Ever met a Neoplatonist before the 19th Century? Me neither. The term was cast on a load of figures from the 3rd Century onwards. Using the philosophy of Plato, Neoplatonists came up with a sort of Unified Field Theory for how existence works. Without a doubt one of the most influential philosophies to the world of the esoteric and the occult. But how does it work? What view of the world does it propose? In this Episode, Doug and Dominique get their hands quite dirty going through a philosophy that needs to be looked at a little bit closer.
Show Notes
- Neoplatonism
- Theurgy
- Understanding Neoplatonism with Pierre Grimes
- The Tarot, Magic, Alchemy, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism by Robert M. Place
- Robert M. Place on Rune Soup
- The Neoplatonic Chocolate Screwdriver by Peter J. Carroll. A retort to this can be found Here
- A bit of Plotinus
- The Plotinian Hierarchy
- The Cosmology of Plotinus
- De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum by Iamblichus
- A closer look at Iamblichus is in The Testament of Cyprian the Mage by Jake Stratton-Kent
- Pseudo- Dionysius the Areopagite
- A Picture of the Celestial Hierarchy
- Gemistus Pletho
- The Game of Saturn by Peter Mark Adams
- How Neoplatonists gave Plato A Bad Name
- Why and How did Neoplatonism and Hermeticism offer new Perspectives on Man and Nature at the Beginning of the Renaissance
- Platonism in the Renaissance
- The Profound Influence of Neoplatonism on Western Culture
- Miasma
- Animism vs. Neoplatonism
- Magic in the Cloister by Sophie Page
- Trajan – Doug’s favourite Roman Emperor – Felicior Augusto, Melior Traiano!
- Dog-Headed People? Cynocephaly
- Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarrisa Pinkola Estés
What Magic is This? 