ESOTERICAWhile ancient philosophy disagreed on many things, there was broad agreement that the gods were good and the universe a beautiful, divinely made home. However, by the 2nd century CE a scandalous, renegade position emerged that argued that physical reality was created as a cosmic prison by a demonic Crafter - The Demiurge. Variously known as Ialdabaoth, Samael and Saklas, the malevolent Demiurge was one of the core components of what we know call "Gnosticism." But how did this shift happen, how did the Demiurge become evil? In this second episode we'll explore how polemics between early Christians and Jews seem to have posited that opponents of the Gospel had "the Father of Satan" as their Father." Who is this primordially evil "Father of Satan"? Further, we will dive into the theology of Marcion who developed early Christian scriptures and theology that concluded that the Creator of the Cosmos and the 'God' of the Old Testament was, in fact, a wicked, demonic being contrasted to the loving, divine Christ.
What is the Demiurge - Pt 2 - The Evil Creator of the Law and Father of SatanESOTERICA2024-08-09 | While ancient philosophy disagreed on many things, there was broad agreement that the gods were good and the universe a beautiful, divinely made home. However, by the 2nd century CE a scandalous, renegade position emerged that argued that physical reality was created as a cosmic prison by a demonic Crafter - The Demiurge. Variously known as Ialdabaoth, Samael and Saklas, the malevolent Demiurge was one of the core components of what we know call "Gnosticism." But how did this shift happen, how did the Demiurge become evil? In this second episode we'll explore how polemics between early Christians and Jews seem to have posited that opponents of the Gospel had "the Father of Satan" as their Father." Who is this primordially evil "Father of Satan"? Further, we will dive into the theology of Marcion who developed early Christian scriptures and theology that concluded that the Creator of the Cosmos and the 'God' of the Old Testament was, in fact, a wicked, demonic being contrasted to the loving, divine Christ.
Thumbnail based on artwork by Zdzisław BeksińskiThe Radical Origins of Spiritualism - How Communication with the Dead was RevolutionaryESOTERICA2024-10-18 | The Seance and the Ouija Board are all now common place themes in the imaginary. But from the first communications from the World of the Spirits starting in the Spring of 1848 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861 were truly radical. Acting as mediums, women and girls began a series of public revelations for total social transformation - abolition of slavery, female emancipation and social autonomy, suffrage, free love, clothing and medical reform, anti-organized religion and radical socialism. Who were these early, radical spiritualists?
Braude - Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America - amzn.to/3BLKQtT
Moore - In Search of White Crows: Spiritualism, Parapsychology, and American CultureThe Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 14 of 14 - Agrippas Afterlife - Conclusions...ESOTERICA2024-10-15 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comSorcery and Necromancy Made Easy - The Fourth Book of Occult PhilosophyESOTERICA2024-10-11 | The Three Books on Occult Philosophy by Cornelius Agrippa is much more a theoretical and literary text rather than a practice manual for occult magical practice. But, in 1559 a Fourth Book on Occult Philosophy appeared claiming to be the Ceremonial Key to unlock the powers of the Occult. This 1559 book claims to speak in Agrippa's voice and details a highly flexible method for conjuring good and evil spirits along with raising the spirits of the dead - criminal necromancy. What does this manual of magic actually teach? Did Agrippa even write it at all?
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comWhat Will We Be Studying in EGYPT? Last Chance to Register!ESOTERICA2024-10-06 | Register for this Trip of the lifetime in Egypt w / Esoterica - portal.argosdestinations.com/public/form/view/66e9e1fbb7c419003a2ed1b2What is Gothic? The Historical and Philosophical Origins of Goth and Gothic HorrorESOTERICA2024-10-04 | The Gothic summons to mind ruined medieval structures, gloomy shadows, rolling fog, the distant howl of nocturnal animals, flickering illumination, a sense of the past immensely interjecting itself to doom the present. It's an aesthetic we all recognize...it's an aesthetic some of us live. But what are the origins of Goth and Gothic Horror? By exploring the early analysis of the Sublime, the sensation of beauty but born out of pain, and the rehabilitation of the historical Goths that very aesthetic emerges first as "Gloomth," captured in Walpole's 1764 The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story. Let's dive into the beautiful horror of the sublime and the haunted darkness at the origins of the Goth aesthetic and Gothic Horror as a genre.
