Sources on Late Neoplatonic Theurgy

(in English, with a few exceptions)

(including Hekate & the Chaldean Oracles, Hermes & the Hermetica, the Emperor Julian,
Harran, the end of classical Paganism, and other related subects!
(ver. 6.0)
Here are over 250 texts that I have found both accessible and informative. The list is by
no means comprehensive but offers introductory material on a !ide"ran#e of related sub$ects.
The best introductions I%H& ' those that are also available at #ood boo( stores ' are mar(ed in
red. )ontact me if you have any *uestions or !ould li(e to examine copies as all of the texts are
in my library. I have much more available on each sub$ect for those interested in deeper study.
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EGYPTIAN MAGIC RELATING TO LATER CLASSICAL THEURGY
7oylan 8atric( Thoth9 The Hermes of /#ypt &xford :niversity 8ress &xford :; 3<22 (=ays
the #round!or( for the later >thrice"#reat? Thoth !ho becomes Hermes Trisme#istus.
+ieleman @acco 8riests Ton#ues and Aites9 The =ondon"=eiden %a#ical %anuscripts and
Translations in /#yptian Aitual /.@. 7rill =eiden 2005
Aitner Aobert ;riech The %echanics of Bncient /#yptian %a#ical 8ractice The &riental
Institute of the :niversity of )hica#o )hica#o I= 3<<- (Too early for our period but
the definitive !or( on the sub$ect and useful for comparison !ith later systems.)
EMPEDOCLES & THE ROOTS OF CLASSICAL MAGIC
;in#sley 8eter >/mpedocles and his Interpreters9 The ,our"/lement +oxo#raphy? in
8hronesis Col. DDDID Eo. - 3<<4
"""""""""""""""""" Bncient 8hilosophy %ystery and %a#ic9 /mpedocles and the 8ytha#orean
Tradition )larendon 8ress &xford 3<<5 (Aevolutionary re"evaluation of the !or( of
/mpedocles the role of ma#ic in the birth of philosophy and its influence do!n into the
Brab !orld. Hi#hly recommended.)
"""""""""""""""""" >/mpedocles for the Ee! %illennium? in Bncient 8hilosophy ,all 2002 Col.
DDII Eo. 2 %athesis 8ublications Inc. 8ittsbur#h 8B 2002
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LATE CLASSICAL MAGIC & RELIGION
Bn(arloo 7en#t and )lar( Ftuart eds. Gitchcraft and %a#ic in /urope9 Bncient Hreece and
Aome :niversity of 8ennsylvania 8ress 3<<< (8art of a series. Hood source boo(.)
Brmstron# B.H. ed. )lassical %editerranean Fpirituality9 /#yptian2Hree(2Aoman )rossroad
8ublishin# )ompany Ee! Ior( EI 3<66 (/xcellent collection of essays coverin#
)lassical spirituality includin# Eeoplatonism.)
7ro!n 8eter >The Aise and ,unction of the Holy %an in =ate Bnti*uity? in The @ournal of
Aoman Ftudies Col. =DI Fociety for the 8romotion of Aoman Ftudies =ondon 3<53
+ic(ie %atthe! G. %a#ic and %a#icians in the Hreco"Aoman Gorld Aoutled#e =ondo 2003
,araone )hristopher ed. %a#i(a Hiera &xford :niversity 8ress Ee! Ior( EI 3<<3
(/xcellent antholo#y on ancient Hree( ma#ic J reli#ion.)
,o!den Harth >The 8a#an Holy %an in =ate Bnti*ue Fociety? in The @ournal of Hellenic
Ftudies Col. )II Fociety for the 8romotion of Hellenic Ftudies =ondon 3<62
Hod!in +avid =i#ht in /xtension9 Hree( %a#ic from Homer to %odern Times =le!ellyn
8ublications Ft. 8aul %E 3<<2 (Bn attempt to update classical ma#ical systems for
modern practice.)
Hraf ,ritK >The %a#icianLs Initiation? in Helios Col. 23 Eo. 2 Texas Tech :niversity 8ress
3<<4
-------------, Magic in te Ancient !"r#d Harvard :niversity 8ress )ambrid#e %B 3<<5
(&ne of the leadin# fi#ures in the field.)
Hane#raaff Gouter @. >Fympathy or the +evil9 Aenaissance %a#ic and the Bmbivalence of
Idols? in /soterica Col. II online at !!!.esoteric.msu.edu2ColumeII2Fympdevil.html
@ano!itK Eaomi Icons of 8o!er9 Aitual 8ractices in =ate Bnti*uity 8ennsylvania Ftate
:niversity 8ress :niversity 8ar( 8B 2002
$"n%t"n, Sara I#e%, ed&, Re#igi"n% "' te Ancient !"r#d( A G)ide Harvard :niversity
8ress )ambrid#e %B 2004 (/xcellent antholo#y0)
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" and Ftruc( 8eter T. eds. %ani(M9 Ftudies in Bncient +ivination /.@.
7rill =eiden 2005 (/xcellent antholo#y coverin# the lesser (no!n systems of divination
commonly used in the ancient !orld.)
@ordan +avid A. et al. eds. The Gorld of Bncient %a#ic9 8apers from the first International
Famson /itrem Feminar at the Eor!e#ian Institute at Bthens 4"6 %ay 3<<5 The
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Eor!e#ian Institute at Bthens 3<<< (Hu#e collection of fascinatin# papers by @ohnston
Cersnel ,araone Hraf and others.)
=uc( Heor# Brcana %undi9 %a#ic and the &ccult in the Hree( and Aoman Gorlds @ohns
Hop(ins :niv. 8ress 7altimore %+ 3<65 (Hood antholo#y on )lassical ma#ic
includin# theur#y as presented in ori#inal texts.)
%artin =uther Hellenistic Aeli#ions9 Bn Introduction &xford :niversity 8ress Ee! Ior( EI
3<65 (Hood intro to the bac(#round and context.)
%eyer %arvin ed. Bncient %a#ic J Aitual 8o!er (Aeli#ions in the Hraeco"Aoman Gorld
Colume 32<) /.@. 7rill =eiden The Eetherlands 3<<5 (Cery #ood antholo#y0)
Eoe#el Fcott et al. eds. 8rayer %a#ic and the Ftars in the Bncient and =ate Bnti*ue Gorld
8ennsylvania Ftate :niversity 8ress :niversity 8ar( 8B 200- (Bnother excellent
antholo#y of essays relatin# to >astral? ma#ic and reli#ion.)
&den A.B. Ftudies in =ucianLs "e #$ria "ea Fcholars 8ress %issoula %T 3<55
&#den +aniel Hree( and Aoman Eecromancy 8rinceton :niversity 8ress 8rinceton E@ 2003
-----------------, Magic, !itccra't, and G"%t% in te Gree* and R"+an !"r#d%( A
S")rce,""* &xford :niversity 8ress &xford :; 2002 (Hreat collection of ori#inal
sources.)
Aeale Hiovanni The Fchools of the Imperial B#e (B History of Bncient 8hilosophy vol. IC)
F:EI Blbany EI 3<<0 (Hood systematic survey of Hermetic )haldean and
Eeoplatonic authors philosophy and theur#y.)
Aelihan @oel ). tr. Bpuleius9 The Holden Bss Hac(ett 8ublishin# )o. Indianapolis %& 2005
(%odern translation of this classic !or( by a %iddle 8latonist.)
Aollins Blden Aome in the ,ourth )entury B.+.9 Bn Bnnotated 7iblio#raphy !ith Historical
&vervie! %c,arland J )o. Inc. 8ublishers @efferson E) 3<<3 (Ghere to #o next.)
T)rcan, R",ert, Te C)#t% "' te R"+an E+-ire 7asil 7lac(!ell =td. &xford 3<<6
(/xcellent overvie! of mystery cults in the late /mpire.)
