Henadology

Essays on a Polytheistic Philosophy of Religion

henadology — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:41:40 +0000

This book contains the two articles I previously published in The Pomegranate, “The Theological Interpretation of Myth” and “Polycentric Polytheism and the Philosophy of Religion”, plus two never-before-published essays, “Neoplatonism and Polytheism” and “A Theological Exegesis of the Iliad, Book One”.

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Proclus 1600

henadology — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:53 +0000

Proclus was born on this day (February 8th) in 412 C.E. I wrote some words for a commemoration at the site of his house in Athens.

Philosophy in Review

henadology — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:55:34 +0000

Here are my reviews to date for PIR:

David Jones, ed. Confucius Now: Contemporary Encounters with the Analects (Vol. 29, No. 5, 2009).

Edward C. Halper, One and Many in Aristotle’s Metaphysics: Books Alpha-Delta (Vol. 30, No. 3, 2010).

Damascius, Damascius’ Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles. (Vol. 31, No. 3, 2011).

“The Second Intelligible Triad and the Intelligible-Intellective Gods”

henadology — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:41:30 +0000

My article from Méthexis 23 (2010), “The Second Intelligible Triad and the Intelligible-Intellective Gods”, is now available as a PDF on the Philosophy page. This article is the sequel to “The Intelligible Gods in the Platonic Theology of Proclus,” from Méthexis 21 (2008), also available on the Philosophy page, and will be followed by an article on the third intelligible triad and the intellective Gods.

Hekate devotional now in e-book form

henadology — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:02:02 +0000

Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate, with my essay “Flower of Fire: Hekate in the Chaldean Oracles,” is now available as an e-book from Smashwords.

Twitter, LiveJournal

henadology — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:38:09 +0000

I have a Twitter feed: @EPButler. Also, I have a LiveJournal where I occasionally post informal writings on philosophy and/or theology.

“Plato’s Gods and the Way of Ideas”

henadology — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:58:54 +0000

My article from Diotima 39 (2011), “Plato’s Gods and the Way of Ideas”, is now available on the Philosophy page.

My sincere gratitude to the Hellenic Society for Philosophical Studies, Athens, for the honor of seeing my work published in the pages of its journal.

Zeus devotional volume available

henadology — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:42:47 +0000

From Cave to Sky: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Zeus is now available from Bibliotheca Alexandrina; it contains my essays “The Platonic Zeus” and “The Stoic Zeus”.

Updates to Encyclopedia

henadology — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:46:14 +0000

New research has enabled me to augment several entries in the Theological Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Gods of the Ancient Egyptians (Dedwen, Mnevis, Nephthys) as well as adding a new entry for Horit.

Lecture Text, Dalhousie University 3/11/10

henadology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:46:34 +0000

I’ve added to the Philosophy page the text of the lecture I gave at the Department of Classics at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. This file includes the essay itself, “The Henadic Structure of Providence in Proclus”, as well as the introduction I wrote for it and delivered at the talk itself.

My thanks again to the faculty and students of the Department of Classics at Dalhousie for their gracious invitation, warm hospitality and intellectual stimulation.