Join @LetsTalkReligion & @drangelapuca as we celebrate spooky season by checking out their episodes as well!
Recommended Readings:
Burke - A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origins of the Sublime and Beautiful - amzn.to/3ZPn9uK
Walpole - The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story - amzn.to/3zIb1koThe Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 12 of 14 - The Skeptical Turn?ESOTERICA2024-10-01 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comThe Origins of Evil and Qlippoth in the Divine - Kabbalah - w/@drangelapucaESOTERICA2024-09-20 | How does Kabbalah explain the origins of Evil? Famous for the Sefirot, Kabbalah also introduced the notion of the Shattering of the Vessels, the demonic Klippot (husks/shells) and the nightmare reality of the Sitra Achra (the Other Side) to explain the origins, nature and destiny of Evil. But how did these ideas develop? In this weeks' episode - a special collaboration with @drangelapuca I'll be tracing the development of how early Kabbalah understood evil: as part of the Divine Perfection, Evil thoughts of the Divine that become demons, Primordial worlds created and destroyed in the process of Creation, or a Divine Catharsis by which the coming-to-be of both God, the Sefirot and the Cosmos require a shedding of Primaeval Evil. Join me Friday as Dr. Puca explores contemporary Qliphothic Magic and I turn to the mysterious origins of Evil in the early Kabbalah.
Recommended Readings - Scholem - On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah - On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah Idel - Primeval Evil in Kabbalah: Totality, Perfection, Perfectibility - amzn.to/3TDhtQp Tishby - The Doctrine of Evil and the ‘Shell’ in Lurianic KabbalahThe Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 10 of 14 - The Mystical Works IESOTERICA2024-09-17 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comThe Occult Alchemy - A Lost Alchemical Textbook of Agrippa Has Been FOUND!ESOTERICA2024-09-13 | Agrippa is famous for his Three Books of Occult Philosophy but we also know he was a lifelong student of the Hermetic Art of Alchemy. For centuries his alchemical theory and practice were only understood from a few, brief passages in other works and letters - most still untranslated. However, in the past decade an otherwise anonymous text published in 1572 known as De Arte Chimica (On the Art of Alchemy) has been shown to have very probably been composed by Agrippa! Why do we think Agrippa wrote it? What do we learn about his practice of Alchemy? How does his Alchemy interact with his famous Three Books of Occult Philosophy? Join me as I explore a lost textbook of Agrippa's Occult Alchemy.
Agrippa - De Arte Chimica Critical Edition Matton - 978-8872523377 De Arte Chimica - archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-00001651-001/page/575/mode/1up Early Modern English Translation - alchemywebsite.com/ficino.html (Reader Beware!)The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 9 of 14 - The Occult Philosophy IVESOTERICA2024-09-10 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comWhat was Moloch? Ancient Demonic God or Ritual Fire Sacrifice?ESOTERICA2024-09-06 | What was Moloch? Usually thought of as an ancient god who demanded worship through the sacrifice of children through burning, Moloch has become a truly horrifying entity in the Western Imagination From Milton's Paradise Lost to contemporary Game Theory, Moloch conjures to mind demonic sacrifice, infants placed into its burning hands. But what do we know about Moloch? Was it a god, a demon or the ritual of fiery child sacrifice itself? From Punic North Africa to the worshipers of Yahweh in Judea, this week we will trace the history and scholarship on Moloch and the child sacrifices of Ancient Israel.
Dewrell - Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel - amzn.to/3My58cl Levenson - he Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son - amzn.to/3Tdv5Sn Stavrakopoulou - King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities - amzn.to/3AM5w4kThe Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 8 of 14 - The Occult Philosophy IIIESOTERICA2024-09-04 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Join Dr. Justin Sledge on a once in a lifetime trip to tour and study in Egypt. Highlights include:
All inclusive accommodations, food and travel within Egypt.
