On The Heavenly Hierarchy - Pseudo-Dionysius

Pseudo-Dionysius - The Complete Works (Greek and English) (amzn.to/2Z54WXv)
Translation by: John Parker
[From Wikipedia:] Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, also known as Pseudo-Denys, was a Syrian Christian theologian and philosopher of the late 5th to early 6th century, who wrote a set of works known as the Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum.
The author pseudonymously identifies himself in the corpus as "Dionysios", portraying himself as the figure of Dionysius the Areopagite, the Athenian convert of Paul the Apostle mentioned in Acts 17:34. This false attribution to the earliest decades of Christianity resulted in the work being given great authority in subsequent theological writing in both East and West.
The works of Dionysius are mystical, and show strong Neoplatonic influence. For example, he uses Plotinus' well-known analogy of a sculptor cutting away that which does not enhance the desired image, and shows familiarity with Proclus. He also shows influence from Clement of Alexandria, the Cappadocian Fathers, Origen, and others.
According to pseudo-Dionysius, God is better characterized and approached by negations than by affirmations. All names and theological representations must be negated. According to pseudo-Dionysius, when all names are negated, "divine silence, darkness, and unknowing" will follow.
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[@arrus]

Crazy to think that we now know that this is a genuine work from he 1st Century, thanks to the work of Evangelos Nikitipoulus. St. Dionysius, pray for us!

[@IIImobiusIII]

Have meant to read this for many years. I was not at all disappointed. That we may with a few clicks have access to such works is really quite amazing. Even as recently as a few decades ago, who would have imagined this. Obviously it would not happen though, without a certain requisite of some magnanimity of spirit. For this reason I thank you for all your efforts.

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This is wonderful, and what wonderful synchronicity guided me to this ❤ Thank you

[@eensrds]

Good narration and no music to distract from the words.

[@ethanc1121]

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[@duantorruellas716]

Things seen and unseen , what a great phrase . Dan attwell is one of the best things on KZbin as far as I'm concerned. Having a background in theology I find myself here quite often with Dan who is someone that I consider is at the top of this field. The many energies and rays that effect the various aspects of the human make up Have they're homes in the celestial realm. This is categorized as the divine order and play a part in the seasons and cycles as well.

[@Stephen-uz8dm]

"We believe in one God, the Father Allmighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things seen and unseen.." -Nicene Creed

[@duantorruellas716]

Nice work on the 9 ranks of the heavenly host. There is fire in water , a sparkle in the rain. 1:50:03 to 1: 50: 30 I think it was a book by Jacob boehme where I first heard this about the fire in water. The 9 ranks I found in a book of Angel's when I was very young. When only one rank can be called Angel's. Good job on this one Dan , like all your work 👍

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Glad you can see ahead that there is method to my madness; if "all of philosophy is a footnote to Plato," it is astonishing how many authors got their Platonism through a Dionysian lens. Virtually all the figures I discuss, from the Franciscans and Dominicans to people like Ficino and Pico, they all recapitulate and embellish Pseudo-Dionysian philosophy (largely because they thought he was the Dionysius of the New Testament, though he really lived centuries later and borrowed extensively from Proclus and Plotinus).

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I feel that hidden within the understanding of Cymatics is the key.

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The apathetic theology or practice is also used in Hinduism. In practice it is a spontaneous non-verbal recognition by pure subjectivity , "I ", that every thing that appears within itself has no being , is transient and it is rejected as , not I. "According to pseudo-Dionysius, God is better characterized and approached by negations than by affirmations. All names and theological representations must be negated. According to pseudo-Dionysius, when all names are negated, "divine silence, darkness, and unknowing" will follow." "Neti-neti is a Sanskrit expression that translates to "neither this, nor that" or "not this, not this." This expression is used in Hinduism, mainly in Jnana yoga and in Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic spiritual practice). Neti-neti is a form of analytical meditation that helps the individual understand the nature of brahman (absolute reality) by first understanding what is not brahman. A "neti-neti search" is one of the key elements of Jnana yoga practice. It is an exercise in negating rationalizations and other distractions from the non-conceptual meditative awareness of reality."

