Is Tolma the Cause of First otherness for Plotinus?

Deepa Majumdar holds a D.S.Sc.(doctorate of social science) degree from The New School for Social Research, where she wrote her dissertation on Plotinus‘ philosophy of time. Her publications include a paper on Plotinus‘ mysticism and a forthcoming book (to be published by Ashgate Publishing) on Plotinus‘ cosmology. She has research interests also in the area of comparative theology—specifically the Vedantic tradition of Hinduism and Plotinian cosmology and mysticism. She works at present at Purdue University North Central and can be reached at dmajumda@pnc.edu.