Iamblichus Personalities Esoteric and Occult

Iamblichus

Iamblichus (c. 250-c. 330), the neoplatonic philosopher, was born in Chalcis, Coele-Syria. While a student of Porphyry in Rome, he came under the influence of the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus. When Porphyry died, Iamblichus succeeded him as the head of the neoplatonic school. In Syria he established his own school, which attempted to fuse the ideas of Plato, those of the Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras, and Hermetism and the magical literature into a single coherent system. Iamblichus succeeded in transforming the purely intellectual Neoplatonism of Plotinus into an even more spiritual form of Greco-Roman religious philosophy that include myths, rites, and magical formulas.

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• - Biography, texts, links from the Shrine of the Goddess Athena.
  
• - Theurgia or On the Mysteries of Egypt is one of Iamblichus's more famous writings. Full version online along with a brief description of the man.
  
• - A review of this philosopher and links.
  
• - Discussing Iamblichus as one of three key figures in this movement.
  
• - A biographical sketch.
  
  

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