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This evening we'll try to cover some overarching principles of theurgy as well as highlight some important distinctions between Plotinian and Iamblichean met...
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- Abbas the Alchemist
Breaking with centuries of philosophical and spiritual tradition, the Syrian philosopher Iamblichus put forward a theory of salvation in which religious devo...
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At its core, theurgy is about the direct engagement and unification with the divine. Its roots can be traced back to the Neoplatonic traditions of late antiquity, where philosophers like Iamblichus and Proclus saw the fusion of the human soul with the divine as the pinnacle of spiritual achievement.
Theurgy (/ ˈ θ iː ɜːr dʒ i /; from Greek θεουργία theourgía), also known as divine magic, is one of two major branches of the magical arts, [1] the other being practical magic or thaumaturgy.
Sep 29, 2022 · Like other forms of magic, theurgy was based on a theory of cosmic sympathy, but in theurgy, as in Neoplatonist metaphysics, sympathy was thought to extend beyond the material world and to unite it with a higher, divine world.
theurgy / ˈθiːˌɜːdʒɪ / n (pl-gies) the intervention of a divine or supernatural agency in the affairs of man; beneficent magic as taught and performed by Egyptian Neoplatonists and others; Etymology: 16 th Century: from Late Latin theūrgia, from Late Greek theourgia the practice of magic, from theo-theo-+ -urgia, from ergon work
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Theurgy was a form of pagan religious * magic associated with the * Chaldaean Oracles and taken up by the later Neoplatonists. It covered a range of magical practices, from rain-making and cures to animating statues of the gods.
