Indexes
Index of Premodern Authors
Adomnán of Iona
133–134n150, 320n218
Aristides
13, 15, 30, 55, 57, 62, 74, 103, 104,
Aristotle
57, 111n12, 118n52, 121, 130, 196, 199n183, 323n236,
Athanasius of Alexandria
9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 61, 63, 64, 71, 75, 76, 77, 80, 90, 92n167, 93, 96, 97–107, 109, 110, 132, 150, 151n253, 152n259, 160, 166, 169, 170, 171–185, 190, 191, 192, 194, 198n177, 204, 206, 209, 214–215, 219, 223, 225, 237, 242, 243, 244, 246, 261, 263n191, 264, 272, 300, 303, 313, 316, 322, 331n12, 338, 348, 367
Bardaisan
15, 29n11, 36n60, 45n106
Barsanuphius
46, 47, 48
Basil of Caesarea
8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 107, 128, 144n211, 152n256, 177, 190, 191, 193, 201, 206, 211, 220–280, 281–292, 294, 296–297, 298, 299, 300–304, 305, 306, 308, 311, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318n195, 319, 321, 322, 327, 338, 339, 340n54, 347, 348, 349, 350n89, 356, 357, 367, 370
Clement of Alexandria
10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 33n36, 47, 48, 56, 61, 63, 64, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81–96, 97, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112–135, 136, 138, 145, 146, 150, 151, 152, 156, 157n290, 160, 161, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 179, 180, 184, 187, 189, 197, 199, 203, 206, 207, 214, 216, 227, 228, 236, 252, 261, 262, 267, 269, 270, 277, 298, 303, 325, 367
Clement of Rome
13, 16, 55–56, 68, 70, 72n59, 76, 77
Evagrius Ponticus
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 24, 109, 110, 111, 150, 153, 158, 170, 172, 173, 184, 186–218, 219, 254, 264, 272n220, 274, 308, 367
Gregory of Nyssa
8, 13, 14, 19, 20–22, 78, 85, 90, 127n110, 145, 157n291, 165n330, 190–191, 192, 233, 246, 249n141, 263n192, 266, 269, 270, 281–328, 331, 332–349, 350, 351–352, 357, 358, 359, 361, 367, 370
Gregory Palamas
320n318
Gregory Thaumaturgus
137n166, 138n172–173, 142n202–203, 144n213–214, 148, 150, 153, 155n276
Gregory the Theologian (of Nazianzus)
29n12, 46–48, 267, 353n105
Heraclitus
246
Hesiod
247, 344
Ignatius of Antioch
10, 12, 13, 16, 24, 50, 53, 62, 63, 64–76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 90, 94, 96, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 132, 225, 277, 367, 370
Irenaeus of Lyon
10, 16, 24, 62, 63, 64, 76–81, 83, 87, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 131, 132, 160, 167, 168, 277, 367
John Chrysostom
13, 21, 24, 37n62, 46n113, 238n88, 248–249, 306, 331, 349–363
John Climacus
46, 47, 48, 187
John Damascene
322n225
John Donne
79
John Philoponus
298n106, 303, 336n35
Justin Martyr
13, 46, 47, 48, 54, 116n41, 183
(Ps-)Macarius
15, 31, 36, 40–43, 46, 186, 190n119
Maximus the Confessor
10, 47, 48, 68, 78, 84n125, 103, 105, 122, 155n278, 162, 165, 166n334, 184, 187, 203n210, 205n225, 246, 261n185, 262n188, 336n34
Nemesius of Emesa
13, 21, 22, 303, 319n202, 332, 335, 336n35, 343n70, 363
Origen of Alexandria
8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17–18, 19, 20, 24, 46, 47, 48, 50, 76, 77, 81, 85, 86n130, 98n200, 109, 110–112, 134n150, 136–169, 171, 172, 174–179, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 191, 194n148, 199, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 211–218, 219, 232, 239, 240, 245, 254, 256n158, 261–262, 265n197, 266n198, 268, 269, 271, 274, 285, 286, 294–295, 298, 305, 308, 311, 319, 327, 349, 353n102, 367
