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	Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> It is "Platonism understood as ancient “divine wisdom derived from the Orient” <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 15.</ref>		Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> It is "Platonism understood as ancient “divine wisdom derived from the Orient” <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 15.</ref>

			=== Key elements ===
			'''Platonic Orientalism is concerned with "gnosis," divine revelation--'''basically [[Connection Experience]]. They see this gnosis as an essential component/goal of authentic spiritual knowledge. For example, [[Shihäb al-Din al-Suhrawardi]] "For Suhrawardi true philosophy required mystical intuition, a kind of revelation, and the philosophers who employed mystical intuition often expressed themselves in symbols Those, like the Peripatetics, who confined themselves to rational speculation were limited in their ability to reach the truth, especially about higher things. It was the earlier philosophers who were the true exponents of the divine philosophy. The founder of philosophy was Hermes/Idris/Enoch, who is usually associated with Egypt."<ref>Walbridge, John. The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism. New York: SUNY Press, 2001.p. 2-3.</ref>

			=== Sources ===
	To trace sources in authors writing in late antiquity, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>''		To trace sources in authors writing in late antiquity, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>''

	Platonic Orientalism is linked with "barbarian" cultures, Persian (Specifically Zoroaster), Babylonians, Indians, Celts, Thracians, Scythians, and Jews<ref>Walbridge, John. ''The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism''. New York: SUNY Press, 2001. p. 5.</ref> all of which presumably had better access to divine gnosis. Hanegraaf writes<blockquote>...there are innumerable references to the ruling idea that the most ancient “barbarian” peoples possessed a pure and superior science and wisdom, derived not from reason but from direct mystical access to the divine, and that all the important Greek philosophers up to and including Plato had received their “philosophy” from these sources. The modalities of such transmission were not seen as problematic: after all, countless testimonies confirmed that Plato himself and all his notable predecessors had personally traveled to Egypt, Babylon, Persia and even India, where they had studied with the priests and sages.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 14.</ref></blockquote>		Platonic Orientalism is linked with "barbarian" cultures, Persian (Specifically Zoroaster), Babylonians, Indians, Celts, Thracians, Scythians, and Jews<ref>Walbridge, John. ''The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism''. New York: SUNY Press, 2001. p. 5.</ref> all of which presumably had better access to divine gnosis. Hanegraaf writes<blockquote>...there are innumerable references to the ruling idea that the most ancient “barbarian” peoples possessed a pure and superior science and wisdom, derived not from reason but from direct mystical access to the divine, and that all the important Greek philosophers up to and including Plato had received their “philosophy” from these sources. The modalities of such transmission were not seen as problematic: after all, countless testimonies confirmed that Plato himself and all his notable predecessors had personally traveled to Egypt, Babylon, Persia and even India, where they had studied with the priests and sages.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 14.</ref></blockquote>


	Platonic Orientalism forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late antiquity. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>		Platonic Orientalism forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late antiquity. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>
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			Platonic Orientalism (NeoPlatonism??) is linked with " Theosophy, Freemasonry, and the New Age movement. "<ref>Walbridge, John. ''The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism''. New York: SUNY Press, 2001. p. 11.</ref>

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	Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> It is "Platonism understood as ancient “divine wisdom derived from the Orient” <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 15.</ref>		Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> It is "Platonism understood as ancient “divine wisdom derived from the Orient” <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 15.</ref>

	To trace sources in authors writing late antiquity, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>''		To trace sources in authors writing in late antiquity, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>''

			Platonic Orientalism is linked with "barbarian" cultures, Persian (Specifically Zoroaster), Babylonians, Indians, Celts, Thracians, Scythians, and Jews<ref>Walbridge, John. ''The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism''. New York: SUNY Press, 2001. p. 5.</ref> all of which presumably had better access to divine gnosis. Hanegraaf writes<blockquote>...there are innumerable references to the ruling idea that the most ancient “barbarian” peoples possessed a pure and superior science and wisdom, derived not from reason but from direct mystical access to the divine, and that all the important Greek philosophers up to and including Plato had received their “philosophy” from these sources. The modalities of such transmission were not seen as problematic: after all, countless testimonies confirmed that Plato himself and all his notable predecessors had personally traveled to Egypt, Babylon, Persia and even India, where they had studied with the priests and sages.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 14.</ref></blockquote>

