This series covers events from 01/23/1981 - 03/04/1981

In this series of classes, Anthony Damiani explores the Idea of Man as a divine Idea within the Intellectual-Principle (Nous), drawing primarily from Plotinus's Enneads and Neo-Platonic philosophy. The series develops a sophisticated threefold understanding of how the Idea of Man manifests across different levels of reality: in Being, Soul, and the Cosmos. Each level is represented by a 12-fold zodiacal structure, creating three concentric rings that can be superimposed to show the correlations between divine, psychic, and cosmic manifestations. This creates what Damiani calls "three zodiacs"—a revolutionary approach to understanding the Idea of Man. The series demonstrates Damiani's method of taking an individual Idea in the Nous, represented by one of the 12 houses of the "metaphysical chart," and showing how that Idea is "a special and unique form of the whole" by applying all 12 metaphysical principles to understand that Idea's structure. Key concepts include Plotinus's "double knower," the relationship between Soul and the Nous, and how Soul projects meaning onto experience.

Classes and documents available in this series