Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth write by Algis Uždavinys. This book was released on 2008. Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism
Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism write by Algis Uždavinys. This book was released on 2011. Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works dealing with Orpheus and everything related to this major figure of ancient Greek myth, religion and philosophy. Here poetic madness meets religious initiation and Platonic philosophy. This book contains fascinating insights into the usually downplaid relations between Egyptian initiation, Greek mysteries and Plato's philosophy and followers, right into Hellenistic Neoplatonic and Hermetic developments.
Stolen Legacy
Stolen Legacy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stolen Legacy write by George G. M. James. This book was released on 2013-04-08. Stolen Legacy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for centuries the African continent has been called the Dark Continent, because Europe coveted the honor of transmitting to the world, the Arts and Sciences. It is indeed surprising how, for centuries, the Greeks have been praised by the Western World for intellectual accomplishments which belong without a doubt to the Egyptians or the peoples of North Africa.
Ascent to Heaven in Islamic and Jewish Mysticism
Ascent to Heaven in Islamic and Jewish Mysticism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ascent to Heaven in Islamic and Jewish Mysticism write by Algis Uždavinys. This book was released on 2011-08. Ascent to Heaven in Islamic and Jewish Mysticism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this groundbreaking work of comparative religion, Algis Uzdavinys takes us deeply into the "closed and blessed gardens of myth", showing us the capital importance of the many varieties of "ascent to heaven". From the Pyramid Texts down to Second Temple Judaism and apocalyptic Christian literature; and, in parallel, down the theurgic path of Platonic and Hermetic literature to the sanctum of the Islamic revelation in Mecca, we are vividly presented with the sacramental impact of anagoge: elevation to the domain of the supernal archetypes and heavenly principles. As with other books by the author, the face of antiquity is revealed anew, full of intriguing, challenging and enraptured insights.
Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity
Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity write by Algis Uždavinys. This book was released on 2010. Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ancient philosophy, in its original Orphico-Pythagorean and Platonic form, is not simply a way of life in accordance with the divine or human intellect (nous), but also the way of alchemical transformation and mystical illumination achieved through initiatic 'death' and subsequent restoration at the level of divine light. To use another mythical image, philosophy restores the soul's wings and leads the purified lover of wisdom to Heaven. As a means of spiritual reintegration and unification, ancient philosophy is inseparable from the hieratic rites. Therefore those scholars who themselves follow the anagogic path of Platonic tradition are more or less firmly convinced that their philosophy ultimately derives from the Egyptian and Mesopotamian temple liturgies and rituals, reinterpreted and revived by the Neoplatonists under the name of 'theurgy' in late antiquity. The theurgic 'animation' of statues appears to be among the main keys for understanding how various royal and priestly practices, related to the daily ritual service and encounter with the divine presence in the temples, developed into the Neoplatonic mysticism of late antiquity. The traditional theory of symbolism still stands on the Neoplatonic foundation established by Iamblichus, Proclus, and Damascius. "This book clearly establishes three things: that traditional myth (as the Neoplatonists maintained) is the symbolic expression of metaphysics, as metaphysics is the exegesis of myth; that Greek philosophy was not an isolated 'miracle' but a reinterpretation of perennial themes common to the ancient Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Indian, and especially Egyptian religions; and that Platonic philosophical discourse was but one-half of a whole which included an invocatory/contemplative practice known as 'theurgy'. It was not merely the ancestor of western speculative philosophy, but an askesis, a yoga-a way of realization (though no longer a living tradition) worthy to be included among the great spiritual methods of all places and times." Charles Uupton, author of Knowings "In this most stimulating and wide-ranging work, Algis Uzdavinys, drawing on the resources of his enormous learning, leads Neoplatonic theurgy back to its roots in Ancient Egypt, thereby setting Platonic philosophy in a new and wider context. Students of Neoplatonism will find themselves much indebted to him for this, and all readers will find their outlook on life significantly changed.- Prof. John M. Dillon, Trinity College, Dublin, author of Middle Platonists
