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Work #523 · Late

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

St. Symeon the New Theologian
c. 1020 · Koine Greek
Mystical hymns · Byzantine hesychast-mystical theology

Symeon's c. 1020 mystical hymns — foundational Byzantine mystical-experiential theology

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Attribute Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

The mystical-experiential time of divine encounter.

Space

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

The space of present divine-light experience.

Matter

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

The embodied mystic experiencing divine light.

Observer

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

The mystically-experiencing Christian.

Energy

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

Energies of uncreated divine light.

Information

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

58 mystical hymns.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Hymns of Divine Love (Hymnoi tōn Theiōn Erōtōn)

Symeon's experiential emphasis controversial in his own time, foundational for later hesychasm.