[@NadolfBitler]

Apophatic (as opposed to Catophatic theology whereby analogy is used to define the divine). ❤

[@KingdomIsNow]

Fire in water are both the Word of God in their degrees of purification. The water of the Word washes our souls from particular levels of impurities. The fire of the Word burns to ashes the deeply set false beliefs and knowledge from our subconscious mind. The Hammer of God's Word smashes the most stubborn twisted philosophies we find hard to sever from or difficult to overcome.

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Thanks for you time and effort.

[@Kutale]

Thank you for this wisdom.

[@bigchill123a]

43:27 this is a bookmark

[@charlesco7413]

The one whom most call lucifer as the light bearer is in fact HyLL ben Shachar [brilliant son of the morning] as HYLL is rooted similarly to Hallel in hallelujah and means "praise" but can also mean "brilliant" "shining" and Shachar is actually not the golden dawn with sun shining on the horizon but the darkness of the night before the sun begins it break across the darkness. And Shachar can mean Enchanted or charm. So HyLL ben Shachar= Is the brilliant son of the enchanter(darkness before the dawn).

[@charlesco7413]

The Holy LORD name is yHvH so perhaps the Trinity is in actuality... a Quaternity with two (H) separately diverse holy spirits not as wives but more as a comforter... as a private and pesonal (H) to comfort with the y and then the v a second comforting [H]? But even as EvE is the body and (h)Adam is he head perhapseven in the Godhead the (H) is with the y uniform as one and v is the head of the other [H] in seperate but similar union?

[@Sweetdification]

IBA Oba Oludumare Yah OSHA Qwedemawi 👑 King of Kings Lord of Lord's Ist Conquering Lion 🦁 and Tribe of Judah Jesu Halleluyah

[@thegodpill914]

​​@@charlesco7413 it's essentially dyads you have the spirit being the masculine aspect it's local quasi physical aspect and the spirit of the spirit being the feminine aspect more action at a distance and interpenetrative it's kind of like particle wave duality. For example the spirit of the cherubs is described as being present in/powering the ophanim. It's not a trinity or quarternity but dyads the first begetting the second which made all other things.

[@charlesco7413]

@@thegodpill914 i was studying the human body and noticed the botom torso is a distorted mirror of the upper body. With the brain mirroring the intestins. The limbic system (two hippocampus are like fallopian tubes) and the sex organs. The anus and the mouth. Esophagus and the large intestine. The heart The nose and the genitals. The pectorals and the mirror for them is the buttox. Ever notice the profile of a human brain looks like a yoga pose of ectreme frontwards bend Uttanasana pose, only holding its legs.

[@Viz-Jaqtaar]

It's triune in all respects. 3 celestial hierarchies with 3 ranks in each, each reflecting the person's of the Godhead; for instance the Seraphim(fire) God is oft describes as a consuming fire, the Cherubim (wisdom) Jesus Christ the Logos, the second person of the most Holy Trinity; and the Thrones, upon which the ineffable is seated, reflecting within their capacity the Holy Spirit , carrying the energies between Father and Son. Three is where multiplicity begins without dialectical tension.

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Really enjoy these readings, thank you.

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CELESTIAL HIERARCHIES (1) Thrones, Cherubim, Seraphim, (2) Dominions, Virtues, Powers, (3) Principalities, Archangels, Angels.

[@ea6871]

This is simply an apologetic for gnosticism Manly P Hall breaks down the same thing in his lecture on astro-theology. Manly Hall obviously greatly influenced by Pseudo Dionysius as a modern day gnostic and what some may consider a sage in the mysteries.

