What question did this study set out to answer?

To create a concept map illustrating the transmission of light-ontology from Plotinian Neoplatonism to Christian and Islamic traditions.

June 15, 2026Open Access

The Light-Ontology Triangle: Plotinus, Pseudo-Dionysius, and the Mishkat al-Anwar (A Cross-Tradition Concept Map)

Key Points

To create a concept map illustrating the transmission of light-ontology from Plotinian Neoplatonism to Christian and Islamic traditions.
Developed the Hekhal Rosetta engine for concept mapping.
Analyzed the connections between Plotinian Neoplatonism, Christian Dionysian thought, and al-Ghazali's work.
Published findings in an openly accessible format for scholarly collaboration.
Identified a documented transmission line from Neoplatonism to the Dionysian tradition.
Established a structural parallel between the Christian and Islamic articulations of light-ontology.
Facilitated corrections and contributions from scholars through open licensing.

Abstract

An original cross-tradition concept map (Hekhal Rosetta engine) of light-ontology: a documented transmission line from Plotinian Neoplatonism into the Christian Dionysian tradition, with a structurally parallel Islamic articulation in al-Ghazali's Mishkat al-Anwar. The triangle has two documented edges (the genuinely-transmitted late-antique Christian Neoplatonist synthesis) and one structural edge (Ghazali, structurally parallel without a single documented transmission channel), each marked honestly. Published openly at hekhal.org/maps/light-ontology-triangle. Status: openly licensed reference synthesis (CC-BY-SA-4.0); corrections from scholars are genuinely welcomed.

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