LATE CLASSICAL MAGIC & RELIGION Pa-.ri Graecae Magicae
/et0, Han% Dieter, ed&, Te Gree* Magica# Pa-.ri in Tran%#ati"n 1inc#)ding te De+"tic
S-e##%2 2nd (revised) edition The :niversity of )hica#o 8ress )hica#o 3<<2
,araone )hristopher >The )ollapse of )elestial and )hthonic Aealms in a =ate Bnti*ue
NBpollonian InvocationL (8H% I 262"-45)? in 7oustan J Aeed eds. Heavenly Aealms
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and /arthly Aealities in =ate Bnti*ue Aeli#ions )ambrid#e :niversity 8ress )ambrid#e
:; 2004
F#"3er%, Ste-en Edred, Her+etic Magic( Te P"%t+"dern Magica# Pa-.r)% "' A,ari%
Famuel Geiser Inc. Ior( 7each %/ 3<<5 (+icey history but #ood portrayal of the
mindset of a late anti*ue ma#ician. The >8apyrus of Bbaris? is a creation of ,lo!ersL.)
,ran(furter +avid >The %a#ic of Gritin# and the Gritin# of %a#ic9 The 8o!er of the Gord in
/#yptian and Hree( Tradition? in Helios Col. 23 Eo. 2 Texas Tech :niversity 8ress
3<<4
@ohnston Farah Iles >%iat &u', %iat (itus9 +ivine =i#ht and the =ate Bnti*ue +efense of Aitual
in ;apstein %atthe! T. ed. The 8resence of =i#ht9 +ivine Aadiance and Aeli#ious
/xperience The :niversity of )hica#o 8ress )hica#o I= 2004
Fte!art Aandall and %orell ;enneth trans. >The &racles of Bstrampsychus? in Hansen
Gilliam ed. Bntholo#y of Bncient Hree( 8opular =iterature Indiana :niversity 8ress
7loomin#ton I= 3<<6 (B 2nd )ent. )/ fortune"tellin# text.)
%eyer %arvin G. and Fmith Aichard Bncient )hristian %a#ic9 )optic Texts of Aitual 8o!er
(!ith ne! Bfter!ard) 8rinceton :niversity 8ress 8rinceton E@ 3<<< (Includes a lot of
non")hristian material.)
Gebb +on The Feven ,aces of +ar(ness9 8ractical Typhonian %a#ic AOna"Aaven 8ress
Fmithville TD 3<<6 (The author is the current head of the Temple of Fet. Bs a result
this boo( has considerable Fetian bias but is probably a #ood portrayal of the mindset of
a ma#ician usin# the 8H%. B se*uel to Hermetic %a#ic.)
ORPHISM & ORPHIC HYMNS
Bthanassa(is Bpostolos E. The &rphic Hymns9 Text Translation and Eotes Fcholars 8ress
Btlanta HB 3<55
,araone )hristopher B. >&rpheusL ,inal Bppearance9 Eecromancy and a Fin#in# Head on
=esbos? in Ftudi Italiani +i ,ilolo#ia )lassica Col. D)CII Eo. 3 ,elice =e %onnier
,lorence 2004
Huthrie G.;.). &rpheus and Hree( Aeli#ion9 B Ftudy of the &rphic %ovement 8rinceton
:niversity 8ress 8rinceton E@ 3<<-
@ohnston Farah Iles and %cEiven Timothy @. >+ionysos and the :nder!orld in Toledo? in
%useum Helveticum Col. 5- Eo.3 Fc!abe J )o. Cerla# 7asel 3<<6
Gest %.=. The &rphic 8oems )larendon 8ress &xford 3<6-
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PYTHAGOREANISM, NEO-PYTHAGOREANISM, & NUM/ER MAGIC
7arry ;ieron The Hree( Pabalah9 Blphabetic %ysticism and Eumerolo#y in the Bncient
Gorld Famuel Geiser Inc. Ior( 7each %/ 3<<<
7ur(ert Galter =ore and Fcience in Bncient 8ytha#oreanism Harvard :niversity 8ress
)ambrid#e %B 3<52
G"d3in, $"%ce#.n, Te M.%ter. "' te Se4en 5"3e#%( in Te"r. and Practice 8hanes 8ress
Hrand Aapids %I 3<<3 (Hood discussion of the basic element of late anti*ue ma#ic and
theur#y.)
G)trie, 6ennet S.#4an, ed&, Te P.tag"rean S")rce,""* and Li,rar. 8hanes 8ress
Hrand Aapids %I 3<66 (/xcellent collection of source texts0)
@ohnston Farah Iles >Aisin# to the &ccasion9 Theur#ic Bscent in its )ultural %ilieu? in Fcafer
8eter and ;ippenber# Hans H. eds. /nvisionin# %a#ic9 B 8rinceton Feminar and
Fymposium /.@. 7rill =eiden 3<<5
@oost"Hau#ier )hristiane =. %easurin# Heaven9 8ytha#oras and His Influence on Thou#ht and
Brt in Bnti*uity and the %iddle B#es )ornell :niversity 8ress Ithaca EI 2006
=a!lor A. J +. trans. Theon of Fmyrna9 %athematics :seful for :nderstandin# 8lato
GiKardLs 7oo(shelf Fan +ie#o )B 3<56
=evin ,lora A tr. The %anual of Harmonics (of Eicomachus the 8ytha#orean) 8hanes 8ress
Hrand Aapids %I 3<<4
&L%eara +ominic @. 8ytha#oras Aevived9 %athematics and 8hilosophy in =ate Bnti*uity
)larendon 8ress &xford 3<6<
%or#an %orris Hic(y trans. Citruvius9 The Ten 7oo(s on Brchitecture +over 8ublications
Inc. Ee! Ior( EI 3<60 (8robably more +ionysian than 8ytha#orean it still contains
much useful information on classical conceptions of number and proportion.)
Fha! Hre#ory >/ros and Brithmos9 8ytha#orean Theur#y in Iamblichus and 8lotinus? in
Bncient 8hilosophy Fprin# 3<<< Col. DID Eo. 3 %athesis 8ublications Inc. 8ittsbur#h
8B 3<<< (/xcellent article usin# 8ytha#orean concepts to reconcile Iamblichus and
8lotinus.)
Gaterfield Aobin tr. The Theolo#y of Brithmetic (attrib. to Iamblichus) 8hanes 8ress Hrand
Aapids %I 3<66
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CHALDEAN ORACLES
=e!y Hans )haldaean &racles and Theur#y9 %ysticism %a#ic and 8latonism in the later
Aoman /mpire /tudes Bu#ustiniennes 8aris 3<56
%a$erci( A.T. The )haldean &racles (Aeli#ions in the Hraeco"Aoman Gorld Colume 5) /.@.
7rill =eiden The Eetherlands 3<6< (The only edition of these texts in print in /n#lish.)
""""""""""""""""" >)haldean Triads in Eeoplatonic /xe#esis9 Fome Aeconsiderations? in )lassical
Puaterly 53.3 265"2<6 (2003) printed in Hreat 7ritain
CHALDEAN ORACLES He*ate 1inc#& n"n-Ca#daean c"nte7t%2
7erchman Aobert %. >Brcana %undi bet!een 7allam and Hecate9 8rophecy +ivination and
%a#ic in =ater Eeoplatonism? in =ull +avid @. ed. Fociety of 7iblical =iterature 3<6<
Feminar 8apers Fcolars 8ress Btlanta HB 3<6<
7er# Gilliam >Hecate9 Hree( or NBnatolianL > in Eumen9 International Aevie! for the History
of Aeli#ions Colume DD /.@. 7rill =eiden 3<54
7oede(er +eborah >Hecate9 B Transfunctional Hoddess in the Theo#onyQ? in Transactions of
the Bmerican 8hilolo#ical Bssociation 33- (3<6-) 5<"<-
)lay @enny Ftrauss >The He(ate of the Theo#ony? in Hree( Aoman and 7yKantine Ftudies
Colume 25 Eumber 3 +u(e :niversity 8ress +urham E) 3<64
+L/ste Forita He(ate9 ;eys to the )rossroads Bvalonia =ondon :; 2006 ()ollection of
essays by current devotees of He(ate. Cey interestin#0)
""""""""""""""""" and Aan(in +avid He(ate9 =iminal Aites Bvalonia =ondon :; 200<
()omprehensive #uide to this #oddess #eared for a modern practitioner and devotee.)
