Initiatic Religious Experience in Neoplatonism

Andreea-Maria Lemnaru holds a PhD in Philosophy of Religion (Paris Sorbonne). She is an associate fellow of the Centre Léon Robin (Paris Sorbonne), of the Cambridge Center for the Study of Platonism and co-director of the Theurgy and Neoplatonism research group of the Foro di Studi Avanzati Gaetano Massa.

Luciano Albanese was born in Rome in 1945. Former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is the author of La Tradizione Platonica (1993); La teurgia nel mondo antico (with P. Mander, 2011); I misteri egiziani di Giamblico (2014) and Il neoplatonismo di Giamblico (2014).

José María Zamora Calvo is Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Director of the Department of Philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His philosophic interests are in the areas of Stoicism, Plato and Neoplatonism, Greek ethics and Philosophy of History.

Giuseppe Muscolino (1968) is the author of Porfirio Contro i cristiani (2009); Porfirio. Filosofia rivelata dagli oracoli (2011); Porfirio Mathematikós (2017); Teurgia, riti magici e divinatori nell’età tarda-antica (2017); Abitare l’al di là. Il mondo magico di Porfirio (2020); Il Papiro di Londra e di Leida (2021); Il Sole di Porfirio (2021).