{"id":654,"date":"2010-08-15T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T13:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/08\/theurgy-and-drawing-down-the-moon-theurgicon-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-08-15T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T13:14:59","slug":"theurgy-and-drawing-down-the-moon-theurgicon-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/08\/theurgy-and-drawing-down-the-moon-theurgicon-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Theurgy and Drawing Down the Moon: Theurgicon 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Theurgy is the late Classical Neoplatonic practice whose
\nclosest modern equivalent is Drawing Down the Moon.  <\/span>In both cases the practitioner achieves temporary unity with
\na deity, and is to some degree transformed in the process.  <\/span>These similarities, along with some
\nothers, are the reason why some investigators of our history argue that Wicca’s
\nearliest major roots lie not in Celtic Britain or stone age Europe but in late
\nClassical times.  <\/span><\/p>\n

On  <\/span>Saturday
\nAugust 28 a number of experienced Pagans will be presenting Theurgicon in
\nBerkeley, California.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Tony Mierzwiki will give a talk on  <\/span>Hermeticism followed by Brandy Williams on the Chaldean
\nOracles in the Western Mystery Tradition. Don Frew will present on Neoplatonism
\nand Wicca today, Diana Young on the Nexus of Mystic and Magus and Sam Webster
\non Theurgy in our community. 
\n<\/span>Details of these presentations can be seen here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If you are able to attend and are interested in how contemporary
\nPaganism may owe an enormous debt to our late Classical ancestors, and can
\nstill learn from them, you might think about attending.  <\/span>Barring the unexpected I’ll be there
\nfor sure.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Theurgy is the late Classical Neoplatonic practice whose closest modern equivalent is Drawing Down the Moon.  In both cases the practitioner achieves temporary unity with a deity, and is to some degree transformed in the process.  These similarities, along with some others, are the reason why some investigators of our history argue that Wicca’s earliest…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pagan-news","category-pagan-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"\nTheurgy and Drawing Down the Moon: Theurgicon 2010 - A Pagan's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/08\/theurgy-and-drawing-down-the-moon-theurgicon-2010.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theurgy and Drawing Down the Moon: Theurgicon 2010 - 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