Divination and theurgy in neoplatonism : oracles of the gods /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Addey, Crystal
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Burlington : Ashgate, [2014]
Series:	Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity.
Subjects:	Neoplatonism. Theurgy. Oracles. Mysteries, Religious. Iamblichus, > approximately 250-approximately 330. > De mysteriis. Porphyry, > approximately 234-approximately 305. > Pros Anebō. Divination. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Oracles and philosophy
Oracles, allegory and mystery cults
Debating oracles: pagan and Christian perspectives
Debating oracles: Porphyry's letter to Anebo and Iamblichus' De mysteriis
Divination, rationality and ritual in neoplatonism
Divination inspiration, possession and contact with the gods in Iamblichus' De mysteriis
Divination and theurgy in Iamblichus' De mysteriis
Manifesting the gods: oracles as symbola.