Daily seminars on a Ancient Mystical Technologies of Ascent, study and discussion with Dr. Sledge
Private access visits to the Coptic Museum in Cairo, the Osiris Shaft, the pyramid of Unas and the Heliopolitan sites of Abu sir/Abu Ghurab.
Visiting the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Great Pyramid (Khufu) and Sphinx of Giza, Area C the worker's barracks and tombs at Giza, Ibn Ezra Synagogue and Coptic Museum to see the Nag Hammadi library.
Saqqara, its underground galleries known as the Serapeum and the pyramid of Djoser, Heliopolis, Beni Hassan, Tel el Amarna including Akhenaton’s royal tomb, viziers’ tombs, boundary stele, remains of the royal palace and the big and small Aten temples, Tuna el Gabal and Ashmunin sites including temple of Elevated Spirits, underground catacombs, tombs of Isadora and Petosiris,
Alexandria sites of the Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii pillars, the Fort of Qaitbay citadel and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which houses the Manuscript Museum and the Serapeum/catacombs ruins.The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 7 of 14 - The Occult Philosophy IIESOTERICA2024-08-27 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Instagram: instagram.com/miriamanzovin/?hl=en TikTok: tiktok.com/@miriamanzovin?lang=en Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/miriamanzovin Twitter: twitter.com/Anzovina BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/miriamanzovin.bsky.social Mastodon: universeodon.com/@MiriamAnzovin Threads: threads.net/@miriamanzovin Website: miriamanzovin.comHow to Study like a Real Necromancer - Trithemius Library of Demonic Magic and DivinationESOTERICA2024-08-23 | The Book of Magic is a quintessential feature of the Sorcerer. But, what kind of books were actually on the shelves of real, historical Necromancers? We have a clue in the catalog of demonic magical books prepared by Trithemius in 1508 as part of his Antipalus Maleficiorum. Here we find a list of nearly 100 books of demonic conjuration, astral magic, the hermetic art of talisman creation. How many of these works still exist? How many have been published? Which ones have been lost to history? Let's explore the contents of a real library of necromancy.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comWhat is a Talisman? The De Imaginibus of Thabit Ibn QurraESOTERICA2024-08-16 | Astral forces have long been held to bind the human being within the web of fate. But, what if it were possible harness the very forces of destiny and weld them as a means of empowering human beings? The Talisman is just such a magical object: one with the power to harness astral forces by forging it at just the correct moment in time, capturing the forces of destiny. The Hermetic art of the Talisman was first described by the 9th century polymath Thabit ibn Qurra, among the final pagan sages of Harran. In his textbook, known in Latin as De Imaginibus, he provides a systematic guide for the creation of Talismans of various kinds employing a range of astrological virtuosity. While now obscure, his textbook of Talismans was one of the most important magical manuals of the medieval world.
Greer and Warnock - Astral High Magic: De Imaginibus of Thabit Ibn Qurra - amzn.to/3WLXX53
Bohak and Burnett - Thabit ibn Qurra «On Talismans» and Ps.-Ptolemy «On Images 1-9».Together with the «Liber prestigiorum Thebidis» of Adelard of Bath - https://www.sismel.it/publications/1829-thabit-ibn-qurra-on-talismans-and-ps-ptolemy-on-images-1-9together-with-the-liber-prestigiorum-thebidis-of-adelard-of-bathThe Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 5 of 14 - Magical ReformationESOTERICA2024-08-13 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
My answer is edition of the R. Yosef Ergas' 1720 Shomer Emunim - amzn.to/4dep4wi - in the edition and translation of Avinoam Fraenkel. Take a look at this episode to see why.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comThe Hidden Delight of the God Beyond God - Kabbalistic Divine Auto-EroticismESOTERICA2024-07-26 | Kabbalah teaches that nothing can be known about the primordial, hidden realm of the Infinite (Ein Sof). A oneness beyond all comprehension, an eternality beyond all contemplation. Yet, out of that blindingly dark void stirs a vast contraction of light (tzimtzum) into which pours the cascading emanations of the divines essences (sefirot). Yet, one daring Kabbalist attempted to peer into the Shining Void of Ein Sof to discover what catalyzed Some-things from No-thing-ness. R. Israel Sarug's mystical speculations set upon the eternal, infinite Divine Delight (שעשוע - sha’ashua) as he attempted to combine the Kabbalistic systems of Moses Cordovero with Isaac Luria. Let's dive into some of the most profound mystical speculations of the 16th century Kabbalistic revolution.
