anagoge
(αναγωγη)
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ascent, elevation, bringing up |
| Long Description: |
ascent, elevation, bringing up; the approach to the divine realm by means of purifications ( katharmoi), initiations ( teletai), the Platonic dialectic and allegorical exegesis, contemplation ( theoria) and the ineffable sacred rites employed in theurgy; it is prefigured by the sacred way which the initiates of mysteries ( mustai) walk, the path to the mountain ( oreibasia); typological analogies of the Neoplatonic ascent to the divine may be seen in the Pyramid Texts and the accounts of mi’raj of the Prophet Muhammad in the later Islamic tradition. |
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The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys |
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