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... pagan Neoplatonic sources that have been mistaken for occult sources, while Pico in fact saw Iamblichus and Proclus as theological sources. Iamblichus’ theory of theurgy is not a theory of magic but a theory of ... theurgy, which Pico could read in Greek as well as in Ficino’s Latin translation with Proclus’ Elements of Theology as a guide, I will discuss some recent scholarly opinions on the place ...

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...conferences on esotericism and alchemy, and focus my study the influence of neoplatonism on renaissance magic and christian cabala. right now I'm working on Iamblichus' concept of theurgy for a Proclus seminar, and reading Nicholas of Cusa, along with some remedial study on the Arabic background to Abulafia's Ecstatic Kabbalah, especially Averroes on the "Agent Intellect." Other project right now ...

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