Section outline

  • Week XII (November 16 & 18)  Theurgy

    Topics:

    ·      demonology, philosophy, and the soul

    ·      philosophy and magic

    ·      theories of theurgy

    ·      practical theurgy – means and ends

     

    Readings:

    ·      Edmonds, Drawing Down the Moon, ch. 10

    ·      Mithras Liturgy (PGM IV.475-829)

    ·      8th Book of Moses (PGM XIII 1-343)

    ·      Iamblichus, On the Mysteries, Excerpts

    ·      Theurgy Readings

     

    Supplementary Readings:

    • ·       Apuleius, On the God of Socrates
    • ·       Plutarch, On the Genius of Socrates
    • ·       Plutarch, On the Face in the Moon
    • ·       Proclus, On the Hieratic Art
    • ·       Luck # 51, 59-63, 67-70
    • ·       PGM XIII 344-645, 646-734, 735-1077
    • ·       Iamblichus, On the Mysteries (excerpts I.9-15, II.11, IV.1-13, V.23-26, VI.5-7, VIII.7-8)
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    • ·       Addey, Divine Inspiration, Possession and Contact with the Gods
    • ·       Athanassiadi, Dreams, Theurgy and Freelance Divination
    • ·       Edmonds, “And you will see…”
    • ·       Edmonds, At the Seizure of the Moon
    • Edmonds, Faces of the Moon
    • Edmonds, There and Back Again: Temporary Immortality in the Mithras Liturgy
    • ·       Haluszka, Sacred Signified
    • ·       Johnston, Animating Statues
    • ·       Johnston, Magic and Theurgy
    • ·       Johnston, Rising to the Occasion
    • Klutz, The 8th Book of Moses: Introduction
    • ·       Luck, Theurgy and Forms of Worship in Neoplatonism 
    • ·       Smith, J.Z., Towards Interpreting Demonic Powers
    • ·       Smith, M. The 8th Book of Moses and How It Grew