title: Egyptian Mysteries: An Account of an Initiation
author: Iamblichus
description: Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: Dutch
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  THEURGIA
  OR
  THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES
  By IAMBLICHOS
  Reply of Abammon, the Teacher
  TO
  The Letter of Porphyry to Anebo
  TOGETHER
  WITH
  Solutions of the Questions Therein Contained
  TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
  BY
  ALEXANDER vVILDER, M. D. F. A. S.
  The aim is to express "the original, the
  whole original,
  and nothing
  l>ut the original, and withal good readable
  English"
  GREENWICH, CONN.
  THE AMERICA SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS
  
  Copyright, 1915, by
  THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS
  Entered at Stationers' Hall.
  London, England.
  All Rights Reserved.
  
  CONTENTS
  CHAPTER
  PAGE
  I.
  LETTER OF PORPHYRY '1'0 ANEBO............
  9
  n.
  REPLY OF ABAMMON...........................
  25
  Ill.
  THE
  SUPERIOR RACES.........................
  41
  IV.
  RITES, SYMBOLS AND OFFERINGS.............
  55
  v.
  THE
  SUPERIOR
  RACES
  AND
  THEIR
  MANI-
  FESTATIONS..................................
  79
  VI.
  THE ORDER EXHIBITED AT THE RI'1'ES......
  93
  VII.
  ORIGIN OF THE ART OF DIVINATION
  107
  VIII.
  THE DIVINING ART UNIVERSAL
  131
  IX.
  