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The treatise presents a systematic defense and exposition of ancient ritual theology and theurgy, arguing for a metaphysical hierarchy that begins with an ineffable supreme principle and proceeds through divine intelligences, souls, and material beings. It explains how ritual, symbols, and sacred rites enable contact between human soul and higher powers, combining philosophical argument with practical descriptions of ceremonial procedure and symbolic meaning. The author frames these doctrines within a Neoplatonic perspective, addresses skeptical objections, and traces continuities with earlier philosophical traditions while emphasizing rites as means for spiritual purification and ascent.

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Title: Iamblichus on the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians

Author: Iamblichus

Contributor: Porphyry

Translator: Thomas Taylor

Release date: January 29, 2024 [eBook #72815]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Bertram Dobell & Reeves and Turner, 1895

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IAMBLICHUS
ON
The Mysteries
OF THE
EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, AND ASSYRIANS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
BY
THOMAS TAYLOR.

Ο δε Αριστοτελης προς Αντιπατρον περι Αλεξανδρου γραφων, εφη μη μονον εκεινῳ προσηκειν οτι πολλων κρατει μεγαφρονειν, αλλ’ ουδεν ηττον ει τις ορθως γινωσκει περι θεων.

Plutarch.
Second Edition.
LONDON:
BERTRAM DOBELL,
77 CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C.
AND
REEVES AND TURNER,
5 WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND.
MDCCCXCV.