{"product_id":"evocating-the-gods-divine-evocation-in-the-graeco-egyptian-magical-papyri-theurgy-christopher-a-plaisance","title":"Evocating the Gods: Divine Evocation in the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri (Theurgy) - Christopher A Plaisance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eThe Binding including the art work of the edition that you receive may be different than that of what is pictured here in the listing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\"Within the extant corpus of Hellenistic literature, there are a small number of attestations of a curious term: θεαγωγία (divine evocation). The use of the terms 'evocation' and 'invocation' within contemporary discourses on magic exhibit clear technical distinctions - with invocation being an activity proper to the supernal genera of beings occupying a higher place than the operator in the divine hierarchy (i.e. gods, angels), and evocation referring to activities proper to the infernal classes of beings beneath the operator in the hierarchy (i.e. daemons, spirits).\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e -Christopher A. Plaisance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eEvocating the Gods: Divine Evocation in the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e offers the first dedicated analysis of the practice and context of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003etheagogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e within the Late Antique world. This book is an in-depth exploration of the historical context of θεαγωγία (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003edivine evocation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e) within the Papyri Graecæ magicæ (PGM), combined with a comprehensive examination and philological analysis of the technical terms found in the texts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eChristopher A. Plaisance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003edemonstrates that the practice of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003etheagogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e is part of a wider tradition, as well as being rooted in Western Esotericism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe PGM spells in which the magician evokes deities were controversial and ambitious even at the time when they were written down. In this monograph, the author first explores essential terminology and their definitions before presenting detailed chapters on:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e- Spells of Binding and Constraint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e- Erotic Enchantments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e- Psychagogy and Necromancy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e- Evocating the Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ePlaisance delves into the philosophical attitudes towards both theagogy and other magical practices within Middle and Late Platonism as part of this meticulous study. By drawing on a wide range of sources in the Western esoteric tradition, the author illustrates the contextual relationships between seemingly unrelated Late Antique magical practices such as theurgy, necromancy, erotic enchantments and binding curses. The exploration and philological analysis of the technical terms found in the Greek Magical Papyri, as well as the crucial differences between evocation and invocation, makes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eEvocating the Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e essential reading for all students of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eGræco-Egyptian Magical Papyri.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eAbout the Author: Christopher A. Plaisance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003e is an independent humanities scholar researching topics within the fields of the history of philosophy, religion, and Western esotericism, from the methodological perspectives of classical philology and discursive archaeology. He holds an MA in Western Esotericism from the University of Exeter's Centre for the Study of Esotericism; and a BA in Philosophy from the American Military University. He works professionally as a cyber-threat hunter and lives in Southeastern Pennsylvania with his family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookworths","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ New","offer_id":50529880211711,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback \/ Used - Like New","offer_id":50529880244479,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback \/ Used - Very Good","offer_id":50529880277247,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback \/ Used - Good","offer_id":50529880310015,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback \/ Used - Acceptable","offer_id":50529880342783,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover \/ New","offer_id":50529880375551,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover \/ Used - Like New","offer_id":50529880408319,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover \/ Used - Very Good","offer_id":50529880441087,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover \/ Used - Good","offer_id":50529880473855,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover \/ Used - Acceptable","offer_id":50529880506623,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0838\/1789\/0047\/files\/s-l960_bc641979-6edf-487f-b1f2-1b1c074120d1.jpg?v=1790179397","url":"https:\/\/bookworths.com\/products\/evocating-the-gods-divine-evocation-in-the-graeco-egyptian-magical-papyri-theurgy-christopher-a-plaisance","provider":"Bookworths","version":"1.0","type":"link"}