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Site of the solar fire (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Fire 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.02 Cosmic symbols and imagery 02.02.03 Fire Sun 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.01 Astral and celestial symbols and imagery 02.01.01 Sun	Keywords Chaldean Oracles divisions fire universe
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel No channel specified

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Chaldean Oracles 58:
But having heard from the Chaldean theurgists that God intercalated the sun among the seven (zones) and made the six other zones dependent upon it, and having heard from the gods themselves that the solar fire “ … was established at the site of the heart … “ I follow what has been revealed by the gods.

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Chaldean Oracles 58

Bibliography

Majercik 1989, 70-71

Majercik, Ruth. The Chaldean Oracles. Text, Translation, and Commentary. Studies in Greek and Roman Religion 5. Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1989.

Amar Annus

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