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Hellenic Tantra: The Theurgic Platonism of Iamblichus

Hellenic Tantra: The Theurgic Platonism of Iamblichus

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PhilosophyReligion General

ISBN13: 9798892800013
Publisher: Angelico Press
Published: Feb 13 2024
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Hellenic Tantra argues that scholarship on later Platonism has been misled by a dualist worldview. The theurgic Platonists in the school of Iamblichus (4th century CE) did not ascend out of their bodies to be united with the gods-as is the common belief-but allowed the gods to descend into their bodies. By comparing embodied deification in theurgy to Tantric traditions of embodied deification, Gregory Shaw allows us to understand the power and charisma of the last Platonic teachers. Hellenic Tantra reveals a living Platonism that has been hidden from us.

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