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Praying and Contemplating in Late Antiquity. Religious and Philosophical InteractionsEd. by Eleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards, 2018The present volume is focused on the interactions and syncretistic tensions between religion and philosophy in Late Antiquity. The contributors examine issues of personal religious attitudes, initiation to the mysteries, Orphism, theurgy, magic, the Neoplatonist philosopher's quest for intimacy or union with the divine, magic and Christianity, and oracles, dream-visions and divination.(Text by the editors)ContentsEleni Pachoumi and Mark Edwards – IntroductionJohn Dillon – Prayer and Contemplation in the Neoplatonic and Sufi TraditionsEleni Pachoumi – Magico-religious and Philosophical Interactions in Proclus’ Theurgic UnionsJohn F. Finamore – Reason and Irrationality: Iamblichus on Divination through DreamsMark Wildish – Iamblichus on the Language of PrayerWayne J. Hankey – Ratio, Preces, Intuitus: Prayer’s Mediation in Boethius’ ConsolationJohn Hilton – Public and Private Prayer in the Works of the Emperor JulianMark Edwards – Primitive Christianity and MagicBronwen Neil – Dream-visions, Prophecy and Contemplation in Origen’s Contra CelsumAnnemaré Kotzé – Augustine Addressing God and Man in the ConfessionsMatthew W. Dickie – The Meaning of Initiation in Late AntiquityLech Trzcionkowski – Hieroi Logoi in 24 Rhapsodies. The Orphic Codex?Philip Bosman – The End of the Ancient Oracles: From Deception to Dangerous DemonsList of Authors/ContributorsIndex of Ancient AuthorsIndex of ReferencesIndex of Subjects