The Daimon in Hellenistic astrology : : origins and influence / / by Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum.
In The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence , Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum investigates for the first time the concept of the daimon (daemon, demon), normally confined to religion and philosophy, within the theory and practice of ancient western astrology (2nd century BCE – 7th centur...
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| Superior document: | Ancient Magic and Divination, Volume 11 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English Multiple |
| Series: | Ancient magic and divination ;
Volume 11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 573 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Kindled Spirits: The Daimon, Plutarch and Vettius Valens
- 2 Keeping in Good Spirits: The Places of Good Daimon and Fortune in Astrology
- 3 Twists of Fate: Daimon, Fortune and Astrology in Egypt and the Near East
- 4 Hie Thee to Hell: The Place of the Bad Daimon
- 5 Divergent Paths: Daimons and Astrology in Gnosticism and Mithraism
- 6 Ambivalent Daimons and Astrology
- 7 Porphyry, the Oikodespotēs and the Personal Daimon
- 8 Allotment, the Daimon and Astrology
- 9 Endowment and Chance: The Lots of Fortune and Daimon
- 10 ‘Parents of Human Civilisation’: The Lots of Love and Necessity
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Selected Citations Index
- Selected Word Index.