Sveriges mest populära poddar
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

Mystery and Initiation in Plato

33 min•21 maj 2018
Logga in för att spara

Om avsnittet

The idea of initiation is central to western esotericism, but its origins lie in the mystery-cults of the Græco-Roman world. How do we get from ancient ritual practices to a special kind of transcendent knowledge or wisdom? Via Plato, of course.

Fler avsnitt

Visa alla avsnitt av Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

Early Islamic ‘Mahdism’: Radical Politics, Apocalyptic, and the Esoteric

54 min

The Struggle for Esoteric Authority in Early Islām: The Shī‘a and the Ghulāt

1 tim 17 min

Prolegomena to the Development of the Shī‘a and of Shī‘ī Esotericisms in the Eighth Century and Beyond

49 min

Islām and Esotericism in the Eighth Century: The Umayyad Era and the Question of Islām as ‘Religion’

1 tim 2 min

Into the Archives with Alicia Walker

1 tim 1 min

Alicia Walker on Everyday Magical Culture in East Rome

38 min

Three Ancient Sages: On East Roman Magical Books

56 min

Gerasimos Merianos on East Roman Alchemy in Late Antiquity and Beyond, Part II

39 min

Gerasimos Merianos on East Roman Alchemy in Late Antiquity and Beyond, Part I

46 min

The Horoscope of Islām and The Alchemical Stone: Maria Papathanassiou on Stephanos of Alexandria, Part II

33 min

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP) med Earl Fontainelle finns tillgänglig på flera plattformar. Informationen på denna sida kommer från offentliga podd-flöden.