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100 1 _aIamblichus
245 1 0 _aIamblichus on the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Mysteries_of_the_Egyptians,_Chaldeans,_and_Assyrians
500 _aRelease date is 2024-01-29
508 _aRichard Tonsing, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Iamblichus on the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians" attributed to Iamblichus is a work of Neoplatonic philosophy primarily concerned with ritual and theurgy. Written as a response to his teacher Porphyry's criticisms, it defends polytheistic cult practices through philosophical argument. Spanning ten books, it explores topics from the soul and gods to sacrifice, Egyptian symbolism, and personal daemons. The work represents a pivotal moment in ancient thought's attempt to justify religious ritual through speculative philosophy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Bertram Dobell & Reeves and Turner, 1895
653 _aOccultism -- Early works to 1900
653 _aDemonology -- Early works to 1800
653 _aMysteries, Religious -- Early works to 1800
653 _aReligion -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800
653 _aSupernatural -- Early works to 1800
700 1 _aPorphyry
700 1 _aTaylor, Thomas,
_d1758-1835
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/b24884170
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72815
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