Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity: Religious and Philosophical Interactions

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Eleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards: Introduction
John Dillon: Prayer and Contemplation in the Neoplatonic and Sufi Traditions
Eleni Pachoumi: Magico-religious and Philosophical Interactions in Proclus’ Theurgic Unions
John F. Finamore: Reason and Irrationality: Iamblichus on Divination through Dreams
Mark Wildish: Iamblichus on the Language of Prayer
Wayne J. Hankey: Ratio, Preces, Intuitus: Prayer’s Mediation in Boethius’ Consolation
John Hilton: Public and Private Prayer in the Works of the Emperor Julian
Mark Edwards: Primitive Christianity and Magic
Bronwen Neil: Dream-visions, Prophecy and Contemplation in Origen’s Contra Celsum
Annemaré Kotzé: Augustine Addressing God and Man in the Confessions
Matthew W. Dickie: The Meaning of Initiation in Late Antiquity
Lech Trzcionkowski: Hieroi Logoi in 24 Rhapsodies. The Orphic Codex?
Philip Bosman: The End of the Ancient Oracles: From Deception to Dangerous Demons
List of Authors/Contributors
Index of Ancient Authors
Index of References
Index of Subjects