	Note that authors writing in this vein trace the foundations of Platonic Orientalism to Syria, Persian, Egypt, "barbarians" and shamans who presumably had better access to divine gnosis. Hanegraaf writes<blockquote>...there are innumerable references to the ruling idea that the most ancient “barbarian” peoples possessed a pure and superior science and wisdom, derived not from reason but from direct mystical access to the divine, and that all the important Greek philosophers up to and including Plato had received their “philosophy” from these sources. The modalities of such transmission were not seen as problematic: after all, countless testimonies confirmed that Plato himself and all his notable predecessors had personally traveled to Egypt, Babylon, Persia and even India, where they had studied with the priests and sages.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 14.</ref></blockquote><ref>Walbridge, John. ''The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism''. New York: SUNY Press, 2001.</ref>

	Platonic Orientalism forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late antiquity. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>		Platonic Orientalism forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late antiquity. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Platonic Orientalism''' is a school of thought that arose in the late Hellenistic world. It is distinguished from the abstract philosophical speculation of classical Platonism by the development of its own mythologies and ritual practices focused on the attainment of a liberatory salvation through gnosis.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>		<blockquote class="definition">'''Platonic Orientalism''' is a school of thought that arose in the late Hellenistic world. It is distinguished from the abstract philosophical speculation of classical Platonism by the development of its own mythologies and ritual practices focused on the attainment of a liberatory salvation through gnosis.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

	Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>		Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref> It is "Platonism understood as ancient “divine wisdom derived from the Orient” <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 15.</ref>

	~~This~~ forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late ~~antiquitiy~~. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>		To trace sources in authors writing late antiquity, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>''

			Note that authors writing in this vein trace the foundations of Platonic Orientalism to Syria, Persian, Egypt, "barbarians" and shamans who presumably had better access to divine gnosis. Hanegraaf writes<blockquote>...there are innumerable references to the ruling idea that the most ancient “barbarian” peoples possessed a pure and superior science and wisdom, derived not from reason but from direct mystical access to the divine, and that all the important Greek philosophers up to and including Plato had received their “philosophy” from these sources. The modalities of such transmission were not seen as problematic: after all, countless testimonies confirmed that Plato himself and all his notable predecessors had personally traveled to Egypt, Babylon, Persia and even India, where they had studied with the priests and sages.<ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. p. 14.</ref></blockquote><ref>Walbridge, John. ''The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic Orientalism''. New York: SUNY Press, 2001.</ref>

			Platonic Orientalism forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late antiquity. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. ''Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>

			Platonic Orientalism is a locus point of the [[Old Energy Creation Template]], meaning it is a place where elites developed archetypes that would come to constitute the [[Old Energy Creation Template]].

	Platonic Orientalism is a locus point of the [[Old Energy Creation Template]], meaning it is a place where elites developed archetypes that would come to constitute the [[Old Energy Creation Template]].

	~~To trace sources, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>~~

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==Notes==

Platonic Orientalism represents the transformation of Platonism from a philosophy into a religious worldview. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>

This forms a foundation for gnostic, hermetic, and theurgical currents in late antiquitiy. <ref>Hanegraaff, Wouter J. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.</ref>

Platonic Orientalism is a locus point of the [[Old Energy Creation Template]], meaning it is a place where elites developed archetypes that would come to constitute the [[Old Energy Creation Template]].

To trace sources, see Peter Brown, ''The World of Late Antiquity." <ref>Brown, Peter. The World of Late Antiquity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971.</ref>

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