Iamblichus's doctrine that the immortal soul becomes mortal is puzzling for Platonic scholars. According to Iamblichus, the embodied soul not only becomes mortal; as human, it also becomes "alienated" (allotriōthen) from divinity. Iamblichus maintains that the alienation and mortality of the soul are effected by daemons that channel the soul's universal and immortal identity into a singular and mortal self. Yet, while daemons alienate the soul from divinity they also outline the path to recover it. Iamblichus maintains that daemons unfold the will of the Demiurge into material manifestation and thus reveal its divine signatures (sunthēmata) in nature. According to Iamblichus's theurgical itinerary, the human soul-materialized, alienated, and mortal-must learn to embrace its alienated and mortal condition as a form of demiurgic activity. By ritually entering this demiurgy the soul transforms its alienation and mortality into theurgy. The embodied soul becomes an icon of divinity.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2016
توصيف ظاهري
177-195
عنوان
Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies
شماره جلد
1/1-2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
2451-859X
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اصطلاح موضوعی
alienation
اصطلاح موضوعی
Biblical Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
daemons
اصطلاح موضوعی
embodiment
اصطلاح موضوعی
Gnosticism & Manichaeism
اصطلاح موضوعی
theurgy
اصطلاح موضوعی
Titans
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