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Soul in the middle (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
cosmic soul = human soul
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.10 Esoteric lore and hermeneutics
05.10.04 Esoteric associations
05.10.04.03 cosmic soul = human soul
Ištar (Love)
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.05 Great gods
01.04.03.05.07 Ištar (Love)
Tree of life (1)
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.04 Botanical symbols, imagery and iconographic motifs
02.04.02 Trees
02.04.02.01 Tree of life (1)

Keywords
Neoplatonism
soul

Period
5th century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
The goddess Rhea-Hekate is the cause of Soul.

Proclus, In Timaeum 2.129.22ff.:
If Soul cannot be ranked among the first gods, nor among the last, then we should give it a place in the middle. And we would do rightly so, in order that it imitates even its very first causes. For the goddess who is the cause of Soul holds also a place in the middle among the gods - as the theologians too think - as a link between the two Fathers, sending forth the life of the Soul from her own flank.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Proclus, In Timaeum 2.129.22ff.

Amar Annus

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