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LSJ entry for enosis: ἕνωσις, -εως, ἡ, (from ἑνόω "Ι unite") A. combination into one, union, Philol.10, Archyt. ap.Stob.1.41.2, Arist.Ph.222a20, GC328b22, Phld.Po.2.17, Ph.1.45, al.; “τοῦ συμφραζομένου” A.D.Synt.175.16, cf. Hermog.Id.2.11: pl., Procl.Inst.63. II. compression, Heliod. ap.
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as the creator of the material world. Iamblichus used the rituals of the mystery religions to perform rituals on the individual to unite their outer and inner person. Thus one without conflict (whether internal or external) is united (henosis) and is The One (hen).
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Plotinus words his teachings to reconcile not only Plato with Aristotle, but also various world religions that he had personal contact with during his various travels. Plotinus' works have an
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John M. Dillon, "Pleroma and Noetic Cosmos: A Comparative Study" in Neoplatonism and Gnosticism (1992), R.T. Wallis, ed., State Univ. of New York Press,
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describing the different stages of mystical union with the One can be found in I.6, IV.8, VI.9, III.8, V.3, V.5, V.8, and VI.7-8.
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that unites the initiate to the Monad. These rituals mimic the ordering of the chaos of the Universe into the material world or
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Phase 2, Mystical self-reversion: "The intellect ... must ‘withdraw backwards’ and surrender itself to what lies behind it" (
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Henosis for Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was defined in his works as a reversing of the ontological process of consciousness via
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called the material world. Nous as being, being and perception (intellect) manifest what is called soul (
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Plotinus and the Presocratics: A Philosophical Study of Presocratic Influences in Plotinus' Enneads
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character in that they reject matter as an illusion (non-existent). Matter was strictly treated as
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The term is relatively common in classical texts, and has the meaning of "union" or "unity".
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The Mystery religions: A Study in the Religious Background of Early Christianity
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Henosis, or primordial unity, is rational and deterministic, emanating from
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reflects the gradual ordering of the universe referred to as the
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can be referred to as the Good above the demiurge. The Monad or
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Plotinus' phases of "mystical union with the One" as given by
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The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism
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Phase 3.2, Self-unification: to "become one from many" (
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Index

Enosis
Bulbophyllum
a series
Neoplatonism
Reconstructed bust believed to represent Plotinus
Theory of forms
Form of the Good
Hypostasis
Arche
Nous
Demiurge
Logos
Anima mundi
Henosis
Theurgy
Okhema
Microcosm and macrocosm
Enneads
De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum
Liber de Causis
The City of God
The Consolation of Philosophy
De Coelesti Hierarchia
De divisione naturae
Chaldean Oracles
Plotinus
students
Porphyry
Iamblichus
Julian the Apostate

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