Neoplatonism. 12 stages of development

Neoplatonism is the mystical heart of Western civilization and the last great philosophy of antiquity. It is a living path of spiritual transformation, the ascent of the soul from the material to the divine, from multiplicity to the One. From... Plato through the revolutionary metaphysics of Plotinus, the systematization of Porphyry, the theurgy of Iamblichus, and the grand constructions of Proclus to the apophaticism of Damascius - the book reveals the tradition of thinkers who saw philosophy as a path to salvation and who truly connected with the divine. Neoplatonism permeates the entire Western culture - Christian theology, Islamic philosophy, Kabbalah, the Renaissance, Romanticism, modern esotericism. Without it, it is impossible to understand Dionysius the Areopagite, Dante, medieval mystics, the hermetic tradition.
Written in a vibrant language with references to primary sources, this book is an invitation to discover a path that remains alive in the twenty-first century. A journey from the surface of being to its absolute depth, from the temporal to the eternal, from the human to the divine.