Item #66822 Two Orations of the Emperor Julian one to the Sovereign Sun and the other to the Mother of the Gods; translated from the Greek, with notes, and a Copious Introduction, in which some of the Greatest Arcana of the Grecian Theology are Unfolded. Thomas - TAYLOR, Attributed to Emperor Julian.
Two Orations of the Emperor Julian one to the Sovereign Sun and the other to the Mother of the Gods; translated from the Greek, with notes, and a Copious Introduction, in which some of the Greatest Arcana of the Grecian Theology are Unfolded

Two Orations of the Emperor Julian one to the Sovereign Sun and the other to the Mother of the Gods; translated from the Greek, with notes, and a Copious Introduction, in which some of the Greatest Arcana of the Grecian Theology are Unfolded

Chicago IL: Hermetic Publishing Company, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 145pp. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board, top edge gilt, head band, blue endpages, printed on water marked laid paper. Edition limited to 500 copies. Translations of two orations by the Roman Emperor Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus: 331 – 363 CE), philosopher, and author in Greek whose rejection of various aspects Christianity and call for the revival of the old pagan faiths and embrace of Neoplatonic Hellenism caused him to be remembered as "Julian the Apostate" by the Christian Church. The text here is reprinted from the Thomas Taylor translation of 1793. Translated from the Greek with Introduction and Notes by Thomas Taylor (1758 - 1835). Taylor was a leading exponent of Neo-Platonic thought, and was largely responsible for it's rediscovery in English-speaking esoteric circles, by his translations of Iamblichus, Proclus, Porphyry and other Neoplatonists and Pythagoreans. Taylor, a one time bank-clerk who devoted himself to the classics, was said to be such a devotee of Hellenic paganism that he and his wife spoke only to one another in classical Greek, and his translations were for decades those most commonly used. An unsued copy with just the faintest of shelf wear and dust, a few tiny edge tears to roughly opened pages. Still, a tight bright unread near Fine copy. Item #66822

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