This remarkable lunar invocation (PGM VII.756-794) often passes unnoticed in The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation because its structure, based…
Porphyry preserves the following hymn (translated in Johnston Hekate Soteira p. 140): I come, a virgin of varied forms, wandering…
I just published a reading list of essential texts in theurgic Neoplatonism, including the best recent English translations of the…
This is the first of a series of key concepts in Platonic philosophy, part of a work-in-progress glossary of theurgic…
Theurgy (θεουργία, literally “divine work”) is best understood as a collaborative effort between human beings and the gods. The word…
Planetary hours were a development within Hellenistic and early Roman astrological practice that produced the seemingly unusual order of the…
I present here my original translation (Copyright 2019) along with the Greek text of the planetary invocations from the Hygromantia…
Historical Introduction and Significance The De mysteriis (hereafter DM) of the Neoplatonic philosopher Iamblichus (c. 240 – c. 325 CE)…
Friday, May 31, 7-9 PM@ New Aeon (formerly Sacred Path)1818 W 57th StIndianapolis, IN 46228, USA The Ancient Roots of…
Neopythagorean numerology – specifically, speculation regarding the nature of the first ten numbers – was a prevalent feature of Gnostic,…