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Dionysius the Areopagite on the Divine Names and the Mystical Theology — trans. C. E. Rolt (1920)

The Mystical Theology, ch. 1, trans. C. E. Rolt (1920)

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“Guide us to that topmost height of mystic lore which exceedeth light and more than exceedeth knowledge, where the simple, absolute, and unchangeable mysteries of heavenly Truth lie hidden in the dazzling obscurity of the secret Silence.”— The Mystical Theology, ch. 1, trans. C. E. Rolt (1920)

The complete text — part 35 of 36

Martin (i. Pope), 202 Maximus, 3, 202

Nietzsche, 90, 193

Pachymeres, 3
Pascal, 118
Personality, 4

Philosophy (Modern), D.'s rela-
tion to, 30
Plato, 107

Plotinus, 2, 109, 138
Proclus, I
Psychology, 33-40

Index to Notes and Introduction 223

Ruysbrocck, 122 Taulcr, 122

Trinity, 9, 10, 42, 44, 45 Scripture, l).\s ichuion U), 40

Scvcrus, 3 Vachen^t, 211, 216

Shelley, 1S2 Via Ncj;aiiva, 195, ic)G

Spencer, 107 Viclorinus, 174

Super-essential, 15, 16, 17, 415, Von lliigel, 172

Super-excellenl, 191 WeslcoU, 21S

Supra-Divine, 191 WordswoiUi, 95, 99

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