/d!ards )harles %. >The Aunnin# %aiden from /leusis and the /arly )lassical Ima#e of
He(ate? in Bmerican @ournal of Brchaeolo#y Colume <0 Eo. - @uly 3<66 The
Brchaeolo#ical Institute of Bmerica 3<66
,araone )hristopher B. >The Gheel the Ghip and &ther Implements of Torture9 /rotic %a#ic
in 8indarLs 8ythian 4.23-"3<? in The )lassical @ournal Colume 6< Eo. 3 &ctober"
Eovember 3<<- )lassical Bssociation of the %id!est and Fouth 3<<-
,ullerton %ar( +. >The =ocation and Brchaism of the He(ate /pipyr#idia? in Brchaolo#ischer
BnKei#er Heft 4 +eutsches Brchaolo#ishes Institut Galter de Hruyter J )o. 7erlin
3<66
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Ho! B.F.,. >Iynx (H(.) Ahombos (#(.) Ahombus Turbo? in The @ournal of Hellenic Ftudies
Colume =IC 8art 3 The Fociety for the 8romotion of Hellenic Ftudies =ondon 3<-4
$"n%t"n, Sara I#e%, He*ate S"teira( A St)d. "' He*ate8% R"#e% in te Ca#dean Orac#e%
and Re#ated Literat)re Fcholars 8ress Btlanta HB 3<<0 (He(ateLs role in theur#y.)
"""""""""""""""""""""""" >)rossroads? in Reitschrift fSr 8apyrolo#ie und /pi#raphi( Col. 66 +r.
Audolf Habelt H%7H 7onn 3<<3 (+iscusses the >He(ateLs Fupper? rite.)
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" >The Fon# of the Iynx9 %a#ic and Ahetoric in 8ythian 4? in
Transactions of the Bmerican 8hilolo#ical Bssociation 325 (3<<5) 355"206
"""""""""""""""""""""""" Aestless +ead9 /ncounters bet!een the =ivin# and the +ead in Bncient
Hreece :niversity of )alifornia 8ress 7er(eley )B 3<<< ()hapter 6 is >Hecate and the
+yin# %aiden9 Ho! the %istress of Hhosts /arned Her Title?.)
%ar*uardt 8atricia >B 8ortrait of Hecate? in Bmerican @ournal of 8hilolo#y Colume 302 Eo.
- @ohns Hop(ins :niversity 8ress 3<63
Eelson Hrace G. >B Hree( Cotive Iynx"Gheel in 7ritain? in Bmerican @ournal of
Brchaeolo#y Col. D=IC Eumber 4 &ct " +ec 3<40
Aabino!itK @aKob The Aottin# Hoddess9 The &ri#in of the Gitch in )lassical Bnti*uity
Butonomedia 7roo(lyn EI 3<<6 (%ostly ho#!ash but a #reat collection of
appearances of He(ate in classical literature.)
Aonan Ftephen ed. >He(ateLs Iynx9 Bn Bncient Theur#ical Tool? in ,ideler +avid ed.
Blexandria 3 8hanes 8ress Hrand Aapids %I 3<<3
""""""""""""""""""" The Hoddess He(ate )hthonios 7oo(s Hastin#s :; 3<<2 (Hood collection of
previously published material plus AonanLs essay of He(ate in the )haldean &racles.)
Fe#al )harles >Fimaetha and the Iynx (Theocritus Idyll II)? in Puaderna :rbinati in )ultura
)lassica E. 35 :niversita de :rbino 3<5-
Tavener /u#ene >Iynx and Ahombus? in Transactions and 8roceedin#s of the Bmerican
8hilolo#ical Bssociation Colume =DIC %iddleto!n )T 3<--
Turner @ohn +. >The ,i#ure of Hecate and +ynamic /manationism in )he Chaldean Oracles
Fethian Hnosticism and Eeoplatonism? in The Fecond )entury9 B @ournal of /arly
)hristian Ftudies Ginter 3<6<"<0 Col. 5 Eo. 4
Con Audolf Aobert He(ate in Bncient Hree( Aeli#ion horned o!l publishin# Cictoria 7)
3<<< (%ostly too early for our period it includes some late anti*ue material as !ell.)
HERMETICA & HERMES TRISMEGISTOS
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)icero )hic J Tabitha eds. The Holden +a!n @ournal 7oo( III9 The Brt of Hermes =le!ellyn
8ublications Ft. 8aul %I 3<<5 (There are several very #ood essays in this collection
includin# those by FtoltK ,orrest Tyson &K and Gebster.)
C"-ena4er, /rian P&, tran%& and ed&, Her+etica )ambrid#e :niversity 8ress 3<<2 (The
sin#le best edition of the Hermetica in /n#lish.)
/belin# ,lorian The Fecret History of Hermes Trisme#istus9 Hermeticism from Bncient to
%odern Times )ornell :niversity 8ress Ithca EI 2005 (Interestin# study of the often
ne#lected current of Hermetic thou#ht that passed throu#h the Hermanic schools.)
,aivre Bntoine The /ternal Hermes 8hanes 8ress Hrand Aapids %I 3<<5 (Furvey of Hermes
Trisme#istos from anti*uity to the Aenaissance.)
F"3den, Gart, Te Eg.-tian Her+e%( A Hi%t"rica# A--r"ac t" te Late Pagan Mind
8rinceton :niversity 8ress 8rinceton E@ 3<66 (Hermes Trisme#istos in the theur#y of
the Hermetica and of Eeoplatonism.)
Ha)c*, Denni% !i##ia+, Te E+era#d Ta,#et( A#ce+. '"r Per%"na# Tran%'"r+ati"n
Br(ana 2 8en#uin Ee! Ior( EI 3<<< (Puir(y but basically #ood overvie! of
Hermeticism for the casual reader.)
;in#sley 8eter >8oimandres9 The /tmolo#y of the Eame and the &ri#ins of the Hermetica? in
@ournal of The Garbur# and )ourtauld Institutes Col. 56 The Garbur# Institute
=ondon 3<<- (8roves an /#yptian ori#in for the Hermetica.)
%ahT @ean"8ierre >8reliminary Aemar(s on the +emotic *ook of )hoth and the Hree(
Hermetica? in Ci#iliae )hristianae9 B Aevie! of )hristian =ife and =an#ua#e Col. =
/.@. 7rill =eiden 3<<6 (The only comments available in /n#lish on this ne!ly
discovered Hermetic text.)
%arinatos Eanno >Ftridin# Bcross 7oundaries9 Hermes and Bphrodite as #ods of initiation? in
+odd +avid 7. and ,araone )hristopher B. eds. Initiation in Bncient Hree( Aituals
and Earratives Aoutled#e =ondon 200-
%ead H.A.F. Thrice Hreatest Hermes Famuel Geiser Inc. Ior( 7each %/ 3<<2 (+ated and
more than a bit slanted to!ards Theosophy but an unparalleled collection of lore.)
Falaman )lementU van &yen +orineU Gharton Gilliam +.U and %ahT @ean"8ierre The Gay of
Hermes9 Ee! Translations of )he Corpus Hermeticum and )he "efinitions of Hermes
)rismegistus to +sclepius Inner Traditions Aochester CT 2000 (The only /n#lish
translation of the latter text recently discovered in Brmenian manuscript.)
"""""""""""""""""""""" Bsclepius9 The 8erfect +iscourse of Hermes Trisme#istus Herald +uc(!orth
J )o. =td. =ondon 2005 ()ompanion to the previous volume containin# a ne!
translation !ith commentary of this important Hermetic text.)
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Fcott Galter ed. J trans. Hermetica9 Introduction Texts and Translation Hermes House
7oulder )& 3<62 (The /n#lish translation is no lon#er considered reliable but FcottLs
notes and comments are considered invaluable.)
van 7ladel ;evin The Brabic Hermes9 ,rom 8a#an Fa#e to 8rophet of Fcience &xfprd
:niversity 8ress &xford 200< (/xcellent first"ever study of Hermes Trisme#istus in
Brabic ma#ical and philosophical literature0)
van den 7roe( Aoelof >Hnosticism and Hermeticism in Bnti*uity9 T!o Aoads to Falvation? in
van den 7roe( Aoelof and Hane#raaff Gouter @. eds. Hnosis and Hermeticism9 ,rom
Bnti*uity to %odern Times Ftate :niversity of Ee! Ior( 8ress Blbany 3<<6 (Cery
#ood for understandin# the differences and similarities.)