Philo the Alexandrian
7, 8, 16, 22, 24, 64, 67, 68n36, 72, 77, 79, 80, 83–85, 87, 92, 96, 98n198, 103, 104, 107, 111, 113, 118, 122n85, 134n153, 143, 149n241, 187n104, 227, 247, 271, 277n248, 313n176, 318n201, 331, 335n33–34, 339, 340, 344, 345n74, 346n78, 347, 350, 359, 363
Plato
7, 8, 35, 44, 77n88, 89, 91, 96, 111, 114, 115, 117, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 129n119, 130, 131, 135, 143, 154, 161, 180n61, 187n104, 195, 200, 203, 210, 212, 217, 236n82, 277, 298, 311, 335n34, 339, 344n71, 353n103
Polycarp of Smyrna
76
Ptolemy
232, 322, 339, 367
Sarapion of Thmuis
46–48, 191, 192, 194–195, 201n199
Symeon the New Theologian
251n145
Tatian the Assyrian
231
Theodore of Mopsuestia
13, 21, 284n17, 332, 358, 363
Theodoret of Cyrus
13, 21, 23, 332, 354n107, 354n112, 355–357, 359n138–139, 363
Index of Terms
actualisation/actuality
37, 254, 315, 316, 319, 320, 326, 351
agency
Christian
45, 47, 56, 59, 60, 372
divine
52n137, 54, 71, 85, 88, 90, 91, 95, 97, 101, 102, 103, 237, 244, 249, 312, 364, 369
human
352
anagogic (hermeneutic)
20, 184, 278, 299
analogical/analogy
21–23, 24, 26, 43, 44–45, 65–67, 76–81, 85n126, 89, 94, 98–106, 131, 132, 148n237, 159, 161, 167, 176, 179, 180, 182, 184, 207, 214, 217, 242, 272, 278, 289, 306n149, 319, 324, 331, 332, 335, 345, 347–349, 354, 357, 358n134, 359–362
“another scripture”
6, 9, 16, 63, 106, 108, 170, 178, 179, 181, 182, 185, 205, 209, 219, 223, 258, 259, 261, 270
anthropic (cosmological) principle/thinking
4–5, 15, 21, 22, 47–48, 53, 57, 132, 164–165, 167, 229, 240, 258, 329–332, 334–335, 336, 337, 344, 345, 347, 349, 355–357, 358, 362–364, 365, 370, 371
apologetic (discourse, genre)
8, 15, 21, 30, 44n99, 63, 81, 97, 102, 227, 228, 282, 292, 297, 299–302, 303, 316, 326, 333, 367, 370
ascesis/asceticism
4, 9, 11, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 40, 46–48, 137, 149, 171–175, 177, 179, 182–185, 188–192, 196–198, 200, 201, 206, 211, 214–215, 217, 221, 263–264, 269, 350–353, 360, 370, 371
astrological/astrology
225, 232n62, 266, 273
astronomical/astronomy
49–51, 55, 69, 73–74, 117, 123, 125, 144, 221, 227, 231, 287, 322, 323
atomism/atomistic
89, 229n52, 233, 235, 312, 315n181
Big History
4, 5, 307, 334, 345, 364, 365, 370
biological/biology
221, 225, 227, 228, 256, 296, 329, 333, 334, 336n35, 347, 354, 370
biosphere
22, 23, 254, 255, 331, 357, 371
catharsis
117, 188, 263, 286
see also purification
celestial
see also sidereal
bodies
54, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 94, 160n302, 162n312, 164, 179, 284, 320, 323, 324
choir(s)
68, 72, 73
choreography
73
Logos
87, 88
music
69, 94, 96, 103
occurrence/phenomenon/sign
70, 71
order
68, 131, 151, 347, 368
spheres
74, 154, 157, 322, 324, 339, 340
chaos/chaotic
6, 21, 91, 132, 153, 246, 247–249, 254, 274, 294, 304–307, 310
choir/chorus
27, 64–76, 77n88, 81, 82, 86–87, 88, 90, 99, 104–107, 179, 277n250, 357, 369, 372
christological/christology
25n39, 71, 72, 125, 157, 212, 274
cold dark matter
306, 314
compassion/compassionate
39, 40, 44, 47, 190, 194, 372
complementarity
48, 85n128, 319
contemplation/contemplative
