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The immeasurable space in the spirit

Arturo Vasquez wrote 2 months ago: The end of the Robert Wilson / Philip Glass “opera”, Einstein on the Beach Man is an ear … more →

Tags: Philip Glass, Minimalism, Neoplatonism, Music

Sustainable Cities for Freedom and Environment (1)4 comments

zikipediq wrote 2 months ago: An Overview on Urban Developmental Evidences Matters of environment and nature conservation are to b … more →

Tags: development, economic theory, Environment, Europe, Patterns, Politics, Anthony Giddens, Brundtland report, Claude Lefort

On Sight5 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 3 months ago: But, that there is some light, though small, in the eyes and brain, many animals which see at night … more →

Tags: Evil Eye, Folk Catholicism, Magic, México, Neoplatonism

Kronos5 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 4 months ago: Saturn is the supreme intellect among the angels by whose rays souls in addition to the angels are i … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Neoplatonism

On the Divine Frenzy - II2 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 8 months ago: This is not enough. For multiplicity still remains in the soul. There is added, therefore, the myste … more →

Tags: Dance, Umbanda, Paganism, Neoplatonism, Brazil

The Very Eye of Night

Arturo Vasquez wrote 8 months ago: Film by Maya Deren Music by Teiji Ito Choreography by Antony Tudor Moreover, we think that from the … more →

Tags: film, Ballet, Pythagoreanism, maya deren

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Arturo Vasquez wrote 9 months ago: Wherefore Plato judges twelve to be the governor of the universal world form, of the human form, and … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Pythagoreanism

De Magia3 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 9 months ago: image source But why do we think that Love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists … more →

Tags: Magic, Neoplatonism

Rejoice in the present

Arturo Vasquez wrote 10 months ago: You asked me yesterday to transcribe for you that maxim of mine that is inscribed around the walls o … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Neoplatonism

The Problem of Evil in Neoplatonic Thought1 comment

Arturo Vasquez wrote 11 months ago: But it is as if two people were living in the same well-built house; one of them criticizes its stru … more →

Tags: Music, Neoplatonism, plotinus

On the dignity of the soul1 comment

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: The Renaissance Florentine philosopher Marsilio Ficino tells two stories from his family’s his … more →

Tags: Neoplatonism, Ballet

The Divine Frenzies

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: From all this it is now clear that there are four kinds of divine frenzy: love, poetry, the mysterie … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Neoplatonism

On the Simplicity of Truth5 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: You often ask me, Antonio, to define the virtues for you, expecting from me perhaps those very detai … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Neoplatonism

Between High Theory and Low Praxis9 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: image credit Some notes towards a Christian theory of magic In response to some of Christina’s … more →

Tags: Catholic Church, Neoplatonism, curandero, Folk Catholicism, Magic

The Soul as Sphere

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: Christian Platonic Tiptoeing Around the Transmigration of Souls One issue that most concerns any per … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism, Pico della Mirandola

Two Venuses

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: Heav’nly, illustrious, laughter-loving queen, sea-born, night-loving, of an awful mien; Crafty … more →

Tags: Neoplatonism, Philosophy

On Soul

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: Pas de deux from Antony Tudor’s The Leaves are Fading as danced by Amanda McKerrow and John Ga … more →

Tags: Neoplatonism, Philosophy, Ballet

On the Animation of Idols

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago:   Above: the golden idol solo from the ballet, La Bayadère Plotinus uses almost the same examples in … more →

Tags: Ballet, Hermes Trismegistus, Paganism

Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: For the Sun signifies all these things, and simply all essential truth and prophecy and kingship. It … more →

Tags: Neoplatonism


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