IAMBLICHUS On The Mysteries of The EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS & Assyrians - Translated by Thomas Taylor (Hardback, Stuart & Watkins, 1968)

IAMBLICHUS On The Mysteries of The EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS & Assyrians - Translated by Thomas Taylor (Stuart & Watkins, 1968)

Hardback with dust-jacket. 365 pages.

A key text in Theurgic practice - On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (Greek: Περὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων μυστηρίων), also known as the Theurgia and under its abbreviated Latin title De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (On the Egyptian Mysteries; or often simply De Mysteriis), is a work of Neoplatonic philosophy primarily concerned with ritual and theurgy and attributed to Iamblichus.

Porphyry is known to have had a disagreement with Iamblichus over the practice of theurgy, and the Mysteries consists mainly of Iamblichus' responses to the criticisms of his teacher.

Iamblichus (c. A.D. 250-325) is among the most important of the so-called Neoplatonic philosophers, second only to Plotinus. He was a student of Plotinus' disciple Porphyry. His influential treatise Theurgia, or On the Mysteries of Egypt deals with a 'higher magic' which operates through the agency of the gods. Agrippa refers frequently to Iamblichus in his Occulta Philosophia. Iamblichus also had a strong influence on other Renaissance occultists like Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, and Giordano Bruno. Iamblichus is also explicitly mentioned in the Grimorium Verum.

A beautiful 1960s hardback edition, issued by Watkins, London. 

Condition:L Very Good. Some light fixing to top edge of page stock. A bit of foxing to jacket and some light wear to jacket edges, corners and spine edges. Overall a very nice copy, internally clean and unmarked.