3, 9–11, 14, 16–20, 23, 24, 25n42, 45, 55, 57–58, 59, 64, 65, 80, 82, 93, 103, 108, 109–135, 136–138, 147, 150–151, 152n261, 153–160, 166n331, 169, 170–185, 188, 189–190, 192–210, 211, 216–219, 220, 223, 227, 236, 237, 258–261, 263n192, 265–279, 286, 298, 317, 318, 326, 348, 367, 370, 371, 373
convergence/convergent
16, 22, 34, 91n163, 92, 100, 130–131, 167, 236, 242, 245, 304, 313, 314, 353n104, 359n138
see also synergetic/synergy
continuum
50, 248, 251, 253, 316, 337, 340, 343, 347, 364
creationism
245, 248, 251, 255, 257, 280
darkness
21, 73, 132, 157, 217, 224, 285, 304–308, 313, 321, 336, 355n118, 368
disciplina arcani
267–268, 308
(cosmic) diversity/multiplicity
77–78, 81, 92, 97, 103, 105, 131, 148, 152, 165–167, 180, 195–196, 206, 211, 245, 250, 306, 317, 319, 321–326
dynamic (universe)/(cosmic) dynamism
13, 16, 21, 23, 61, 66, 92, 93, 95, 120, 179n55, 184, 211, 242–246, 249, 254, 257, 258, 280, 304, 313, 316, 317, 319, 320, 323, 333, 358, 369
ecology
2, 5, 277n248, 330, 364, 366, 371
ecosystem
5, 6, 7, 45, 57, 248, 330, 332, 341, 342n64, 346, 347, 357, 361, 363, 364, 367, 370
(fundamental/natural/physical) elements
27, 51, 53, 55, 59, 89, 90, 102, 103, 159, 165–166, 179n55, 232–233, 247, 249, 268, 287, 296, 307n152, 313n176, 314, 318, 323–324, 334, 335n33, 338, 340, 356, 368, 372
energy
cosmic/natural
20, 167, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248–250, 253, 305, 310, 321, 323, 324, 327, 368, 372
dark
256
divine/supernatural
20, 133, 167, 233, 242, 245, 249–250, 253, 255–256, 258, 265, 305, 306, 312, 327, 368, 372
spiritual
46, 47, 372
environment/environmental
1–2, 22, 23, 27, 47, 55, 160, 255, 279, 330, 333, 353, 355, 357, 360n141–142, 365, 371, 372
environmental history
4, 5, 361, 364, 370
eons
69–71, 73–75, 101
(single) event (and multiple events)
21, 53, 69, 75, 78, 147, 235, 239, 245, 248, 251, 283, 294, 304, 306–307, 314, 316–326, 328
evolution/evolutionism
5, 21, 22, 61, 245, 255, 257, 280, 318, 319n202, 320, 326, 330, 333, 335, 336
exegetical/exegesis
3, 8, 21, 22, 24, 28, 63, 80n106, 111, 136, 139n177, 143, 153, 161, 205n225, 215, 221, 223, 259, 270, 281, 282, 288, 292–293, 296, 298, 301, 305, 322, 327, 370
fire
51, 54, 232–233, 246, 287, 290, 291, 296, 301, 314, 315n181, 318, 322, 323, 356
fractal(s)
6, 91, 92, 93, 96, 153, 316
fundamental (elements, processes, reality)
5, 51, 89, 90, 91, 131, 148, 165, 185, 207, 228, 231, 233n67, 244, 246, 257, 256, 257, 268, 287, 307n151–152, 313, 314, 318, 320, 323–325, 334, 348, 368, 372
(animal, divine, human) gentle/gentleness
22–23, 59n161, 167, 193, 195, 350–353, 354, 355n117, 360, 362, 371
(cosmic) harmony/harmonious
14, 16, 27, 29, 53, 55, 59, 62, 65–68, 70, 76, 77–78, 79, 81, 84–96, 98–104, 106, 108, 126, 134, 165, 167, 169, 178–182, 242, 272, 277n250, 333, 363, 369, 371, 372, 373
(astronomical, spiritual) heaven
7, 38, 45, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56n153, 57, 71–73, 101, 121, 131, 148, 153, 157, 159, 160, 162, 164, 174, 220, 227, 232, 233, 240, 247n130, 284, 288, 292n70, 298, 304, 308, 318, 320–322, 339
see also sky
hermeneutical/hermeneutics
3, 9, 11, 17, 19, 115, 132, 142, 147, 158, 159, 161, 181, 183–185, 191, 205, 214, 219, 231, 241, 254, 259, 262n188, 263, 264, 270, 273, 297, 367, 369, 372
heuristic
17, 18, 20, 138, 139, 141, 145–146, 150, 157, 213, 214, 216, 218, 220, 232, 268, 269, 302, 308–309
hierarchical (cosmos)/(cosmic) hierarchy
