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- Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination
- Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Hermetic Spirituality
- 2 Heart of Darkness
- 3 The Presence of Gods
- 4 Children of Hermes
- 5 Through a Glass Darkly
- 6 Healing the Soul
- 7 The Path of Reverence
- 8 Becoming Alive
- 9 The Source
- 10 The Conquest of Time
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Texts
- Index of Persons
- Index of Subjects
3 - The Presence of Gods
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2022
- Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination
- Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Hermetic Spirituality
- 2 Heart of Darkness
- 3 The Presence of Gods
- 4 Children of Hermes
- 5 Through a Glass Darkly
- 6 Healing the Soul
- 7 The Path of Reverence
- 8 Becoming Alive
- 9 The Source
- 10 The Conquest of Time
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index of Texts
- Index of Persons
- Index of Subjects
Summary
Introduction to the basis worldview of the Hermetica at the example of the Asclepius, with special attention to the double nature of human beings as entities that participate simultaneously in matter and spirit, the practice of animating temple statues, and the Hermetic prophecy of apocalyptic decline.
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- Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical ImaginationAltered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity, pp. 48 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022