These selections from ancient sources provide powerful testimony of a transmitted mystical dimension, a “Golden Chain,†within Platonism and Pythagoreanism. Presenting key writings of the most important sources of Pythagorean, Platonic and Neoplatonic thought, The Golden Chain defines this philosophy as a spiritual and contemplative way of life that ultimately leads to the vision of God. These writings point to underlying influences from Chaldean, Egyptian, ...