211, 306n149, 337, 339, 343, 347, 349, 358, 361, 363
holiness/holy (life, people)
10–11, 17, 24, 25n41, 87, 110–122, 124, 126–129, 131–135, 138, 142, 143, 147, 149–153, 169, 170, 171–174, 176, 193, 195, 206, 209, 219, 262, 269, 372
(cosmic, ontological) homogeneity/homogenous
131, 164–166, 168, 248, 251, 321, 323–325, 347, 363
see also unity
(divine) image
2, 22, 57, 133, 148, 164n320, 174, 175, 177, 178, 338–344, 348, 349–354, 357, 358n134, 360–361, 363, 371
immanence/immanent
see also presence
Christian
15, 30, 32–35, 38, 44–48, 50, 53, 56, 372
divine
258
incarnation
52–53, 65, 75, 95, 101, 147, 152n261, 211, 311
(cosmic) infrastructure
47, 91, 93, 125, 164n324, 165–167, 369
(mystical, religious) initiation
95, 113, 116, 121, 175, 183, 199
(divine) likeness
148, 164n320, 174, 338, 340, 342, 350–352, 363
(Christian, divine) love
39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 52, 57, 66, 67, 86, 87, 194–195, 201, 247, 343, 360n141, 369, 372
macrocosm/macrocosmic
55, 92, 158, 248, 316, 328, 339
(cosmic) meaning/meaningful (cosmos)
5, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 52–53, 55, 59, 62, 63, 76–81, 82, 89, 92–94, 96, 97, 100, 106, 118–119, 121, 125, 126, 153, 155, 160, 163, 176, 179, 181–184, 195, 211, 219, 224, 226, 229n52, 239–240, 256–257, 259, 261, 270–277, 279, 298, 299, 301, 334, 349, 362–363, 369, 371–373
melodic/melodious
16, 62, 63, 76, 79–81, 85, 87, 89–91, 94, 98, 101–103, 105–106, 108, 367, 371
see also music/musical
metaphor/metaphorical
10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 34, 44, 65–67, 69, 72, 81, 82, 86n133, 89, 91, 94–96, 104, 106, 131, 134n150, 145, 147, 148, 149, 152, 155, 183, 194, 213, 214–216, 218, 225, 239, 247, 249–250, 277, 294, 299, 306, 323, 332, 350, 363
microcosm/microcosmic
55, 85, 92, 337–340, 341, 347, 359n138, 371
moon
50, 53, 55, 69, 70, 72, 74, 119, 339, 358, 361
music/musical
4, 10, 16, 23, 24, 62–68, 74, 75, 77–80, 82–91, 93, 94, 96–108, 109, 123, 131, 144, 176, 180, 184, 315, 367, 369, 373
see also melodic/melodious
mystagogical/mystagogy
113n27, 122, 260, 267, 269
mystery (of reality)
53, 54n147, 55, 56, 114, 117–118, 126, 130n122, 133, 153, 165n329, 204–206, 256, 258, 270, 271, 273, 278, 356, 373
natural (laws, phenomena, world)
2, 7, 15, 17, 20, 21, 27, 39, 56, 70, 73, 74, 84–85, 90–93, 108, 112, 121, 123–126, 130, 135, 153, 155, 166–167, 177, 178, 181, 185, 196, 203, 204n219, 205, 206, 208, 218, 225–226, 228–230, 233–235, 237, 239–240, 241, 242, 243n116, 244–246, 248–249, 251, 253–257, 258n165, 265, 274, 280, 281, 282, 285, 287–288, 290, 291, 295, 296n94, 300, 302–306, 312, 313, 314n179, 315, 316, 321, 323–326, 327, 331, 335, 337, 340, 343, 344, 355n117, 356, 357n128, 360n141, 362, 365, 368–370, 372–373
naturalism/naturalistic
73, 74, 121, 125, 130, 166, 234, 242, 245, 251, 255, 257, 280, 282, 302–304, 320, 321, 326, 327
see also physical/physicalism/physicalist
overlord/overlordship
57, 346, 353–354, 357, 359, 362, 364
(cosmic) pattern(s)
6, 16, 91, 92, 109, 119, 120, 125, 153, 154n268, 155, 161, 164n322, 183, 207, 236, 314, 316, 335, 369
pedagogical/pedagogy
10, 17, 82, 83, 107, 112, 138, 141, 169, 197, 211, 213, 214, 216, 258–250, 265, 271, 279, 308, 309, 372
physical/physicalism/physicalist
