Psychanodia / I : A survey of the Evidence Concerning the Ascension of the Soul and its relevance / / Ioan Petru Culianu.

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Superior document:Etudes préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l'Empire romain ; t. 99-
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : E.J. Brill,, 1983.
Year of Publication:1983
Language:English
Series:Études préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l'Empire romain 99.
Physical Description:1 online resource (97 pages)
Notes:A Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Sorbonne, 1980) under the title: Expériences de l'extase et symboles de l'ascension, de l'Hellénisme à l'Islam.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DELIMITATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE PHENOMENON
  • A HISTORICAL FALLACY: THE THEORIES OF THE “RELIGIONSGESCHICHTLICHE SCHULE”
  • A CHALLENGE: THE THEORY OF THE GREEK ORIGINS
  • THE ORIGINS OF THE APOCALYPTIC GENRE
  • THE CELESTIAL ESCHATOLOGY AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS
  • THE MYTHS OF PLUTARCH
  • THE PASSAGE OF THE SOUL THROUGH THE SPHERES
  • FROM THE JEWISH APOCALYPSES TO THE MI’RAJ
  • PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE MEDIEV AL APOCALYPSES
  • NOTES TO CHAPTER ONE
  • INDEX NOMINUM RERUMQUE.