Spanu, Proclus and the Chaldæan Oracles Reviewed
Nicola Spanu’s new book looks at Proclus’ use of the Chaldæan Oracles, a revelatory hexameter text of a Platonistic vein from the second century, in an attempt to determine what […]
Nicola Spanu’s new book looks at Proclus’ use of the Chaldæan Oracles, a revelatory hexameter text of a Platonistic vein from the second century, in an attempt to determine what […]
John Finamore has shared the sad news of the passing of one of the greatest and most prolific scholars of later Platonism, H.-D. Saffrey. He writes: It is with great […]
In a new book Robert J. Daly S.J. examines the concept of sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world, and discusses how the rise of bloodless Christian sacrifice, and the use […]
I’m excited to see that Nicola Spanu‘s new book on the great Neoplatonist Proclus ‘the Successor’ and theurgy will be published in August 2020, by Routledge. Surely one that will […]
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing down the moon: magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019 The title of Radcliffe Edmond’s new book on magic in antiquity […]
Fresh off the presses is the newest installment of the Bibliotheca Chaldaica series over at Winter Verlag: Hierarchie und Ritual: Zur philosophischen Spiritualität in der Spätantike. Edited by Chiara Tommasi, […]
Courtesy of Earl Fontainelle: Advance Notice of a Workshop on Neoplatonist Theology The Castle, Durham. 4 p.m. on 16th to 1 p.m. on 18th May. Papers to include: […]