Neoplatonism and Iamblichus' Theurgy with Jeffrey S. Kupperman
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The Importance of the Demiurgic
The work of the demiurgic is not, I think, to be understood as a sort of one and done deal it is a continual unfolding of creation. And part of the work of the purified soul is to engage in that as well. According to the amblicous true happiness for the philosophers sovereigns or whomever we're talking about cannot be achieved until the happiness of everyone else can also be achieved. So what is this sort of intimately communal sort of mystical tradition, which builds outwards for from, I take care of myself, try to take care of the people around me?
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