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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordHieropoiia is the performance or establishment of sacred acts.
- In StobaeusThe Hermetic teachers establish rites on earth corresponding to heavenly mysteries, after learning the creator’s ordinance that lower things share in the affections of higher ones.
- In this edition“Sacred rites” is clear; “ritual performance” emphasizes the activity rather than its institution.
- A place to beginEarthly sacred rites are aligned with heavenly mysteries.
- English renderings
- sacred rite; ritual performance
Meaning
Hieropoiia is the performance or establishment of sacred acts. The compound emphasizes making or doing what is sacred.
Use in the book
The Hermetic teachers establish rites on earth corresponding to heavenly mysteries, after learning the creator’s ordinance that lower things share in the affections of higher ones. Ritual action is thus grounded in a proposed cosmic correspondence. The text does not give a complete manual of its performance.
Places to read
- I.49.44.79Earthly sacred rites are aligned with heavenly mysteries.
Translation in this edition
“Sacred rites” is clear; “ritual performance” emphasizes the activity rather than its institution.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 406–407. The adjective describing the relation suggests alignment or perpendicular correspondence; the translation does not supply an additional ritual system.