Plethon’s Philosophical Neopagan Theology

The philosopher George Gemistos Plethon (c.1355–1452) developed a Neopagan theology and religion based on Platonic philosophy and the gods of ancient Greece, as understood by Platonists and other ancient sages. It is, he claimed, based on universal principles—a prisca theologia—known from the most ancient times (5000 years before the Trojan War!). Although much of his Book of Laws was destroyed by an intolerant churchman, his ideas were very influential on Renaissance mages such as Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola.

• Plethon’s Book of Laws (English translation of surviving parts)
• Concordance between Opsopaus paragraph numbers and Alexandre page numbers used in the above online translation
  
• Plethon’s Commentary on the Magical Oracles (AKA Chaldean Oracles, English translation)
• Parallel Greek and English for Plethon's Text, Commentary, and Brief Explanations of the Magical Oracles (pdf)
  
• Antique images and descriptions of the gods
• New AI-generated images and descriptions of the gods
  
• Using Plethon’s Sacred Calendar (with spreadsheets)
• Searchable and editable Greek text of Plethon’s Νόμων Συγγραφή (Book of Laws) from Alexandre (1858): pdf or odt
  
• In case of OCR errors, compare with scanned Greek text from Alexandre [pdf]
• Searchable and editable Greek text of Plethon’s Νόμων Συγγραφή (Book of Laws) integrating the Manuscript Supplement and corrections from Hladký (2014) into Alexandre (1858), reformatted: html or odt
  

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Updated: March 14, 2023