San Diego, Calif. 1984 Hardcover Very Good+ 0913510513. Tite perf bound, acidfree V Good+ illus 1st US Ed large type, wide margins, undented textured green boards gilt type
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spine & F; not soiled, clearance or discard, name-stamped by P O. No DJ issued. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; Secret Doctrine Reference Series; 9.25 x 1.25 x 6.25; 375 pages; In fear & love to unify the name..., June 6, 1999 Reviewer: A reader In this work are collected the neoplatonist Porphyry's "Letter to Anebo" (in which he voices modern-sounding criticisms of religious ritual) & his student Iamblichus' answer to these criticism (which takes the form of an elaborate rationale & defense for these sacramental practices as legitimate *philosophical* means of establishing union with the divine). This work is of interest because 1) it articulates an authentic philosophical understanding of the role of ritual as it is is related to the neoplatonic goal of re-unification with the divine oneness 2) certain of its important argume
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