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  1. Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus.Gregory Shaw - 1971 - Pennsylvania State University Press.
    _Theurgy and the Soul_ is a study of Iamblichus of Syria, whose teachings set the final form of pagan spirituality prior to the Christianization of the Roman Empire. Gregory Shaw focuses on the theory and practice of theurgy, the most controversial and significant aspect of Iamblichus's Platonism. Theurgy literally means "divine action." Unlike previous Platonists who stressed the elevated status of the human soul, Iamblichus taught that the soul descended completely into the body and thereby required the performance of theurgic (...)
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  • Iamblichus' De Mysteriis: A Manifesto of the Miraculous.Emma C. Clarke - 2001 - Routledge.
    This book redefines our interpretation of Iamblichus' theurgy and religiosity, as revealed in his only complete surviving work, the De Mysteriis. Clarke argues that the existence and operation of the supernatural, or the miraculous, is the sine qua non of this work, and yet this is often overlooked by Iamblichus' philosophical interpreters. The argument is developed through the examination of numerous religious practices described by Iamblichus, most importantly those of animal sacrifice, oracular consultation, divine possession, and the ritual observation of (...)
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  • Plotinus and Iamblichus on magic and theurgy.John F. Finamore - 1999 - Dionysius 17:83-94.
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  • Theurgie und Philosophie in Jamblichs De mysteriis.Beate Nasemann - 1991 - Stuttgart: B.G. Teubner.
    Originally presented as the author's thesis, Cologne, 1989.
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