Gae#eman %aryse Bmulet and Blphabet9 %a#ical Bmulets in the ,irst 7oo( of )yranides @.).
Hieben Bmsterdam 3<65 (The C$ranides !as one of the so"called >technical? i.e.
ma#ical Hermetica. This is the only /n#lish translation of !hich I am a!are. It includes
ma#ical correspondences bet!een plants birds fish and stones.)
Garnoc( )hristopher ed. ;yranides9 &n the &ccult Cirtues of 8lants Bnimals J Ftones
Aenaissance Bstrolo#y ,acsimile /ditions !!!.renaissanceastrolo#y.com 2005 (This
!ebsite is a fantastic resource for late anti*ue astrolo#y and related ma#ical practices.
This text one of the fe! >technical Hermetica? to survive is the root text of all
subse*uent >tables of correspondence? in the /uropean ma#ical tradition. This facsimile
is of a 3665 /n#lish translation.)
MITHRAISM
7etK Hans +ieter The >%ithras =itur#y? %ohr Fiebec( TSbin#en 200- (The best edition in
/n#lish of the only %ithraic ritual text survivin# ' more or less.)
)lauss %anfred The Aoman )ult of %ithras9 The Hod and His %ysteries tr. by Aichard
Hordon Aoutled#e Ee! Ior( 2003 (Hood summary of current scholarship on this
sub$ect.)
)ooper +. @ason %ithras9 %ysteries and Initiation Aediscovered Geiser 7oo(s Ior( 7each
%/ 3<<6 (Eot the best scholarship but )ooper brin#s the experience of a practicin#
ma#ician too his interpretation of ho! %ithraic ritual spaces mi#ht have been used in
ritual.)
/dmonds Aadcliffe >+id the %ithraists InhaleQ? in The Bncient Gorld Col. DDDII Eo. 3
Holden )& 2003 ()onnects %ithraism !ith the )haldean &racles !ith the %ithras
=itur#y in the 8H%.)
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@ac(son Ho!ard %. The =ion 7ecomes %an9 The Hnostic =eontomorphic )reator and the
8latonic Tradition Fcholars 8ress Btlanta HB 3<65 (&n the ori#ins of the lion"headed
#od.)
U#an%e., Da4id, Te Origin% "' te Mitraic M.%terie%( C"%+"#"g. & Sa#4ati"n in te
Ancient !"r#d &xford :niversity 8ress Ee! Ior( EI 3<6< (Aevolutionary !or( on
the sub$ect.)
"""""""""""""""""" )he Eighth ,ate- )he .ithraic &ion/Headed %igure and the Platonic 0orld/
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NEOPLATONISM
Bthanassiadi 8olymnia >The )reation of &rthodoxy in Eeoplatonism? in )lar( Hillian and
Aa$a( Tessa eds. 8hilosophy and 8o!er in the Hraeco"Aoman Gorld9 /ssays in Honor
of %iriam Hriffin &xford :niversity 8ress 2002
,re! +onald H. ed. >FallustiusL &n the Hods and the Gorld9 B 8rimer of Gican Theolo#yQ?
privately printed and circulated 200- (B ne! /n#lish version ma(in# the text more
accessible to a modern reader and relatin# it to the theolo#y of HardnerLs early !itch
#roup.)
Hornum %ichael >&n the Bvailability of the &ne? in ,ideler +avid ed. Blexandria 2 8hanes
8ress Hrand Aapids %I 3<<-
=uc( Heor# >Theur#y and ,orms of Gorship in Eeoplatonism? in Eeusner @acob et al. ed.
Aeli#ion Fcience and %a#ic9 In )oncert and )onflict &xford :niversity 8ress Ee!
Ior( EI 3<6< (F!itch the names and terms from Aoman to )eltic and these fol(s
sound Hardnerian0)
+illon @ohn The %iddle 8latonists9 60 7.). to B.+. 220 )ornell :niversity 8ress Ithaca EI
3<<6 (The precursors to the Eeoplatonists. This boo( has useful sections on
Eeopytha#oreanism the )haldean &racles the Hermetica and more.)
Eoc( Brthur +arby ed. and trans. Fallustius9 )oncernin# the Hods and the :niverse Bres
8ublishers Inc. )hica#o I= 3<<6 (%ost recent /n#lish translation of this !or(
commissioned by @ulian to be a popular catechism of Eeoplatonism.)
8eters ,./. Hree( 8hilosophical Terms9 B Historical =exicon Ee! Ior( :niversity 8ress Ee!
Ior( EI 3<65 (:seful reference !ith /n#lish " Hree( dictionary.)
Re+e%, Pa)#iina, Ne"-#at"ni%+ Bncient 8hilosophies V4 :niversity of )alifornia 8ress
7er(eley )B 2006 (B superior overvie! of Eeoplatonism as a !hole !ithout the usual
bias in favor of 8lotinus. +ense at times but the best boo( yet on the sub$ect0)
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Fha! Hre#ory >The Talisman9 %a#ic and True 8hilosophers? paper #iven at Ftonehill )olle#e
:Wdavinys Bl#is 8hilosophy as a Aite of Aebirth9 ,rom Bncient /#ypt to Eeoplatonism The
8rometheus Trust +ilton %arsh :; 2006
Gallis A.T. Eeoplatonism )harles FcribnerLs Fons Ee! Ior( EI 3<52 (Bbsolutely the best
sin#le !or( on Eeoplatonism. Heavy #oin# at times but !ell !orth the study.)
""""""""""""""" ed. Eeoplatonism and Hnosticism F:EI Blbany EI 3<<2 (Hood collection of
relevant essays.)
Gri#ht Gilmer ). trans. 8hilostratus and /unapius9 =ives of the Fophists (=oeb )lassical
=ibrary 3-4) Harvard :niversity 8ress )ambrid#e %B 3<6< (T!o boo(s in oneU the
/unapius has bio#raphies of many Eeoplatonists.)
NEOPLATONISM P#"tin)%
Brmstron# B.H. trans. 8lotinus (5 vols.) (=oeb )lassical =ibrary V440"445 J 466) Harvard
:niversity 8ress )ambrid#e %B 3<6< (7est translation of the /nneads available in
/n#lish.)
+illon @ohn >8lotinus and the )haldaean &racles? in Hersh J ;annen#iesser eds. 8latonism
in =ate Bnti*uity :niversity of Eotre +ame 8ress Eotre +ame IE 3<<2
Herson =loyd 8. ed. The )ambrid#e )ompanion to 8lotinus )ambrid#e :niversity 8ress
)ambrid#e 3<<6
Hadot 8ierre 8lotinus or The Fimplicity of Cision :niversity of )hica#o 8ress )hica#o I=
3<<- (Cery #ood introduction to 8lotinus from the perspective of a personal spiritual
path.)
%aKur Re(e >1nio .agica9 8art I9 &n the %a#ical &ri#ins of 8lotinusL %ysticism? in
+ionysius Col. DDI +ecember 200- (+iscusses the idea of >union !ith the divine?
first expressed in 8lotinus but derived from the 8H%.)
%ac;enna Ftephen trans 8lotinus9 the /nneads =arson 8ublications 7urdett EI 3<<2 (The
most readily available edition of the /nneads.)
O8Meara, D"+inic $&, P#"tin)%( An Intr"d)cti"n t" te Ennead% &xford :niversity 8ress
&xford 3<<- (Cery #ood introduction to 8lotinus from a theoretical perspective.)
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NEOPLATONISM P"r-.r.
7erchman Aobert %. 8orphyry B#ainst the )hristians /.@. 7rill =eiden 2005 (8orphyryLs
ori#inal !or( !as in 34 volumes and !as considered by )hristians to be the most
dan#erous boo( on /arth. Bll copies !ere collected and destroyed. This boo( is a
collection of *uotations and citations from )hristian authors.)
/d!ards %.@. >7irth +eath and +ivinity in 8orphyryLs =ife of 8lotinus? in HX## and
Aousseau eds. Hree( 7io#raphy and 8ane#yric in =ate Bnti*uity :niversity of
)alifornia 8ress 7er(eley )B 2000
Fmith Bndre! 8orphyryLs 8lace in the Eeoplatonic Tradition9 B Ftudy in 8ost"8lotinian
Eeoplatonism %artinus Ei$hoff The Ha#ue 3<54 (The second half of the boo( is on
theur#y and Iamblichus.)
Rimmern Blice trans. 8orphyryLs =etter to His Gife %arcella 8hanes 8ress Hrand Aapids %I
3<66 (The Introduction by +avid ,ideler is a #reat concise intro to Eeoplatonism.)
NEOPLATONISM Ia+,#ic)%
Brmstron# B.H. >Iamblichus and /#ypt? reprinted in Brmstron# B.H. Hellenic and )hristian
Ftudies Cariorum 2 Ho!er 8ublishin# Hroup Hampshire 3<<0
Bthanassiadi 8olymnia >The &ecumenism of Iamblichus9 =atent ;no!led#e and Its
B!a(enin#? in The @ournal of Aoman Ftudies Col. =DDDC Fociety for the 8romotion
of Aoman Ftudies =ondon 3<<5
7lumenthal H.@. and )lar( /.H. eds. The +ivine Iamblichus9 8hilosopher and %an of the
Hods 7ristol )lassical 8ress =ondon 3<<- (8apers collected from a conference in
3<<0.)
7ussanich @ohn >8hilosophy Theolo#y and %a#ic9 Hods and ,orms in Iamblichus? in
;obusch J /rler %etaphysi( und Aeli#ion ;.H. Faur %Snchen =eipKi# 2002
)lar( Hillian >8hilosophic =ives and the 8hilosophic =ife9 8orphyry and Iamblichus? in HX##
and Aousseau eds. Hree( 7io#raphy and 8ane#yric in =ate Bnti*uity :niversity of
)alifornia 8ress 7er(eley )B 2000
)lar(e /mma IamblichusL "e .$sterris 9 B manifesto of the miraculous Bsh#ate 8ublishin#
)ompany Bldershot /n#land 2003
""""""""""""""""" Iamblichus9 On the .$steries Fociety of 7iblical =iterature Btlanta HB 200-
(%odern /n#lish translation !ith the ori#inal Hree(.)
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+illon @ohn tr. Iamblichii )halcidensis in 8latonis +ialo#os )ommentariorum ,ra#menta /.@.
7rill =eiden 3<5-
""""""""""""""" and Hershbell @ac(son Iamblichus9 &n the 8ytha#orean Gay of =ife Fcholars
8ress Btlanta HB 3<<3
""""""""""""""" >Iamblichus on the 8ersonal +aemon? in The Bncient Gorld Col. DDDII Eo. 3
Holden )& 2003
""""""""""""""" tr. Iamblichus of )halcis9 )he &etters Fociety of 7iblical =iterature Btlanta HB
200<
,inamore @ohn ,. >Iamblichean +ream Theory? in 7erchman Aobert %. ed. %ediators of the
+ivine9 HoriKons of 8rophecy +ivination +reams and Theur#y in %editerranean
Bnti*uity Fcholars 8ress Btlanta HB 3<<6
""""""""""""""""""""" > NIn Bn#elic FpaceL9 Chaldaean Oracles ,r. 3-6 and Iamblichus? in %.
7arbanti H. Hiardina and 8. %an#anaro eds. H/E&FIF ;BI 8HI=IB9 :nione e
BmiciKia9 &ma##io a ,rancesco Aomano )atania 2002 pp425"4-2.
Aonan Ftephen ed. Iamblichus of )halcis9 &n the %ysteries (+e mysteriis Be#yptiorum)
)hthonios 7oo(s Hastin#s :; 3<6< (TaylorLs and GilderLs translations in parallel
columns plus >&n the Facred Brt? and >&n the Fi#ns of +ivine 8ossession? by 8roclus.)
Fha! Hre#ory >Theur#y9 Aituals of :nification in the Eeoplatonism of Iamblichus? in
Traditio9 Ftudies in Bncient and %edieval History Thou#ht and Aeli#ion Col. D=I
,ordham :niversity 8ress Ee! Ior( EI 3<65
"""""""""""""""""" >Bpotheosis in =ater 8latonism9 Falvation as Theur#ic /mbodiment? in
Aichards ;ent Harold ed. Fociety of 7iblical =iterature 3<65 Feminar 8apers Fcholars
8ress Btlanta HB 3<65
"""""""""""""""""" >Theur#y as +emiur#y9 IamblichusL Folution to the 8roblem of /mbodiment? in
+ionysius Col. DII +ecember 3<66
"""""""""""""""""" >/mbodyin# the Ftars9 Iamblichus and the Transformation of 8latonic 8aideia?
in ,ideler +avid ed. Blexandria 3 8hanes 8ress Hrand Aapids %I 3<<3 (B modern
appraisal of late Eeoplatonic theur#y.)
------------------, Te)rg. and te S")#( Te Ne"-#at"ni%+ "' Ia+,#ic)% 8ennsylvania Ftate
:niversity 8ress :niversity 8ar( 8B 3<<5 (/xcellent boo( of these sub$ects0 Hi#hly
recommended0)
"""""""""""""""""" >Bfter Bporia9 Theur#y in =ater 8latonism? in The @ournal of Eeoplatonic
Ftudies Col. 5 Eo. 3 Ft. @ohnLs :niversity @amaica EI 3<<6
"""""""""""""""""" >+ivination in the Eeoplatonism of Iamblichus? in 7erchman Aobert %. ed.
%ediators of the +ivine9 HoriKons of 8rophecy +ivination +reams and Theur#y in
%editerranean Bnti*uity Fcholars 8ress Btlanta HB 3<<6
"""""""""""""""""" >)ontain# /cstasy9 The Ftrate#ies of Iamblichean Theur#y? in +ionysius Col.
DDI +ecember 200- (/xcellent article0 Bpproaches reconcilin# 8lotinus and
Iamblichus on the undescended soul0)
"""""""""""""""""" >The Heometry of Hrace9 B 8ytha#orean Bpproach to Theur#y? source un(o!n
date un(no!n (Bn examination of IamblichusL use of 8ytha#oras in theur#y.)
3-
Fmith Bndre! >,urther Thou#hts on Iamblichus as the ,irst 8hilosopher of Aeli#ion? in
;obusch J /rler %etaphysi( und Aeli#ion ;.H. Faur %Snchen =eipKi# 2002
Taylor Thomas trans. IamblichusL &n the %ysteries GiKardLs 7oo(shelf Fan +ie#o )B 3<64
(+ated lan#ua#e but one of the fe! /n#lish translations in print.)
Canderspoel @ohn >Themistios and the &ri#in of Iamblichus? Hermes9 Reitschrift fur ;lassiche
8hilolo#ie Col. 336 V3 ,ranK Fteiner Cerla# Giesbaden H%7H Ftutt#art 3<66
NEOPLATONISM Pr"c#)%
(Eote9 Puite a bit of 8roclusL philosophical and scientific !ritin#s survive but I have
only included items !ith a direct bearin# on theur#y and related sub$ects.)
Huthrie ;enneth F. trans. The =ife of 8roclus 8hanes 8ress Hrand Aapids %I 3<66
(7io#raphy.)
Fiorvanes =ucas 8roclus9 Eeo"8latonic 8hilosophy and Fcience Iale :niversity 8ress Ee!
Haven )T 3<<6
Can +en 7er# Aobbert %. >To!ards the 8aternal Harbour9 8roclean Theur#y and the
)ontemplation of the ,orms? paper read at the International )ollo*uium Theolo#ia
8latonica %ay 3-"5 3<<6 =euven (7el#ium)
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 8roclusL Hymns9 /ssays Translations )ommentary /.@. 7rill
=eiden 2003
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > N7ecomin# =i(e HodL accordin# to 8roclusL interpretations of the
)imaeus the /leusinian %ysteries and the Chaldaean Oracles? in Fharples J Fheppard
eds. Bncient Bpproaches to 8latoLs )imaeus Institute of )lassical Ftudies =ondon 200-
NEOPLATONISM Da+a%ci)% & Si+-#ici)%
Bthanassiadi 8olymnia >8ersecution and Aesponse in =ate 8a#anism9 The /vidence of
+amascius? in The @ournal of Hellenic Ftudies Colume )DIII The )ouncil of the
Fociety for the 8romotion of Hellenic Ftudies 3<<-
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" trans. +amascius9 The 8hilosophical History Bpamea )ultural
Bssociation Bthens 3<<< (The only /n#lish translation of this !or( by the last head of
the Bcademy !ho !ent to Harran.)
Hadot Ilsetraut >The =ife and Gor( of Fimplicius in Hree( and Brabic Fources? in Forab$i
Aichard ed. Bristotle Transformed9 The Bncient )ommentators and Their Influence
Herald +uc(!orth J )o. =td. =ondon 3<<0 (Bnother Eeoplatonist !ho !ent to
Harran.)
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$ULIAN
Bthanassiadi 8olymnia @ulian9 Bn Intellectual 7io#raphy Aoutled#e Ee! Ior( EI 3<<2
(7io#raphy.)
7onner )ampbell >Gitchcraft in the =ecture Aoom of =ibanius? in He!itt @oseph Gilliam
ed. Transactions and 8roceedin#s of the Bmerican 8hilolo#ical Bssociation Col. =DIII
B8B %iddleto!n )T 3<-2
7ro!nin# Aobert The /mperor @ulian :niversity of )alifornia 8ress 7er(eley )B 3<56
(7io#raphy.)
M)rd"c, Adrian, $)#ian te A-"%tate and te Deat "' te Ancient !"r#d Futton
8ublishin# =td. :; 200- (Cery readable history of @ulian and his influence.)
Fmith Ao!land @ulianLs Hods9 Aeli#ion and philosophy in the thou#ht and action of @ulian the
Bpostate Aoutled#e Ee! Ior( EI 3<<5
Taylor Thomas trans. The Br#uments of the /mperor @ulian B#ainst the )hristians Hermetic
8ublishin# )ompany )hica#o I= 3<-2 (Hilarious rhetoric by the !ell"educated
thorou#hly 8a#an /mperor of the (no!n !orld a#ainst those upstart country"bump(in
)hristians0)
5ida#, G"re, $)#ian 7allantine 7oo(s Ee! Ior( EI 3<64 (7io#raphical novel and a #ood
read0)
THE LAST DAYS OF CLASSICAL PAGANISM
Atana%%iadi, P"#.+nia, and Frede, Micae#, ed%&, Pagan M"n"tei%+ in Late Anti9)it.
)larendon 8ress &xford 3<<< (/xcellent and eye"openin#0 %ust"read0)
/"3er%"c*, G&!&, /r"3n, Peter and Gra,ar, O#eg, ed%&, Late Anti9)it.( A G)ide t" te
P"%tc#a%%ica# !"r#d Harvard :niversity 8ress )ambrid#e %B 3<<< (/ncyclopedic
and comprehensive.)
)huvin 8ierre B )hronicle of the =ast 8a#ans Harvard :niversity 8ress )ambrid#e %B 3<<0
(The last days of classical 8a#anism.)
Hluc(er @ohn >Bntiochus and the =ate Bcademy? in Hypomnemata Col 56 Candenhoech J
Auprecht HYttin#en 3<56
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MacM)##en, Ra+%a., Cri%tianit. & Pagani%+ in te F")rt t" Eigt Cent)rie% Iale
:niversity 8ress Ee! Haven )T 3<<5 (&ne of those >/verythin# you (no! is !ron#?
(ind of boo(s. B must"read0)
%omi#liano Brnaldo ed. The )onflict 7et!een 8a#anism and )hristianity in the ,ourth
)entury )larendon 8ress &xford 3<6-
Fmith @ohn Holland The +eath of )lassical 8a#anism )harles FcribnerLs Fons Ee! Ior( EI
3<56 (B history of this period by a scholar !ho professes to be sympathetic to the
8a#ans. Aefreshin# and eye openin#0)
Fmith @onathan R. +rud#ery +ivine9 &n the )omparison of /arly )hristianities and the
Aeli#ions of =ate Bnti*uity :niversity of )hica#o 8ress )hica#o I= 3<<0 (Cery #ood
expose of )hristian bias in the study of the reli#ions of =ate Bnti*uity.)
Calantasis Aichard ed. Aeli#ions of =ate Bnti*uity in 8ractice 8rinceton :niversity 8ress
8rinceton E@ 2000
CLASSICAL :SUR5I5AL; IN LATER EUROPE
/aigent, Micae#, and Leig, Ricard, Te E#i7ir and te St"ne( Un#"c*ing te Ancient
M.%terie% "' te Occ)#t 8en#uin 7oo(s =ondon 3<<5 (8opular boo( by controversial
authors of Holy 7lood Holy Hrail is nevertheless a #ood history of the influence of
Hermeticism do!n to the present day.)
Han(ins @ames 8lato in the Italian Aenaissance /.@. 7rill =eiden 3<<4
%a#uire Henry ed. 7yKantine %a#ic +umbarton &a(s Aesearch =ibrary and )ollection
Gashin#ton +) 3<<< (Bntholo#y.)
%er(el In#rid and +ebus Bllen H. eds. Hermeticism and the Aenaissance9 Intellectual History
and the &ccult in /arly %odern /urope ,ol#er 7oo(s Gashin#ton +.). 3<66
CLASSICAL :SUR5I5AL; IN ISLAM
(Eote9 This part of the 7iblio#raphy is a bit more extensive as it hopes to be fairly
comprehensive about this little"(no!n area.)
Bffifi B./. >The Influence of Hermetic =iterature on %oslem Thou#ht? in 7ulletin of the
Fchool of &riental and Bfrican Ftudies Col. DIII pp. 640 ' 655 (no other data
available) 3<53
Brberry B.@. Aevelation and Aeason in Islam Heor#e Bllen J :n!in =td. =ondon 3<56
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7o!ersoc( H.G. Hellenism in =ate Bnti*uity :niversity of %ichi#an 8ress Bnn Brbor %I
3<<0
,o!den Harth /mpire to )ommon!ealth9 )onse*uences of monotheism in late anti*uity
8rinceton :niversity 8ress 8rinceton E@ 3<<-
Hutas +imitri Hree( Thou#ht Brabic )ulture9 The Hraeco"Brabic Translation %ovement in
7a#hdad and /arly Bbbasid Fociety (2nd " 4th 2 6th " 30th centuries) Aoutled#e Ee!
Ior( EI 3<<6
HXmeen"Bntilla @aa((o >+escent and Bscent in Islamic %yth? in Ghitin# A.%. ed.
%elammu Fymposia II Helsin(i 2000
;raemer @oel =. Humanism in the Aenaissance of Islam9 The )ultural Aevival +urin# the 7uyid
B#e /.@. 7rill =eiden 3<66
""""""""""""""""""" 8hilosophy in the Aenaissance of Islam9 Bbu Fulayman al"Fi$istani and His
)ircle /.@. 7rill =eiden 3<66 (7oth include many mentions of Harran and the Fabians
in connection !ith )lassical learnin#.)
%ore!ed#e 8arviK ed. Eeoplatonism and Islamic Thou#ht Ftate :niversity of Ee! Ior(
8ress Blbany EI 3<<2
Easr Feyyed Hossein >B 8anorama of )lassical Islamic Intellectual =ife? and >Hermes and
Hermetic Gritin#s in the Islamic Gorld? in Easr Feyyed Hossein Islamic =ife and
Thou#ht Ftate :niversity of Ee! Ior( 8ress Blbany EI 3<63
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Fcience J )iviliKation in Islam Islamic Texts Fociety )ambrid#e :;
3<65
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" The Islamic Intellectual Tradition in 8ersia )urKon 8ress Aichmond
Furrey :; 3<<6 (+iscusses the influence of Hermeticism and Eeoplatonism.)
Eetton Ian Aichard Bllah Transcendent9 Ftudies in the Ftructure and Femiotics of Islamic
8hilosophy Theolo#y and )osmolo#y )urKon 8ress Aichmond Furrey :; 3<6< (Ho!
Hermeticism and Eeoplatonism shaped the %uslim conception of the +ivine.)
""""""""""""""""""""""" Bl",arabi and His Fchool Aoutled#e =ondon and Ee! Ior( 3<<2 (B
%uslim philosopher influenced by Eeoplatonism.)
Eicholson A.B. =iterary History of the Brabs )urKon 8ress Aichmond Furrey :; 3<<-
(=en#thy history of intellectual thou#ht and philosophy in Islam.)
&L=eary +e =acy Islamic Thou#ht and its 8lace in History Hood!ord 7oo(s Ee! +elhi 2003
()hapter 3 is >The Fyriac Cersion of Hellenism?.)
Padir ).B. 8hilosophy and Fcience in the Islamic Gorld Aoutled#e =ondon and Ee! Ior(
3<66 (Includes )lassical influence and mystical schools.)
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Aosenthal ,ranK The )lassical Herita#e in Islam Aoutled#e Ee! Ior( EI 3<<2
Fchacht @oseph ed. The =e#acy of Islam )larendon 8ress &xford 3<54 (+iscusses the role of
Islam in transmittin# )lassical thou#ht to the Gest.)
Fmith %ar#aret Ftudies in /arly %ysticism in the Eear and %iddle /ast &ne!orld
8ublications &xford 3<<5 (Influence of Eeoplatonism.)
Gal(er 8aul /. /arly 8hilosophical Fhiism9 The Ismaili Eeoplatonism of Bbu IaL*ub al"
Fi$istani )ambrid#e :niversity 8ress )ambrid#e 3<<-
Galbrid#e @ohn >/xplainin# B!ay the Hree( Hods in Islam? in ;elley +onald A. ed.
@ournal of the History of Ideas Colume 5< Issue - 3<<6
CLASSICAL :SUR5I5AL; IN ISLAM Harran & te Sa,ian%
7all Gar!ic( Aome in the /ast9 The Transformation of an /mpire Aoutled#e Ee! Ior( 2003
()omprehensive account of Aoman influence on the %iddle /ast and vice"versa. Cery
#ood0)
)h!olson +. +ie Fsabier und der Fsabismus (2 vols.) &riental 8ress Bmsterdam 3<65 (The
standard classic on the Fabians. Ghile dated it is still an amaKin# collection of source
texts.)
)orbin Henry Temple and )ontemplation Islamic 8ublications =td. =ondon 3<66 (The
chapter on >Fabian Temple and Ismailism? is very interestin#.)
"""""""""""""""" History of Islamic 8hilosophy Islamic 8ublications =td. =ondon 3<<- (=ots of
info on the Fabians Hermeticism Eeoplatonism etc.)
+ri$vers H.@.G. >7ardaisan of /dessa and the Hermetica9 The Bramaic 8hilosopher and the
8hilosophy of His Time? in @aarbericht van het CooraKiatisch"/#yptisch Henootschap
/x &riente =ux 23 =eiden 3<50 (7ardaisan !as a Hermeticist at nearby /dessa)
""""""""""""""""""" )ults and 7eliefs at /dessa /.@. 7rill =eiden 3<60
""""""""""""""""""" >The 8ersistence of 8a#an )ults and 8ractices in )hristian Fyria? in HarsoZan
Eina et al. ed. /ast of 7yKantium9 Fyria and Brmenia in the ,ormative 8eriod
(+umbarton &a(s Fymposium 3<60) +umbarton &a(s Gashin#ton +.). 3<62
,re! +onald H. >Harran9 =ast Aefu#e of )lassical 8a#anism? The 8ome#ranate Issue V<
Bu#ust 3<<< pp. 35'2< (%y o!n article on Harran emphasiKin# its current endan#ered
status. The article and the follo!"up letters from subse*uent issues are online at
http922chass.colostate"pueblo.edu2natrel2pom2old28&%<a3.html)
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Green, Ta+ara, Te Cit. "' te M""n G"d( Te Re#igi")% Traditi"n% "' Harran (Aeli#ions
in the Hraeco"Aoman Gorld Colume 334) /.@. 7rill =eiden The Eetherlands 3<<2
(/xcellent boo( on the survival of classical 8a#anism in Fyria.)
HSndSK [inasi The ;no!led#e of =ife9 The &ri#ins and /arly History of the %andaeans and
Their Aelation to the Fabians of the PurLan and to the Harranians (@ournal of Femitic
Ftudies Fupplement -) &xford :niversity 8ress &xford 3<<4 (HunduK ar#ues in favor
of the >con"$ob? story but his ar#uments are refuted by Hreen op. cit.)
HXmeen"Bntilla @aa((o >Ibn Gahshiyya and %a#ic? in Bna*uel de /studios \rabes D 3<<<
;Sr(cSo]lu B. )ihat Harran9 The %ysterious )ity of History Harran ;oylere HiKmet Hoturme
7irli#i Bna(ara 3<<6
=e!y Hilde#ard >8oints of )omparison bet!een Roroastrianism and the %oon")ult of Harran?
in B =ocustLs =e#9 Ftudies in Honor of F.H. Ta*iKadeh 8ercy =und Humphries J )o.
=td. =ondon 3<62
=loyd Feton and 7rice Gilliam >Harran? in Bnatolian Ftudies Col. I pp. 55 " 333 7ritish
Institute of Brchaeolo#y at Bn(ara Bn(ara 3<53
8eters ,rancis >Hermes and Harran9 The Aoots of Brabic"Islamic &ccultism? in %aKKaoui
%ichel %. and %oreen Cera 7. eds. Intellectual Ftudies on Islam9 /ssays Gritten in
Honor of %artin 7. +ic(son :niversity of :tah 8ress Falt =a(e )ity :T 3<<0
8in#ree +avid >The Fabians of Harran and the )lassical Tradition? in International @ournal of
the )lassical Tradition Col. < Eo. 3 2002
8ra# ;ay >The 3<5< +eep Foundin# at Harran in Tur(ey? in =evant9 @ournal of the 7ritish
Fchool of Brchaeolo#y in @erusalem Col. II pp. 6- ' <4 The 7ritish Fchool of
Brchaeolo#y in @erusalem =ondon 3<50
Aice +.F. >%edieval Harran9 Ftudies on its Topo#raphy and %onuments? in Bnatolian Ftudies
Col. II pp. -6 " 64 7ritish Institute of Brchaeolo#y at Bn(ara Bn(ara 3<52
Aoss Fteven ;. Aoman /dessa9 8olitics and )ulture on the /astern ,rin#es of the Aoman
/mpire 334 ' 242 )/ Aoutled#e =ondon and Ee! Ior( 2003 (Includes important info
on the inscriptions at Fumatar Harabesi.)
Faunders @.@. B History of %edieval Islam Aoutled#e and ;e#an 8aul =td. =ondon 3<65 (The
place of Harran in the history of the )rusades.)
Fe#al @udah 7enKion >8a#an Fyriac %onuments in the Cilayet of :rfa? in Bnatolian Ftudies
Col. III pp. <5 " 33< 7ritish Institute of Brchaeolo#y at Bn(ara Bn(ara 3<52 (The only
published study of Fumatar Harabesi.)
3<
""""""""""""""""""""""""" >The Fabian %ysteries9 The 8lanet )ult of Bncient Harran? in 7acon
/d!ard ed. Canished )iviliKations of the Bncient Gorld Thames and Hudson =ondon
3<6-
""""""""""""""""""""""""" /dessa9 >The 7lessed )ity? &xford :niversity 8ress &xford 3<50
Fprin#ett 7ernard H. Fecret Fects of Fyria and the =ebanon9 B )onsideration of Their &ri#in
)reeds and Aeli#ious )eremonies and Their )onnection Gith and Influence :pon
%odern ,reemasonry Heor#e Bllen J :n!in =td. =ondon 3<22 (Bn odd boo(
connectin# ,reemasonry and the Fabians.)
Ftar( ,reya Aome on the /uphrates9 The Ftory of a ,rontier Harcourt 7race J Gorld Inc.
Ee! Ior( 3<66 (Hood first person description of Aoman remains in %esopotamia
includin# Harran.)
van 7ladel ;evin The Brabic Hermes9 ,rom 8a#an Fa#e to 8rophet of Fcience &xfprd
:niversity 8ress &xford 200< (/xcellent first"ever study of Hermes Trisme#istus in
Brabic ma#ical and philosophical literature0) ^Blso listed above in the Hermes
Trisme#istus section._
van der %eer Bnnine >The Harran of the Fabians in the ,irst %illennium B.+.9 )radle of a
Hermetic TraditionQ? presented at the session on Gestern /sotericism and @e!ish
%ysticism at the IBHA con#ress in +urban F.B. 2000
Gaardenbur# @ac*ues >Gorld Aeli#ions as Feen in the =i#ht of Islam? in Gelch Blford T. and
)achia 8ierre eds. Islam9 8ast Influence and 8resent )hallen#e /dinbur#h :niversity
8ress /dinbur#h 3<5< (+iscussion of the role of >Fabians? as a cate#ory in Islam.)
