Argues against dualist views of Platonic theurgy for a more inclusive understanding
Connects late Platonic teachings to tantric traditions for enriched philosophical analysis
Explores the concept of embodied deification in theurgy
Written by Gregory Shaw, a scholar in philosophy and religion
Summarized by Shop
About the Book Hellenic Tantra argues that scholarship on later Platonism has been misled by a dualist worldview. The theurgic Platonists in the school of Iamblichus (4 century CE) did not ascend out of their bodies to be united with the gods—as is the common belief—but allowed the gods to descend into their bodies. By comparing embodied