18, 55, 62, 74, 75, 103, 104, 108, 114, 115, 119, 121, 123, 125–131, 144, 153, 159, 165, 201, 203, 205, 225, 231, 233, 256, 257, 281–283, 286–288, 296, 305, 306, 319, 322, 324, 326, 327, 340, 342, 343, 353, 367, 368
see also naturalism/naturalistic
physics
ancient
17, 18, 55, 59, 109–111, 113, 115, 123, 124, 125, 126–129, 142, 150n246, 153, 158, 166n331, 168, 189, 201, 205, 207, 216, 221, 232, 233, 261, 287, 296, 311, 313, 315, 320, 321, 323, 333, 334
quantum/modern
1, 155, 228, 246, 313, 316, 325, 329
potential/potentiality
75, 85, 243n108, 244, 246, 249, 250, 254, 280, 306, 313–316, 319–320, 326, 336, 361, 368
(ascetic, philosophical, spiritual) practice/praxis
28, 33, 86, 108, 111n12, 116, 197, 199, 201, 216, 221, 269, 350, 352
presence
see immanence/immanent
Christian
15, 23, 26, 34, 46, 47, 50, 363, 364
divine
25n41, 50, 56, 90, 93, 99, 125, 150, 152, 242, 244, 249, 256, 258, 277, 280, 304, 314, 333n23
providence/providential
15, 32, 45, 54, 56, 62, 91, 93, 97, 100–102, 106, 125, 140, 155n274, 164, 167, 168, 176, 177, 181, 184, 195, 208, 209, 211, 237, 242n104, 243, 244, 257, 274, 297n99, 333n23, 369, 371
Ptolemaic system
232, 322, 339, 367
purification
20, 117, 118, 137, 140n184, 152, 158n297, 174n25, 178, 181, 182, 200, 203, 204n218, 263–266, 269, 273, 286, 373
see also catharsis
(cosmic) purpose/purposeful (universe)
57, 59, 93, 95, 96, 233, 241, 242, 256, 257, 271, 274–275, 280, 306, 318, 360n141, 362, 369, 371, 373
representation(s) of reality
8, 11, 14, 16, 21, 25, 49, 51, 55–58, 59, 62, 64, 74, 76, 77, 78, 82, 87, 90, 96, 107, 108, 130, 164, 168, 184, 219, 221, 223, 229, 240, 241, 242, 257, 271, 279, 326, 327, 328, 329, 366, 371
(divine) revelation
19, 31, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 71, 75, 80, 81, 87, 88, 93, 95, 106, 108, 121, 125, 127, 132, 133, 135, 176, 180, 235, 238, 264, 271, 286, 299
(cosmic) school (for souls)
20, 24, 33, 64, 160, 220, 223, 257–260, 261, 265, 270–279, 298, 348, 349, 369, 370, 372
serene/serenity
22, 43, 364
sidereal
70–76, 321–323
see also celestial
sky
55, 57, 69, 74, 103, 123, 159, 179n55, 180, 185, 247, 276, 338, 340, 345–347, 358, 361
see also heaven
(cosmic) song
63, 70, 75, 83–96, 101, 103, 105, 106, 126, 132, 176, 369
sovereignty
22, 340–344, 346–348, 350–354, 357–364
starfield
71–74, 84, 90, 94, 370
Starhymn
53, 65, 69–75, 79, 94, 101
stars
5, 50, 55, 61, 69–76, 77n88, 83n116, 101, 119, 121, 123, 158, 160n302, 180, 185, 217, 232n66, 318, 324n239, 346, 348, 358, 361
sun
53, 55, 69, 70, 72, 74, 134n150, 157n290, 229n49, 233, 248, 284, 358, 361
supernatural
21, 33, 166, 168, 177, 233, 245, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 313, 337, 368, 369
supernaturalism
245, 251, 254, 257, 280, 327
symphonic/symphony
16, 65–68, 75, 76, 79, 82, 86, 87, 89, 90, 96, 100, 101, 369
synergetic/synergy
4, 6, 20, 21, 88, 166, 167, 223, 234, 242–251, 253–258, 271, 273, 278, 280, 305–307, 313, 319, 327, 333, 368
theory
chaos-
6, 21, 153, 306, 316
of everything
4, 5, 322, 370
transcendence/transcendent
Christian
15, 38, 45, 340
divine
36, 56, 57, 60, 80, 116, 119, 121, 123, 226, 255, 299, 366
trinitarian
14, 24n39, 151, 157n289, 158, 221, 224
unity (of creation/reality)
32, 61, 66, 77, 78, 81, 86, 103, 105, 118, 131, 133, 134, 151, 166, 167, 214, 248, 255, 317, 319, 320, 322, 323, 325, 326, 362
see also homogeneity/homogenous