsotericaChannel : The Neoplatonic Attack on Gnosticism, Plotinus vs the Gnostics: https://youtu.be/ZV5ubPPzT7U

Zevi Slavin @SeekersofUnity : From Neoplatonism to Kabbalah, A Mystical Journey: https://youtu.be/UmkZ383LcW8

Dr. Dan Attrell @TheModernHermeticist : The Platonic Philosophers’ Creed by Thomas Taylor: https://youtu.be/Wzd98YSG6Hs

Dr. John Vervaeke @johnvervaeke : Levels of Intelligibility: Neoplatonism & 4E Cognitive Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbk3lA6zCic

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Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians https://amzn.to/3I7C0rh

Iamblichus de Anima https://amzn.to/3VtewQK

Plotinus: Complete Works https://amzn.to/3YOS8UR

REFERENCES

Armstrong, A.H. 1955. Was Plotinus a Magician ? Phronesis. 1(1), pp.73–79.

Copenhaver, B.P. 2015. Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Finamore, J.E. 1999. Plotinus and Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy. Dionysius. 17, pp.83–94.

Helleman, W.E. 2010. Plotinus and Magic. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition. 4(2), pp.114–146.

Merlan, P. 1953. Plotinus and Magic. Isis. 44(4), pp.341–348.

Sheppard, A. 1982. Proclus’ Attitude to Theurgy. The Classical Quarterly. 32(1), pp.212–224.

Wildberg, C. 2021. Neoplatonism In: E. N. Zalta, ed. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [Online]. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. [Accessed 24 December 2022]. Available from: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/neoplatonism/.

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Published on December 30, 2022