A comprehensive and accessible tour of reality, from the idea that there is more to reality than nature to the profound and thunderous unraveling of all things from the Gods.
A comprehensive and accessible tour of reality, from the idea that there is more to reality than nature to the profound and thunderous unraveling of all things from the Gods.
Paganism & neo-paganism, Religious, Theism
Scattered articles, impenetrable vocabularies; until now there has yet to be a single volume that shows what all things look like in the big picture from a polytheist perspective. Pagan Portals - Polytheism: A Platonic Approach fills that gap. Drawing on the wisdom of the Platonists, this book gives the reader a comprehensive, unified and accessible tour of reality, from the rather innocuous assumption that something is beyond Nature to the profound and thunderous unravelling of all things from the Gods.
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Steven Dillon’s new book Pagan Portals - Polytheism: A Platonic Approach, is a rather wondrous work of heartfelt prose that takes on the big questions about the Gods and the world in a way that will be useful to polytheists in any tradition; or to seekers just trying to understand a polytheistic worldview. Simply put, this is the kind of book that those interested at an early age would have killed for when they had begun looking into polytheism ie: a pithy and informal presentation of the gist of a polytheist worldview, what it all looks like in the big picture: the Gods, the world and us. Running at less than 80 pages, it may well be a brisk read, and one that is wholly not a presentation of its history or the practices and beliefs of this or that polytheist religion, but of the idea of polytheism itself and what it implies about everything else, but it is most definitely one that keeps the reader enthralled from start to finish. Whether they be of the mind of the author or someone just popping in to see what all the noise is about, each and every reader will most assuredly leave with a clearer mind on the subject and, hopefully, some questions that still need answering. FULL REVIEW: https://annecarlini.com/ex_books.php?id=372 ~ Exclusive Magazine, Review
This short book is a very interesting exposition and defence of a polycentric Platonic theism (of something like the kind defended by Proclus, Plotinus and Iamblichus). Many readers will be struck by similarities between familiar kinds of Thomism and the view defended in this book. Polycentric Platonic theism embraces, for example, divine transcendence, divine ineffability, divine otherness and divine simplicity. ~ Graham Oppy
Steven Dillon's book is a major contribution to the polytheist revival, taking on the big questions about the Gods and the world in a way that will be useful to polytheists in any tradition, or to seekers just trying to understand a polytheistic worldview. Dillon draws upon major currents of the Western philosophical tradition without requiring any prior familiarity with these. Through his careful, step-by-step arguments, the reader will come to see the rational basis for devotion to the Gods. ~ Edward P. Butler, PhD, Director, Center for Global Polytheist and Indigenous Traditions, Indic Academy
