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Contested Esotericisms at the End of Antiquity: Simplicius, Philoponus, and Olympiodorus
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Indhold leveret af Earl Fontainelle. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Earl Fontainelle eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.
We discuss three of the most important thinkers from the final generations of philosophical teaching at Alexandria. One is an upstart Christian. Two are esoteric Platonists of the Golden Chain. One may or may not have been an alchemist.
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Contested Esotericisms at the End of Antiquity: Simplicius, Philoponus, and Olympiodorus
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
Manage episode 445425620 series 1694537
Indhold leveret af Earl Fontainelle. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Earl Fontainelle eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.
We discuss three of the most important thinkers from the final generations of philosophical teaching at Alexandria. One is an upstart Christian. Two are esoteric Platonists of the Golden Chain. One may or may not have been an alchemist.
…
continue reading
200 episoder
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×1 Paul Pasquesi on the Book of the Holy Hierotheos 57:40
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57:40We discuss one of the lesser-known, but most esoterically-important, classics of Syriac spiritual literature, the Book of the Holy Hierotheos . Hierotheos was said to have been the teacher of Dionysius the Areopagite, but he wrote in Syriac, and taught a suspiciously-Evagrian practice of ascent to god.…
1 The Pseudo-Dionysios, the Esoteric, and (Christian) Mysticism 1:06:05
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1:06:05We turn to the questions: What is ‘mystical’ in the Corpus Dionysiacum ? What is esoteric? The answers we come up with involve pretty much every aspect of the western esoteric traditions, and, after all the initiatory liturgy, esoteric scriptural hermeneutics, and theandric activity are cleared away, there remains the ascent to ‘the ray of the divine shadow’.…
1 Naming Divine Nothingness: Introducing the Pseudo-Dionysios 1:09:18
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1:09:18Into the divine darkness of a hyper-non-existent god walks the Pseudo-Dionysios. In this episode we join many esoteric currents from the antique and late-antique past into a new synthesis which will forever shape western esotericism going forward.
1 One Empire, Many Names: Reading “Byzantium” with Anthony Kaldellis 1:22:25
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1:22:25We are delighted to speak with Anthony Kaldellis about ‘Byzantium’, fabled empire full of Greek-speaking Romans which never fell until the fifteenth century, and which plays an outsize role in the history of western esotericism. Come for the historiographical debates about the term ‘Byzantine’, stay for the ‘Byzantine’ court astrology.…
1 Contested Esotericisms at the End of Antiquity: Simplicius, Philoponus, and Olympiodorus 1:00:17
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1:00:17We discuss three of the most important thinkers from the final generations of philosophical teaching at Alexandria. One is an upstart Christian. Two are esoteric Platonists of the Golden Chain. One may or may not have been an alchemist.
1 The Last Platonists? Philosophic Teaching, Christianity, and Polytheism in Late-Antique Alexandria 42:34
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42:34We discuss how Platonist philosophical teaching played out at Alexandria before Justinian's edict of 529 and in its aftermath. Featuring cameo appearances from the fall of the western Roman empire and Horapollo's Hieroglyphika .
1 All from Nothing: Sara Rappe on Damascius 51:00
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51:00We discuss the great Damascius, final scholarch of the Athenian Academy, with Sara Rappe. Things become very apophatic.
1 Hagia Sophia and the Problem of ‘Esoteric Architecture’ 1:04:02
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1:04:02We discuss Justinian's great church, Hagia Sophia, the gem of Constantinople and of Orthodox Christianity. We then look at a number of theories out there which read Hagia Sophia as encoding esoteric messages beneath her Orthodox exterior, and use this case-study as a springboard for discussing the thorny problems involved in interpreting architecture, especially esoteric architecture.…
1 Kevin van Bladel on the Ṣābians of Ḥarrān and the Fate of the Athenian Academy 54:46
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54:46We discuss the fascinating town of Ḥarrān (in present-day Türkiye), a place known from late antiquity until at least the eleventh century for its continued tradition of astral, polytheist worship. Kevin van Bladel tells us much to enthral us about this place, but also crushes the dream of a continued tradition of Athenian Late Platonism at Ḥarrān.…
1 Edward Watts on the Age of Justinian and the Closing of the Athenian Academy 1:09:36
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1:09:36We discuss the life, times, and reign of Justinian, ‘probably the most consequential Roman emperor, at least since Constantine, and maybe since Augustus.’ He transformed the empire; nothing would be the same after his reign. Said reign also saw the closure of the Athenian academy and a number of crucial crises within Christianity, all of which are essential for the history of western esotericism.…
1 Danielle Layne on Proclus’ Religious Life and Thought 51:40
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51:40We are delighted to discuss what you might call Proclean spirituality with Danielle Layne. Platonic prayer as a way of living, the erotic quest for the Good, and the ever-elusive Platonic Dyad feature in a wide-ranging conversation combining proper philosophical-historical rigour with the true love of wisdom.…
1 Graeme Miles on Proclus the Commentator 43:23
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43:23We discuss Proclus' titanic labours in the field of commentary – on many Platonic dialogues, but also on the Chaldæan Oracles , the Homeric poems, and a number of other texts – with Graeme Miles, an acute reader of Platonist philosophy and part of the team translating Proclus' Republic commentary into English. Come for Platonic commentary as spiritual practice, stay for the kosmic-astrological reading of the Myth of Er.…
1 The Esoteric Proclus, Part II: Esoteric Exegesis and the Occult Ontology of Language 59:22
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59:22We enter the interconnected webwork of a reality where signs are things, things are signs, and everything means everything, but appropriately. Come for the visionary semiotics, stay for the occult sigils.
1 The Esoteric Proclus, Part I: The Life and Thought of an Esoteric Sage 1:14:47
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1:14:47We look further into Proclus' esoteric doings, as a sage whose privileged status is marked by inspirations and epiphanies, omens and miracles. We then attempt a (shamefully oversimplified) summary of some important aspects of his (meta)physics.
1 Dylan Burns on Proclus the Successor 52:14
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52:14We welcome Dylan Burns back to the podcast to discuss the life, works, and philosophy of Proclus the Successor. ‘All in all, but appropriately to each’
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