Divine Hierarchies - A Comparative Study Group
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:35 pm
This is a comparative study group on the subject of divine hierarchies.
We will have one main source to compare to others. Anyone can add more angelic systems and sources to their reading list that can be studied, interpreted and made comparisons to the angelical hierarchies of other systems.
1. A Neoplatonic text: On the Celestial Hierarchy, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
2. Additional sources picked up individually (these could range from Kabbalistic systems to the Enochian system and Gnosticism of Pistis Sophia to inverse demonic hierarchies etc. Do not hesitate to pick up same sources as other participants, for everyone will anyway have their individual perceptions regarding the sources so it is an enriching thing to have multiple pairs of eyes looking in to the same sources.)
We will go through the main book in a systematic pace in order to carry the reading group to its completion. On the Celestial Hierarchy is about 66 pages divided in to 11 chapters and each of these chapters are divided in to sections varying in length from a small paragraph to couple of pages. I would suggest we'd read from one to three sections per week. A slow pace because the text is not that vast and we have other sources to dwell in on the side. If it feels too slow or quick we can try to alter the pace, yet keeping to the decided rhythm.
Starting point is set to the 26th of September, New Moon.
Studying the divine hierarchies would presumably help the students to gain better understanding of traditional systems of magic, incorporating something out of them in to one's own and collective working, and possibly creating something new out of it. Angelic systems seems to have been one of the most constant structures behind Western occultism and one could argue that to take the responsibility of the direction of Western occultism today, one is, at least to a degree bound to look in to these systems and metaphysical ideas and see what one could make out of it.
We will have one main source to compare to others. Anyone can add more angelic systems and sources to their reading list that can be studied, interpreted and made comparisons to the angelical hierarchies of other systems.
1. A Neoplatonic text: On the Celestial Hierarchy, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
2. Additional sources picked up individually (these could range from Kabbalistic systems to the Enochian system and Gnosticism of Pistis Sophia to inverse demonic hierarchies etc. Do not hesitate to pick up same sources as other participants, for everyone will anyway have their individual perceptions regarding the sources so it is an enriching thing to have multiple pairs of eyes looking in to the same sources.)
We will go through the main book in a systematic pace in order to carry the reading group to its completion. On the Celestial Hierarchy is about 66 pages divided in to 11 chapters and each of these chapters are divided in to sections varying in length from a small paragraph to couple of pages. I would suggest we'd read from one to three sections per week. A slow pace because the text is not that vast and we have other sources to dwell in on the side. If it feels too slow or quick we can try to alter the pace, yet keeping to the decided rhythm.
Starting point is set to the 26th of September, New Moon.
Studying the divine hierarchies would presumably help the students to gain better understanding of traditional systems of magic, incorporating something out of them in to one's own and collective working, and possibly creating something new out of it. Angelic systems seems to have been one of the most constant structures behind Western occultism and one could argue that to take the responsibility of the direction of Western occultism today, one is, at least to a degree bound to look in to these systems and metaphysical ideas and see what one could make out of it.