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Soul as a radiant fire (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs



01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery


Keywords
Chaldean Oracles
fire
immortality
soul
Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
No channel specified


Text
Chaldean Oracles 96:
“Because the Soul, existing as a radiant fire by the power of the Father, remains immortal. It is the Mistress of Life and possesses full measures of the many wombs (of the world).”


Source (list of abbreviations)
Chaldean Oracles 96

Bibliography

Majercik 1989, 86-87Majercik, 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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