[@seakermac]

I like Manly alot. I'll have to check that one out

[@WWCC35]

Dionysius believes in the intelligibility and place of matter in the natural order. In that respect he isn't a gnostic. I would also say the ultimate union in Dionysianism uplifts the church community into union, it doesn't necessarily entail a moment of mystical personal union. Yes he is influenced by Proclus, but he is still very much dealing in Christian metaphysics.

[@pbmaic3291]

@@WWCC35 Dionysius isn't a Gnostic lol. He isn't a dualist which Gnosticism relies upon a dualistic interpretation of Platonism. Creation isn't viewed as evil in Dionysius, in fact he views the act of creation as an outpouring of goodness and divinity, energies of God, and not as something evil. And matter, unlike in Gnosticism, is not ascribed ontological existence as something evil, but rather is a predication of logoi, forms, that exist of God self-manifesting Himself as intellectual properties.

[@fraterdeusestveritas2022]

Remember to study Phil Langdon material Dan. He posted a new lecture this week and I just watched it. He may well be the greatest mystic of the modern age.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

I'll check him out.

[@fraterdeusestveritas2022]

@@TheModernHermeticist nice

[@estarra5770]

Phil is a friend of mine. He is a brilliant man

[@adambeecroft9305]

Recenyly tryna research the role of the infernal 4kings (oriens paymon et etc) in terms of hostorical basis and theire part and ritual formalities within ceremonial ritual magic of angels..any leads at all? Theres not a whole lot out there

[@Entererofthethreshold]

Is the image from the text that is linked in the description? Thank you for this.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

No, but the artist of this woodcut was clearly working with the Pseudo-Dionysian cosmos.

[@canisronis2753]

Thanks!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks Canis, much appreciated.

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Oh hey I used to follow you on Twitter, what's up?

[@retribution999]

Hood reading speed, this needs some contemplation

[@jakeletzler6140]

Calling it a night. WILL finish tomorrow. I just thought I'd ask, do you think anybody who has watched this gem of information actually gets it?

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Some, perhaps, and I suppose this goes out to them. Cheers.

[@robertpaulcorless7949]

Ta Dan x

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Thank you.

[@Sweetdification]

IBA Oba Oludumare Yah OSHA Qwedemawi 👑 King of Kings Lord of Lord's Ist Conquering Lion 🦁 and Tribe of Judah Jesu Halleluyah

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1:56:00

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112

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[@666nenni]

(Maybe you should read with more feeling and a bit faster).U can remove my post.💖

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Given the nature of this text with its paragraph long sentences (with an average of like 10 subordinate clauses each), this is an extremely difficult text to read out loud, let alone with rhetorical embellishment. The speed, on the other hand, can be manually adjusted in the bottom right corner of the video.

[@RescuedByMary]

Oh, hey. It’s all good ...

[@666nenni]

@@TheModernHermeticist I understand.I was just wondering why this video had so few likes.I like the content of course.Keep up the good work💖

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks Phytia, cheers.

[@seakermac]

I 1.25X it. Flows perfectly. 1.5x is a bit too fast to take in everything

[@jarlnicholl1478]

It is important to rescue thinkers like Pseudo-Dionysius from their Xtian package. You are doing a service to the Aryan matter.

[@WWCC35]

How on earth could Dionysius be separated from Christianity? The whole scheme relies on the trinity and its emanation of form and light in a very Christian context.

[@MangyPL]

LARPagans at it again.

[@pbmaic3291]

@@WWCC35 Yeah lmao, you cannot separate any of the processions that Dionysius speaks of from the Trinitarian mode of being that the transcendent superessence proceeds into from the darkness of undifferentiation. You literally cannot take Dionysius away from Christianity, it's impossible as than his entire scheme of emanations and processions from God just collapses. Pagans at it again with their autism.

[@charlesco7413]

Aryan as in Zarathustra?

[@origamitraveler7425]

repent

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Dionysius was a thief!

[@OliveMule]

Masonry/Jevvish/christian/islam