Empedocles: A Living, Breathing God

With Empedocles, we have our first glimpse of what must be called proper magical practice in the context of philosophy. When Phragmant 111 addresses someone, we know from other fragments that this is Pausanias, his boy lover. He can also teach you how to bring back from Hades the strength of a man who has died. The strength in question is Menos which can also mean life or lifeblood in a Homeric context.