That the prisca theologia is not some fake thing, it was really there, and still somehow Jesus Christ is still at the center of it all. But if you wish to read Algyz Uzdavinys, I reccomend the orphic mysteries and the rigin of Plato or something like that as a starting point. That is a LOT more readable, and "philosophy as a rite of rebirth". Theurgy in late antiquity is dense beyond description.
Well I have read works on Orphism. Ionian philosophy. I think yes Jesus Chrestus is at center.
http://mountainman.com.au/essenes/chrestians%20christians.htm. When one investigates the earliest explicit references to "Christian" in the earliest sources of the common era, one comes away empty handed. The earliest evidence is dominated by the occurrence of the term "Chrestian", as is tabulated below. In the Greek language the word Christian is χριστιανος, while the word Chrestian is χρηστιανος. In the Greek manuscript sources which are presented below, the eta (η) invariably occurs instead of the iota (ι).
What does this mean? The evidence tabulated below strongly implies that the earliest form of the term "Christian" does not occur until Codex Alexandrinus, at least the 5th century, and may in fact not enter the chronological record [C14!?!] until substantially later. In place of the term "Christian" in the evidence is instead, and quite invariably, is found the term "Chrestian". Some background may be required here. In a separate article outlined and examined. It must be noted at this point that the term "Christ" in all the Greek manuscript sources is invariably encrypted, or encoded, along with a series of important theological terms, according to a system of abbreviations known as the "sacred names").
Try Gregory Shaw on theurgy and Ronnie Pontiac on Orphic mysteries, easier entry point.
It took me almost a year to read this book, and I will probably have to re-read it at least 4 times..
Very good. What take aways do stick? I just found the title.
That the prisca theologia is not some fake thing, it was really there, and still somehow Jesus Christ is still at the center of it all. But if you wish to read Algyz Uzdavinys, I reccomend the orphic mysteries and the rigin of Plato or something like that as a starting point. That is a LOT more readable, and "philosophy as a rite of rebirth". Theurgy in late antiquity is dense beyond description.
Well I have read works on Orphism. Ionian philosophy. I think yes Jesus Chrestus is at center.
http://mountainman.com.au/essenes/chrestians%20christians.htm. When one investigates the earliest explicit references to "Christian" in the earliest sources of the common era, one comes away empty handed. The earliest evidence is dominated by the occurrence of the term "Chrestian", as is tabulated below. In the Greek language the word Christian is χριστιανος, while the word Chrestian is χρηστιανος. In the Greek manuscript sources which are presented below, the eta (η) invariably occurs instead of the iota (ι).
What does this mean? The evidence tabulated below strongly implies that the earliest form of the term "Christian" does not occur until Codex Alexandrinus, at least the 5th century, and may in fact not enter the chronological record [C14!?!] until substantially later. In place of the term "Christian" in the evidence is instead, and quite invariably, is found the term "Chrestian". Some background may be required here. In a separate article outlined and examined. It must be noted at this point that the term "Christ" in all the Greek manuscript sources is invariably encrypted, or encoded, along with a series of important theological terms, according to a system of abbreviations known as the "sacred names").