Spiritual taxonomies and ritual authority : Platonists, priests, and gnostics in the Third Century C.E. /

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Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority recounts how philosophers of the late third century C.E. organized the spirit world into hierarchies, positioning themselves as high priests in the process. By establishing themselves as experts on sacred matters, they fortified their authority, prestige, an...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marx-Wolf, Heidi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
Senantikken
Neoplatonism > History.
Gnosticism > History.
Spirits > History of doctrines.
Demonology > History.
Animal sacrifice > History.
Philosophy and religion > History.
Spiritual direction > History.
Néo-platonisme > Histoire.
Gnosticisme > Histoire.
Esprits > Histoire des doctrines.
Démonologie > Histoire.
Sacrifice d'animaux > Histoire.
Direction spirituelle > Histoire.
Animal sacrifice
Demonology
Gnosticism
Neoplatonism
Philosophy and religion
Spiritual direction
History
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