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The Chaldaean Oracles

Fragments attributed to Julian the Theurgist; edited by W. Wynn Westcott

Date
1895 English edition
Pages
Array
Language
English
Category
Mysticism & Esotericism

Fragments of a late antique theurgic revelation concerning the paternal intellect, divine fire, cosmic orders and the ascent of the soul.

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The Chaldaean Oracles survive as fragments quoted by later Platonists and theurgists. They describe a transcendent paternal source, intelligible fire, cosmic mediators and the soul’s ascent through ritual and contemplation. Their language profoundly shaped late antique theurgy and later Western esotericism. SatanWorld targets W. Wynn Westcott’s public-domain nineteenth-century collection. Modern translations and scholarly reconstructions are excluded from automatic acquisition.

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Prefer W. Wynn Westcott’s nineteenth-century public-domain edition.