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Geocentric celestial spheres; Peter Apian's Cosmographia (Antwerp, 1539). All the early Gnostics of whose opinions Irenaeus gives an account, in a section probably derived from an earlier writer, agree in the doctrine that the world was made by the instrumentality of archons (angels).
The names of Nu and Naunet are written with the determiners for sky and water, and it seems clear that they represent the primordial waters.. Ḥeḥ and Ḥeuḥet have no readily identifiable determiners; according to a suggestion due to Brugsch (1885), the names are associated with a term for an undefined or unlimited number, ḥeḥ, suggesting a concept similar to the Greek aion.
Grant promoted what he termed the Typhonian or Draconian tradition of magic, [70] and wrote that Thelema was only a recent manifestation of this wider tradition. [71] In his books, he portrayed the Typhonian tradition as the world's oldest spiritual tradition, writing that it had ancient roots in Africa. [ 72 ]
Égyptien de tradition (term is a French terminus technicus), also known as Traditional Egyptian, [1] is a literary and religious hieroglyphic written language artificially cultivated in ancient Egypt from the later New Kingdom until the Greco-Roman Period (14th century BCE - 4th century CE).
[3] According to the latter etymology, aggadah may be seen as "the part of the Torah which draws man towards its teachings", [4] [5] or the teachings which strengthen one's religious experience and spiritual connections, in addition to explaining texts. [6] (See similar re Masorah – in the sense of "tradition" – at Masoretic Text § Etymology.)
De vita is an amalgam of philosophy, medicine, magic and astrology.Alongside passages explaining the immortality and divine source and nature of the soul, there are astrological charts and remedies, speeches from various Greek gods arguing with one another, philosophical digressions, medieval prescriptions for various ills, attempts at reconciling the Neoplatonism of Plotinus with Christian ...
Marsilio Ficino (Italian: [marˈsiːljo fiˈtʃiːno]; Latin name: Marsilius Ficinus; 19 October 1433 – 1 October 1499) was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.
The Oriental Orthodox Churches believe in Monotheism, the belief that there is only One God, who is transcendent and far beyond human comprehension. [1] The church affirms the doctrine of the Trinity: God is One in Essence (Gr: οὐσία Ousia) but Three in Persons (Gr:ὑπόστασις Hypostasis) — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, sharing One Will, One Work, and One Lordship.