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quarta-feira, 22 de julho de 2020

A Caverna das Ninfas, as Portas do Sol e da Lua e o Thema Mundi: Exemplo Textual



Akçay, K.N., 2019, Porphyry's On the Cave of the Nymphs in its Intellectual Context, 146-7.


The Sun’s and the Moon’s paths are essentially the same in the same direction: the Sun’s route is the ecliptic, as previously noted, while the Moon is inclined at approximately 5 degrees to the ecliptic. The Moon’s crossing of the ecliptic from South to North symbolises an ascent and its crossing of the ecliptic from North to South symbolises a descent. The Moon’s crossing points of the ecliptic, the ascending node (ὁ ἀναβιβάζων σύνδεσμος) and the descending node (ὁ καταβιβάζων σύνδεσμος), are also related to the lunar nodes depicted as the Mithraic torchbearers with raised and lowered torches in the tauroctony (De Antro 24.13-25.1). As Beck rightly observes, the Sun’s rays has a function of apogenetic power, and its characteristics such as superior, high/up, heat/fiery, male are compatible with the ascending path of the soul, whereas the Moon asthe nearest to the Earth is inferior, down/low, cold/eartly, female.

Porphyry’s primary concern about the association of the gates of the Sun and the Moon with the two celestial openings of Plato in Republic 10 is ethical, rather than suggesting simply an astrological interpretation. The ascending path towards the Sun can be compared to the escape of the liberated prisoner from the Platonic cave, representing a choice towards a philosophical life instead of slavery to the material world. The path through the Sun symbolises the bright side of the soul under the guidance of its rational part, as is the case with the diurnal houses of the seven planets; similarly, the path through the Moon can be considered to be a symbol of the dark side of the soul under the guidance of its irrational part, as is the case with the nocturnal houses of the seven planets. 




Akçay, K.N., 2019, Porphyry's On the Cave of the Nymphs in its Intellectual Context. Leiden/ Boston: Brill.

quarta-feira, 4 de setembro de 2019

Alguns Elementos Textuais para o Estudo do Thema Mundi: Fírmico Materno, Paulo de Alexandria e Porfírio





Porfírio, Sobre a Caverna das Ninfas na Odisseia, 22.


Kaˆ œcous… ge ™fexÁj aƒ qšseij tîn zJd…wn: ¢pÕ mn Kark…nou e„j A„gÒkerwn prîta mn Lšonta oŒkon `Hl…ou, eŒta Parqšnon `Ermoà, ZugÕn d 'Afrod…thj, Skorp…on d ”Areoj, ToxÒthn DiÒj, A„gÒkerwn KrÒnou: ¢pÕ d/ A„gÒkerw œmpalin `UdrocÒon KrÒnou, 'IcqÚaj DiÒj, ”Areoj KriÒn, Taàron 'Afrod…thj, DidÚmouj `Ermoà, kaˆ Sel»nhj loipÕn Kark…non. DÚo oân taÚtaj œqento pÚlaj Kark…non kaˆ A„gÒkerwn oƒ qeolÒgoi, Pl£twn ddÚo stÒmia œfh: toÚtwn d Kark…non mn enai di/ oá kat…asin aƒ yuca…, AƒgÒkerwn ddi/ oá ¢n…asin. 'All¦ Kark…noj mn bÒreioj kaˆ katabatikÒj, A„gÒkerwj dnÒtioj kaˆ ¢nabatikÒj.


As posições dos signos do Zodíaco têm a seguinte ordem, desde Caranguejo até Capricórnio: em primeiro Leão, o domicílio do Sol, a seguir Virgem, o de Mercúrio, Balança, o de Vénus, Escorpião, o de Marte, Sagitário, o de Júpiter, Capricórnio, o de Saturno; em sentido inverso, desde Capricórnio, Aquário a Saturno, Peixes a Júpiter, Carneiro a Marte, Touro a Vénus, Gémeos a Mercúrio e, por fim, Caranguejo à Lua. Os antigos cosmólogos estabeleceram assim estas duas portas, Caranguejo e Capricórnio, já Platão referia duas bocas. Delas, Caranguejo é por onde as almas descendem, Capricórnio por onde ascendem. Caranguejo é pois ainda setentrional e apropriado para se descender, já Capricórnio é meridional e apropriado para se ascender. 


Porfírio, Sobre a Caverna das Ninfas na Odisseia:
Seminar Classics 609 (J. M. Duffy, P. F. Sheridan, L. G. Westerink & J. A. White), 1969, Porphyry, The Cave of the Nymphs in the Odyssey. Buffalo (N.I.): Arethusa Monograph 1, Department of Classics, State University of New York at Buffalo.

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