Iamblichus's On the Mysteries
Western Esotericism & Initiatory Textual corpus / teaching
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Iamblichus's On the Mysteries is cataloged as a Textual corpus / teaching within Western Esotericism & Initiatory. Its candidate country context is “Syria” and its period or origin is “Early fourth century CE.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Iamblichean Neoplatonism and theurgy.”
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Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- De Mysteriis; On the Egyptian Mysteries; Response of Abammon
- Parent tradition
- Iamblichean Neoplatonism and theurgy
- Public geographic context
- Syria
- Period / origin
- Early fourth century CE
- Living / historical status
- Historical philosophical-theurgical text in continuing scholarly reception
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateSyria
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Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Iamblichus's On the Mysteries. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 4528. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/4528
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA