What is Theurgy? Ancient Pagan Salvation through Ritual, Philosophy and Unity with the Divine

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Thank you for the content you are putting out Dr. Sledge! But I have request if possible, could you add captions to your videos please? I love your content but my first language is not English so sometimes I struggle to follow along.

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I feel we see a rare break in professionalism from Dr. Sledge as he becomes so impassioned towards the end of this video. He's known to Crack a joke here and there but such eager opinionizing is pretty refreshing

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Theurgy sounds a lot like Tantric Buddhism. Ritualistically adopting the character of Deities.
(What goes around just keeps going around.)

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I did Theurgy with Jesus Christ, when it happened I took the form of Jesus on the cross, then I went to a place at night, it was dark with and fires lit the structure around me I saw Jesus being beating, but I could feel everything, but it wasn't pain, it was a feeling of PURE Ecstasy, I carried the cross with Jesus also, The feeling was so great that I was scared to try it again. I never felt like that before.

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I immediately thought of the 2 entities that would cut someone's string when you mentioned the soul/ consciousness being tethered.
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i dunno about all y'all.... but I'm feeling The Urge(y).

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Awesome episode! Iamblichus has always fascinated me but De Mysteriis is actually very difficult to understand and I found most books about him to be similarly difficult. I do have a copy of Theurgy and the Soul by Gregory Shaw and I think that is a more accessible entry point.

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Sometimes I get theurgy to go potty😂

Thank you for this video, it explains very well the difference (maybe opposition?) between the gôes and the theurgist, which I couldn't quite grasp before.

Also, I'll never attend Mass with the same perception again 😅 Theugists huh? Super cool.

Hi seth. Nice info. X

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It's a crime these recommended readings aren't audiobooks

Oddly enough, as a Catholic I often feel like I share more in common with with my pagan and Buddhist friends and family then my Protestant brothers and sisters. At least in practices if not in belief.

Thanks for posting your detailed overview of Iamblichus and Theurgy. I found it very insightful and helpful. A few comments: I found 'The Mysteries' to be tough reading primarily because of the bitter tone of the writing and argumentative dismissals of Porphyry's position. In contrast, when Plotinus critiques someone, or some view, he is very patient and presents their view in detail before going on to present his own analysis (I'm thinking of Aristotle's Categories). // I appreciate you mentioning animal sacrifice in the context of Theurgy; my impression is that Iamblichus was really angry at the mere suggestion that animal sacrifice could be done away with. From Iamblichus's point of view certain types of deities can only be contacted through animal sacrifice. What is striking to me is that Iamblichus never sees the sacrifice of animals from the perspective of the animal; I think that is because he lacks empathy (I'm probably exaggerating; as you can tell I favor Plotinus and Porphyry). // Overall my view is that the theurgic interpretation of Platonism unnecessarily complicates the system; that there is no 'problem' in the Platonism of Plotinus that is solved through theurgy. I see theurgy as an add-on, or injection, of perspectives and views that inherently distort, and therefore make more difficult, the return to the One, the Good, and the Beautiful. // Thanks again for a presentation that packs so much information into a mere 40 minutes. Much appreciated.

Appreciations for this pithy overview! Even though Iamblichus' cosmology differs significantly from that of the nondual Shaivism to which I am accustomed, I readily sympathize with (1) the heartfelt aspirations towards the Divine Source Consciousness, (2) reliance on divine grace, which we would call "śaktipāta", (3) conscious participation in the divine work, (4) the value of devotional-contemplative ritual, (5) the recognition of esoteric "correspondences", and (6) the prospect of unitive spiritual experience.

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Thanks very much for your time and energy, sir. I found myself disagreeing with some of the elements earlier in the session about the the Hermetic/Phaedric/Gnostic pessimism of the body, but I did agree with the notion about the Eucharist as being a good example of theurgy in both thought, action, and embodiment. Thanks!