Ontogenesis (Libri Mysterii Book 5)

Ontogenesis (Libri Mysterii Book 5)
Title Ontogenesis (Libri Mysterii Book 5) PDF eBook
Author John Evan Garvey
Publisher John Evan Garvey
Pages 492
Release 2017-01-14
Genre Fiction
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Time. Space. Just illusions in a multiverse. Trevor frequently wakes up from weird abduction dreams, but when the UFO he’s dreaming he’s in is actually shot down by the military, he learns that he’s been an abductee since childhood and that government agencies will not tolerate crash survivors or escapees from deep underground bases. At the heart of the story is the relationship between Trevor and a beautiful young woman about whom he doesn’t know very much and who may be a government-agency operative. Trevor learns that there are numerous hostile alien races who are committed to preventing Earth’s Ascension to membership in the galactic community. The central characters, a group of friends who share an interest in UFOs, unexpectedly learn that the activation of transhuman abilities embedded in their DNA is linked to the approach of the Ascension.

The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus’s Mysticism

The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus’s Mysticism
Title The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus’s Mysticism PDF eBook
Author Zeke Mazur
Publisher BRILL
Pages 355
Release 2020-10-12
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9004441719

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In The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus’s Mysticism, Zeke Mazur offers a radical reconceptualization of Plotinus with reference to Gnostic thought and praxis. A crucial element in the thought of the third-century CE philosopher Plotinus—his conception of mystical union with the One—cannot be understood solely within the conventional history of philosophy, or as the product of a unique, sui generis psychological propensity. This monograph demonstrates that Plotinus tacitly patterned his mystical ascent to the One on a type of visionary ascent ritual that is first attested in Gnostic sources. These sources include the Platonizing Sethian tractates Zostrianos (NHC VIII,1) and Allogenes (NHC XI,3) of which we have Coptic translations from Nag Hammadi and whose Greek Vorlagen were known to have been read in Plotinus’s school.

Histories of the Hidden God

Histories of the Hidden God
Title Histories of the Hidden God PDF eBook
Author April D DeConick
Publisher Routledge
Pages 369
Release 2016-04-08
Genre History
ISBN 1134935994

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In Western religious traditions, God is conventionally conceived as a humanlike creator, lawgiver, and king, a being both accessible and actively present in history. Yet there is a concurrent and strong tradition of a God who actively hides. The two traditions have led to a tension between a God who is simultaneously accessible to humanity and yet inaccessible, a God who is both immanent and transcendent, present and absent. Western Gnostic, esoteric, and mystical thinking capitalizes on the hidden and hiding God. He becomes the hallmark of the mystics, Gnostics, sages, and artists who attempt to make accessible to humans the God who is secreted away. 'Histories of the Hidden God' explores this tradition from antiquity to today. The essays focus on three essential themes: the concealment of the hidden God; the human quest for the hidden God, and revelations of the hidden God.

Christian Platonism

Christian Platonism
Title Christian Platonism PDF eBook
Author Alexander J. B. Hampton
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 875
Release 2020-12-17
Genre Religion
ISBN 1108676472

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Platonism has played a central role in Christianity and is essential to a deep understanding of the Christian theological tradition. At times, Platonism has constituted an essential philosophical and theological resource, furnishing Christianity with an intellectual framework that has played a key role in its early development, and in subsequent periods of renewal. Alternatively, it has been considered a compromising influence, conflicting with the faith's revelatory foundations and distorting its inherent message. In both cases the fundamental importance of Platonism, as a force which Christianity defined itself by and against, is clear. Written by an international team of scholars, this landmark volume examines the history of Christian Platonism from antiquity to the present day, covers key concepts, and engages issues such as the environment, natural science and materialism.

A History of Language Philosophies

A History of Language Philosophies
Title A History of Language Philosophies PDF eBook
Author Lia Formigari
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 270
Release 2004
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9781588115614

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Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on language as a cognitive tool, on its bodily roots and philogenetic role.An introductory chapter reviews the epistemological areas that converge into, or contribute to, language philosophy, and discusses their methods, relations, and goals. In this context, the status of language philosophy is discussed in its relation to the sciences and the arts of language. Each chapter is followed by a list of suggested readings that refer the reader to the final bibliography."About the author" Lia Formigari, Professor Emeritus at University of Rome, La Sapienza. Her publications include: "Language and Experience in XVIIth-century British Philosophy." Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1988; "Signs, Science and Politics. Philosophies of Language in Europe 1700 1830." Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1993; "La semiotique empiriste face au kantisme." Liege: Mardaga, 1994.

Dynamics of Religion

Dynamics of Religion
Title Dynamics of Religion PDF eBook
Author Christoph Bochinger
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 1425
Release 2016-11-21
Genre Religion
ISBN 3110451107

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Religious ideas, practices, discourses, institutions, and social expressions are in constant flux. This volume addresses the internal and external dynamics, interactions between individuals, religious communities, and local as well as global society. The contributions concentrate on four areas: 1. Contemporary religion in the public sphere: The Tactics of (In)visibility among Religious Communities in Europe; Religion Intersecting De-nationalization and Re-nationalization in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 2. Religious transformations: Forms of Religious Communities in Global Society; Political Contributions of Ancestral Cosmologies and the Decolonization of Religious Beliefs; Esoteric Tradition as Poetic Invention; 3. Focus on the individual: Religion and Life Trajectories of Islamists; Angels, Animals and Religious Change in Antiquity and Today; Gaining Access to the Radically Unfamiliar in Today’s Religion; Religion between Individuals and Collectives; 4. Narrating religion: Entangled Knowledge Cultures and the Creation of Religions in Mongolia and Europe; Global Intellectual History and the Dynamics of Religion; On Representing Judaism.

Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy
Title Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy PDF eBook
Author Paul B. Scheurer
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 406
Release 2012-12-06
Genre History
ISBN 9400928092

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This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Colloqui um "Newton's Scientific and Philosophical Legacy", that was held at the Catholic University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) from June 9th to 12th 1987 to celebrate the Tercentenary of the publication of Newton's Philo sophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1667). Although 1987 was a busy year for Newton scholars, we were happy that five of most prom inent among them were able to come to Nijmegen and speak on the vari ous aspects of Newton's thought. They are the Professors I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard), Gale Christianson (Indiana State), B.J. Dobbs (Northwestern), Richard H. Popkin (UCLA) and Mordechai Feingold (Boston University). No doubt, recent scholarship has put Newton's genius in a quite different perspective from the one that had come to make up what may be called Newtonian mythology. Although his achievements in the areas of mechanics, mathematics, and optics remain indisputed, Newton's scientific efforts were apparently entirely subordi nate to his religious beliefs. This volume has been divided into four parts, preceded by a Pream ble in which Prof. Christianson offers a vivid portrait of Newton as a per son. The first part deals with the science of Newton as he himself under stood that term. The second part considers the influence of Newton's work on later scientific developments. The third part deals primarily with the question of the methodological influence of Newton, and the last part with his more philosophical legacy. Two editorial remarks are due.