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Primary
Texts
The Reply of the Master
Abammon to the Letter of Porphyry to Anebo and the Solutions to the
Difficulties Raised Therein (Ἀβάμμωνος
διδασκάλου πρὸς τὴς Πορφυρίου πρὸς Ἀνεβὼ ἐπιστολὴν ἀπόκρισις καὶ τῶν
ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπορημάτων λύσεις -
Abammônos didaskalou pros tês Porphuriou pros Anebô epistolên
apokrisis kai tôn en autê aporêmatôn luseis)
of the
divine Iamblichus. Known since the translation
of Marsilio Ficino as De Mysteriis (De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum
Chaldaeorum Assyriorum) or simply On the Mysteries in
English.
The Chaldean Oracles (Λόγια
Χαλδαϊκά
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Logia Chaldaika)
of Julianus the Theurgist, surviving in fragments as collected by
Patrizzi, Taylor, Cory, Des Places and others along with the classic
Byzantine commentaries of Michael Psellus and Georgius Gemistos
Plethon.
On the Sacred Art of the
Greeks (Περι της ἱερατικης τεχνης
- Peri tês hieratikês technês) of Proclus. Also known as De Sacrificio et Magia from the Latin version of Ficino.
The Mithras Liturgy
from the famed magical codex, Papyrus 574 kept in the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France. This work is considered by most scholars of late
Platonic hieratic praxis (Shaw, Majercik etc) to be illustrative of
the types of practices that would have been familiar to the divine
Iamblichus and other practitioners of Theurgy.
Proclus or On Happiness
(Προκλος
ἤ περι εὐδαιμονιας - Proklos ê
Peri Eudaimonias) by Marinus of Samaria
is the main source of our knowledge of
the life of Proclus and contains many valuable references to his
personal spiritual practice and Theurgic accomplishments.
Seven Hymns of Proclus. Hymns to
Helios, Aphrodite, the Muses, All the Gods, the Lycian
Aphrodite, Hekate and Janus, and Athena. Text in Greek with Roman
transliteration.
Secondary Texts
History of
the Chaldaick Philosophy by Thomas Stanley.
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