Online Chaldean Oracles Resource
January 25, 2010
It occurred to me that those reading my “Flower of Fire” essay from the Hekate devotional volume (available here) may find this site useful. It’s a synoptic presentation of the extant fragments of the Oracles in the English translations by Majercik and by Wescott together with the German translation by Michel Tardieu after Hans Lewy. There used to be a site with the Greek text of the fragments, but it seems to be defunct.
New Essay in Bibliotheca Alexandrina Devotional Volume
November 30, 2009
Dissertation now available in MS Word
September 25, 2009
It has come to my attention that a number of people have been having difficulty downloading the PDF file of my dissertation, “The Metaphysics of Polytheism in Proclus.” My apologies to those who have had such problems. As a result, I have added to the Philosophy page an MS Word file of the dissertation for those unable to download the PDF. Please note that the pagination in this file does not correspond to the PDF, which is the version of record.
Another Article
July 24, 2009
I’ve posted my second article from Dionysius, “The Gods and Being in Proclus”, to the Philosophy page.
New article
July 7, 2009
The Philosophy page has been updated with my article from Méthexis, “The Intelligible Gods in the Platonic Theology of Proclus.”
Philosophy, Theology pages updated
May 19, 2009
I’ve updated the statements on the Philosophy and Theology pages to provide some of the foundation for the relationship between henology and ontology.
New Article
May 17, 2009
The Theology page has been updated with the link to an article of mine appearing in the May 2009 issue of Eye of the Heart, a journal published in print and online by La Trobe University. The article is “The Book of the Celestial Cow: A Theological Interpretation,” and can be read profitably in conjunction with the relevant entries in the Encyclopedia. I hope you enjoy it!
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is making available, for free, T. G. Allen’s authoritative translation of this essential text, the only complete edition in English. I’d advise anyone seriously interested in Egyptian theology to take advantage of this offer while it lasts. The link’s at the bottom of the page.
Review
May 1, 2009
I wrote a brief review of an edited volume on the self in ancient and medieval philosophy for Metapsychology Online.
Dissertation now available
April 23, 2009
The full text of my dissertation, “The Metaphysics of Polytheism in Proclus,” is now available from the Philosophy page as a pdf file.
