ORACOLI CALDAICI | La filosofia come risveglio dell'anima

The Chaldean Oracles are among the most enigmatic texts of late antiquity. Yet, behind their symbolic language and cosmic imagery lies a surprisingly timely question: what shape are we giving our existence? A philosophical foray into a work that fascinated Neoplatonists like Iamblichus and Proclus, spanning the centuries to the present day. Not to seek esoteric secrets or hidden truths, but to understand how the ancients conceived the relationship between knowledge, the inner life, and self-transformation. In an age marked by cultural and spiritual crises, the Oracles attempted to answer questions that, in various forms, continue to haunt the human experience: where do we come from? What have we forgotten? What direction can a truly philosophical life take? In this lesson, we will explore the historical context of the Chaldean Oracles, their relationship with Neoplatonism, the figure of the "flower of the intellect," the theme of forgetting one's origins, and the profoundly ancient idea of ​​philosophy as an exercise in inner formation. 💬 Key Quote "Perhaps the decisive question is not what we know, but what we have forgotten." 🎧 Recommended Playlist Ancient Philosophy, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism, and Philosophical Spirituality 👉   • Ermetismo - Neoplatonismo - Gnosticismo - ...   Support the project 💳 Free donation to support the channel: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/confi... 📝 "Active student" subscription (previews and reserved materials):    / @scorribandefilosofiche   🔔 Subscribe to the channel to never miss the next Philosophical Excursions:    / channel   📚 Books – Philosophical Excursions Practical Philosophy Paths between Ancient and Modern 👉 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Philosophy in the Garden (Epicureanism), paper/ebook, YCP 2025 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Free Within (Epictetus), paper/ebook, YCP 2024 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 The Crutch (Existential Novel), ebook, YCP 2023 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📘 Philosophy under the Portico (Stoicism), paper/ebook, YCP 2023 https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 🧭 Philosophical Counseling Individual counseling based on dialogue, aimed at those who wish to address existential or decision-making questions through the tools of the philosophical tradition. It is not a form of therapy. 👉 Information: https://francescodipalo.wordpress.com... 📚 Essential reading list for the lesson — Michele Psello, Chaldean Oracles, edited by Silvia Lanzi, Mimesis, Milan-Udine, 2021. — Pierre Hadot, Spiritual Exercises and Ancient Philosophy, Einaudi, Turin, 2005. — Pierre Hadot, What Is Ancient Philosophy?, Einaudi, Turin, 1998. — Giovanni Reale, Plotinus and Neoplatonism, Bompiani, Milan, 2004. — André-Jean Festugière, The Revelation of Hermes Trismegistus, Vita e Pensiero, Milan, 1999. Cylinder Five and Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/