{"id":152,"date":"2016-07-26T00:51:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2018-10-21T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T19:55:24","slug":"dionysios-ii-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/governance\/dionysios-ii-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sovereign Successor of the Ekklesia Neoplatonismos Theourgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venerable Above All,<a href=\"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/xDionysios-arms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-318 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/xDionysios-arms-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/xDionysios-arms-240x300.png 240w, http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/xDionysios-arms.png 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDr. Jeffrey S. Kuppermanm, Ph.D., Hi.Np.<br \/>\nIn Ekklesia \u03c7DIONYSIOS \u03b2<\/p>\n<p><em>Sovereign Successor of the Ekklesia Neoplatonismos Theourgia, Teletarch of the United States, Arch-Hierarch of Wisconsin, Prytanis of the Divine Iamblichos Adyton &#8211; Stevens Point, Wisconsin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Panhypersebastos (Venerable Above All) \u03c7Dionysios \u03b2 founded the Ekklesia Neoplatonismos Theourgia in 2011. He sees the Ekklesia as a vehicle for the resurgence of religious Platonism and theurgic devotion as inspired by the divine Iamblichos.<\/p>\n<p>\u03c7Dionysios \u03b2 is an initiate of a number of esoteric traditions and is an active \u00a0Freemason. He is devoted to educating about, and the proliferation of, the Neoplatonic theurgic tradition as well as interfaith and inter-tradition dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>As a scholar, \u03c7Dionysios \u03b2 earned his doctorate from Liverpool Hope University and has an academic background in philosophy, religious studies, psychology, and graphic design. He has taught philosophy, religious studies, theology, and anthropology. \u03c7Dionysios \u03b2 is also a writer and a painter of icons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venerable Above All, Dr. Jeffrey S. Kuppermanm, Ph.D., Hi.Np. In Ekklesia \u03c7DIONYSIOS \u03b2 Sovereign Successor of the Ekklesia Neoplatonismos Theourgia, Teletarch of the United States, Arch-Hierarch of Wisconsin, Prytanis of the Divine Iamblichos Adyton &#8211; Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Panhypersebastos (Venerable <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/governance\/dionysios-ii-ph-d\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/338"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theourgia.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}