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#plotinus #iamblichus #magic


What's Plotinus's idea of Magic? Why is theurgy so important for Iamblichus? Emanationism, Sympathy, Antipathy and Neoplatonic cosmology.


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Armstrong, A.H. 1955. Was Plotinus a Magicianβ€―? Phronesis. 1(1), pp.73–79.

Copenhaver, B.P. 2015. Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Finamore, J.E. 1999. Plotinus and Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy. Dionysius. 17, pp.83–94.

Helleman, W.E. 2010. Plotinus and Magic. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition. 4(2), pp.114–146.

Merlan, P. 1953. Plotinus and Magic. Isis. 44(4), pp.341–348.

Sheppard, A. 1982. Proclus’ Attitude to Theurgy. The Classical Quarterly. 32(1), pp.212–224.

Wildberg, C. 2021. Neoplatonism In: E. N. Zalta, ed. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [Online]. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. [Accessed 24 December 2022]. Available from: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2021/entries/neoplatonism/.


00:00 Introduction: Plotinus & Iamblichus

01:28 What is Neoplatonism?

04:12 Plotinus

04:52 Iamblicus

05:34 Their opposing views

12:20 Summary

13:25 The collaboration participants

14:17 Support Angela’s Symposium



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