Iamblichus Personalities Esoteric and Occult

Iamblichus Personalities Esoteric and Occult

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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Iamblichus Page - Biography, texts, links from the Shrine of the Goddess Athena.
Iamblichus - A review of this philosopher and links.
The Egyptian Mysteries - 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.
Key Figures in Neopythagoreanism - Discussing Iamblichus as one of three key figures in this movement.
Theurgia.org - Complete online edition of Thomas Taylor's translation of On the Mysteries by Iamblichus, including an introduction to the work.
Great Theosophists--Iamblichus: The Egyptian Mysteries (11 of 29) - A biographical sketch.

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