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Soul as a radiant 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 Immortality of the soul 01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery 01.01 Cosmogonic and cosmological ideas 01.01.09 Immortality of the soul	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, 86-87

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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