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The formless fire (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs


Keywords
Chaldean Oracles
fire
Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire
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Text
Chaldean Oracles 148:
But when you see the formless, very holy fire shining by leaps and bounds throughout the depths of the whole world, (then) listen to the voice of the fire.


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Chaldean Oracles 148

Bibliography

Majercik 1989, 104-105Majercik, Ruth. The Chaldean Oracles. Text, Translation, and Commentary. Studies in Greek and Roman Religion 5. Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1989.

Amar Annus


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