Iardimci Eurettin >/xcavations Furveys and Aestoration Gor(s at Harran? in ,ran#ipane %.
et al eds. 7et!een the Aivers and &ver the %ountains9 Brchaeolo#ica Bnatolica et
%esopotamica Blba 8almieri +edicata :niversita di Aoma Aome 3<<-
CLASSICAL :SUR5I5AL; IN ISLAM Harran & te Sa,ian% C"nte+-"rar.
S")rce%
al"Bndalusi FaLid Fcience in the %edieval Gorld9 The >7oo( of the )ate#ories of Eations?
trans. J ed. by FemaLan I. Falem J Blo( ;umar :niversity of Texas 8ress Bustin TD
3<<3 (33
th
cent. )/. +iscusses the Fabians and describes Aoman pa#ans as >Fabian?.)
al"7iruni The )hronolo#y of Bncient Eations trans. J ed. by ). /d!ard Fachau Hi$ra
International 8ublishers =ahore 8a(istan 3<6- (33
th
cent. )/. +iscusses Harranian
festival dates.)
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7roadhurst Aoland @.). tr. The Travels of Ibn @ubayr9 B %edieval Fpanish %uslim visits
%a((ah %adinah /#ypt cities of the %iddle /ast and Ficily Hood!ord 7oo(s Ee!
+elhi 2003 (32
th
cent. )/ B first"person description of Harran shortly before its fall.)
7roc( Febastian 8. >B Fyriac )ollection of 8rophecies of the 8a#an 8hilosophers? in &rientalia
=ovaniensia 8eriodica Col. 34 pp 20- ' 246 :niversitaire Ftichtin# van 7el#ie =euven
3<6-
"""""""""""""""""""""" >Fome Fyriac /xcerpts from Hree( )ollections of 8a#an 8rophecies? in
Ci#iliae )hristianae9 B revie! of early christian life and lan#ua#e Col. -6 pp. 55 ' <0
/.@. 7rill =eiden 3<64 (c. 600 )/ 7oth of these address texts attributed to 7aba the
Harranian.)
al"Eadim Bbu Nl",ara$ %uhammad ibn Isha* The ,ihrist9 B 30
th
)entury B+ Furvey of Islamic
)ulture trans. and ed. by 7ayard +od#e )olumbia :niversity 8ress 3<50 (30
th
cent. )/
&ne of the len#thiest discussions of the Harranians by a contemporary.)
Ibn ;haldun The %u*addimah9 Bn Introduction to History (- vols.) trans. by ,ranK Aosenthal
8rinceton :niversity 8ress 8rinceton E@ 3<65 (34
th
cent. )/ Colume 2 includes a
discussion of Fabians.)
Ibn Gahshiyya =LB#riculture EabatTenne (2 vols.) trans. and ed. by Toufic ,ahd Institut
,ran`ais de +amas +amascus 3<<- (30
th
cent. )/ ,rench translation of the 2abatean
+griculture primary source on Harranian reli#ion.)
=evey %artin tr. and ed. %edieval Brabic Toxicolo#y9 )he *ook on Poisons of Ibn Gahshiya
and Its Aelation to early Indian and Hree( Texts The Bmerican 8hilosophical Fociety
8hiladelphia 8B 3<66 (30
th
cent. )/ &ne of the fe! survivin# ma#ical !ritin#s by a
Harranian.)
%aimonides %oses The Huide for the 8erplexed trans. by %. ,riedlander +over 8ublications
Inc. Ee! Ior( 3<56 (32
th
cent. )/ =en#thy discussion of the >Fabeans? and their
beliefs.)
von Hammer"8ur#stall @oseph tr. Bncient Blphabets and Hiero#lyphic )haracters /xplained
(translation of Ibn GahshiyaLs >)he long desired 3no4ledge of occult +lphabets
attained5) G. 7ulmer =ondon 3606 (30
th
cent. )/ &ne of the fe! survivin# ma#ical
!ritin#s by a Harranian.)
CLASSICAL :SUR5I5AL; IN ISLAM Harran & te Sa,ian% Te I*3an a#-Sa'a
1/retren "' P)rit.2 & te Ga.at a#-Ha*i+ 1Picatri72
Easr Feyyed Hossein Islamic Fcience9 Bn Illustrated Ftudy Gorld of Islam ,estival 8ublishin#
=td. Gesterham ;ent :; 3<56 (+iscusses the Hhayat al"Ha(im.)
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Bn Introduction to Islamic )osmolo#ical +octrines Ftate :niversity of
Ee! Ior( 8ress Blbany 3<<- (+iscusses both the Hhayat al"Ha(im and the AasaLil
I(h!an al"Fafa.)
Eetton Ian Aichard %uslim Eeoplatonists9 Bn Introduction to the Thou#ht of the 7rethren of
8urity /dinbur#h :niversity 8ress /dinbur#h 3<<3 (B(a the I(h!an al"Fafa.)
8in#ree +avid >Fome of the Fources of the ,ha$at al/Hakim? in @ournal of the Garbur# and
)ourtauld Institutes Colume 4- The Garbur# Institute =ondon 3<60
"""""""""""""""""" ed. 8icatrix9 The =atin version of the ,ha$at +l/Hakim The Garbur# Institute
=ondon 3<66 (The 8icatrix is an important source for Harranian ritual. Ghile this
edition is in =atin the introduction is in /n#lish.)
Aitter Helmutt 8seudo"%a#riti +as Riel +es Geisen 7.H. Teubner =eipKi# and 7erlin 3<--
(Herman translation of the 8icatrix.)
Giden#ren Heo >The 8ure 7rethren and the 8hilosophical Ftructure of Their Fystem? in
Gelch Blford T. and )achia 8ierre eds. Islam9 8ast Influence and 8resent )hallen#e
/dinbur#h :niversity 8ress /dinbur#h 3<5<
CLASSICAL :SUR5I5AL; IN ISLAM Harran & te Sa,ian% Te I%ra99i.a
1:I##)+inati"ni%t; Sc""#2
Easr Feyyed Hossein Three %uslim Fa#es9 Bvicenna ' Fuhra!ardi ' Ibn Brabi )aravan
7oo(s +elmar EI 3<64 (+iscusses the influence of Harran on Bvicenna and
Fuhra!ardi.)
AaKavi %ehdi Bmin Fuhra!ardi and the Fchool of Illumination )urKon 8ress Aichmond
Furrey :; 3<<5
al"Fuhra!ardi HaKrat Fhabuddin Iahya The Fhape of =i#ht (Haya(al Bl"Eur) ,ons Citae
=ouisville ;I 3<<6
"""""""""""""""" The 8hilosophy of Illumination trans. and ed by @ohn Galbrid#e J Hossein Riai
7ri#ham Ioun# :niversity 8ress 8rovo :T 3<<< (/n#lish translations of 32
th
cent. )/
texts.)
Galbrid#e @ohn The Fcience of %ystic =i#hts9 Putb al"+in FhiraKi and the Illuminationist
Tradition in Islamic 8hilosophy Harvard )enter for %iddle /astern Ftudies )ambrid#e
%B 3<<2
""""""""""""""""""" The =eaven of the Bncients9 Fuhra!ardi and the Herita#e of the Hree(s F:EI
8ress Blbany EI 2000
""""""""""""""""""" The Gisdom of the %ystic /ast9 Fuhra!ardi and 8latonic &rientalism F:EI
8ress Blbany EI 2003 (8art t!o of the precedin# !or(. /xcellent discussion of
Hermes Eeoplatonism and Brabic thou#ht focusin# on continuity from anti*uity.)
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Riai Hossein ;no!led#e and Illumination9 B Ftudy of Fuhra!ardiLs Hi(mat al"Ishra* Fcholars
8ress Btlanta HB 3<<0
2-