Shatil - The Kabbalah of R. Israel Sarug: A Lurianic-Cordoverian Encounter - The Review of Rabbinic Judaism 14 (2011) 158–187 Karr - Which Lurianic Kabbalah? - https://www.academia.edu/30928619/Which_Lurianic_Kabbalah
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comIs Alchemy Satanic? How the Inquisition Tried to Destroy the Hermetic ScienceESOTERICA2024-07-19 | In 1396 the Inquisitor General Nicholas Eymerich lashed out against Alchemy. He argued that alchemy was a fool's errand because the transmutation of metals was impossible given how God had created nature. Thus, alchemists were at best frauds but at worst something profoundly sinful: heretics who would eventually forge pacts with Satan. In this episode I explore the most forceful attempt by the Inquisition to outlaw alchemy and condemn the alchemists to torture and being burned alive.
Newman - Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature - amzn.to/3W6W8PJ
Nicholas Eymerich, Two Treatises Against Astrologers, Nigromancers and Alchemists / Contra astrologos imperitos atque contra nigromanticos de occultis perperam iudicantes & Contra alchimistas (éd. Sylvain Matton) - fabula.org/actualites/113283/nicholas-eymerich-two-treatises-against-astrologers-nigromancers-and-alchemists.htmlThe Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 1 of 14 - Life and WorksESOTERICA2024-07-16 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comThe Gnostic Epic of Mary Magdalene and Pistis SophiaESOTERICA2024-07-12 | The Pistis Sophia is the most epic and obscure Gnostic Scripture to come down to us from antiquity. Seemingly a manual for initiation into the mysteries of an otherwise unknown gnostic sect, the Pistis Sophia is as magnificent as it is complex, lengthy and obscure. In it we find Jesus 11 years after his resurrection, gathered around him select disciples to reveal the true mysteries of salvation: a truly vast cosmology populated by a staggering range of regions and entities; the secret 4-fold baptisms reminiscent of Greco-Egyptian magical practice without which one was doomed to reincarnation; techniques of mystical ascent back to the ineffable, primordial light through heavenly citadels; all of which was most clearly comprehended not by the male apostles Peter or Paul but by Mary the Mother of Jesus, Martha and most especially Mary Magdalene.
Erin Evans (Walker) - The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as Handbooks to Eternity: Exploring the Gnostic Mysteries of the Ineffable - amzn.to/4cwV3bd or Summon b/c Brill
Brill - Pistis Sophia (summon!)
Articles by Sarah Parkhouse - https://manchester.academia.edu/SarahParkhouse
Brill - The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents (summon!)
GRS Mead - Pistis Sophia: The Gnostic Tradition of Mary Magdalene, Jesus, and His Disciples - amzn.to/4cSnq3eESOTERICA Livestream Q&A + Giveaway | Set + Yahweh + Incantation Bowls | Agrippa Class Announcement!ESOTERICA2024-07-05 | Come hang out with @TheEsotericaChannel to discuss recent content, submit your questions and learn about the upcoming Agrippa Class and a book giveaway!
Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa
The Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia - DOP) is rightly lauded by both academics and practitioners as the cornerstone of all modern occultism. Despite this, the DOP goes tremendously understudied, making it much more celebrated than understood. By extension, the totality of Agrippa’s occult philosophy - represented by his other theological, philosophical and hermetic writings - suffers all the more from lack of modern editions and translations. Finally, understanding Agrippa’s thought overall is greatly complicated by his infamous turn toward radical skepticism and fideism, seemingly his mature philosophical and theological position. This series of lectures aims to provide a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the occult philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.Yahweh and Monotheism - Conversation with Dan McClellan @maklelanESOTERICA2024-07-01 | A conversation with @maklelan about the rise of monotheism and the origins of Yahweh.The Magic of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls + the Origins of LilithESOTERICA2024-06-28 | The ~2500 known Aramaic Incantation Bowls represent one of the largest collections of ancient magical literature. These bowls were used to repel demonic power, malevolent sorcery and the rampages of disease. Composed in various dialects of Aramaic, the bowls are a treasure of magical wisdom providing us insight into demonology and even the origins and first depictions of Lilith!
A Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls: Syriac Magical Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia Aramaic Incantation Bowls in Museum Collections Volume One: The Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection of Babylonian Antiquities, Jena, etc Aramaic Bowl Spells: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls Volume One Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in BerlinDoing & Reading Philosophy beyond the Academic World w/ @_jaredESOTERICA2024-06-27 | Join me and and @_jared to discuss how to do, read and live philosophically outside of the context of professional, academic philosophy.Contemporary Enochian Magick w/ Maevius LynnESOTERICA2024-06-25 | Follow Maevius Lynn youtube.com/c/MaeviusLynn instagram.com/maeviuslynn patreon.com/maeviuslynn
Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comHow the Occult Transformed Philosophy & SpiritualityESOTERICA2024-06-21 | Following centuries where Platonic Forms and Ideas were taken to be eternally real, the middle ages saw a dramatic shift. And, by the mid-14th century, metaphysical categories were taken to be mere words, names - hence, Nominalism. However, this philosophical triumph of Nominalism would be short lived. In the mid-15th century, discoveries and translations of ancient texts would give rise to a Realist Revolution led by Platonism, Hermeticism and Kabbalah. This episode explores how this Realism brought on the occult philosophy transformed western philosophy and spirituality.
John Dee and Enochian - youtube.com/watch?v=2meS9-YGYhU&list=PLZ__PGORcBKxAn0KvuC-HhI4G2iqHGg9r&pp=gAQBiAQB Reuchlin - youtu.be/kMREGOVqxZ4?si=ii8u3KYJuyQNFFBR Agrippa - youtube.com/watch?v=JWoparZ1xqg&list=PLZ__PGORcBKzO3FBR5M7Q8rJAq8JOmugB&pp=gAQBiAQBWho is Set - The Egyptian God of the Desert, Violence & ForeignersESOTERICA2024-06-14 | Set is a enigmatic, archaic and enigmatic god of the ancient Egyptians. At the same time the murderer of Osiris and the contending defiler of Horus, he is also lord of the Ombos, god of the frontier and protector of the sun god Ra, battling with the chaos god Apophis at the bow of the Barque of Millions. Let's trace the history, development and eventual demonization of Seth. From his inauguration of death, his veneration by the family of Rameses, synthesis with Ba'al and Yahweh and his final role in the dark magic of the Greek Magical Papyri.
te Velde’s Seth - God of Confusion (Brill - conjure at will) Pinch - Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt amzn.to/4b05Zwl Lichtheim - Ancient Egyptian Literature vol 1 - amzn.to/3XeHacO vol 2 - amzn.to/3yYwLrD vol 3 - amzn.to/3XlFr5jESOTERICA Livestream Q&A | 300 Year Old Theosophy Book GIVEAWAY! Yahweh - Mechthild - RunesESOTERICA2024-06-07 | Come hang out, chat about recent episodes, do some Q&A and win a 300 year old book of Theosophy!
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Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannel Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannel Merch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editHow did Yahweh Become God ? The Origins of MonotheismESOTERICA2024-05-31 | The rise of Monotheism has transformed the world and the helm of that transformation is the ancient Near East deity Yahweh. But, how did Yahweh, once only a god among gods, become simple God for billions of people? This episode explores the early rise of Yahwist monotheism in the Ancient Near East rom shifts in familial land relations, the rise of Imperial Assyrian Theology, monolatrous Yahwistic political concentration, the compression and mutation of the Bronze Age four-tiered Canaanite pantheon to Israelite Royal Theology, analysis of exilic-period Yahwistic theonyms on dozens of cuneiform tablets and even if monotheism emerges in Deutero-Isaiah or simply elaborate monotheistic rhetoric! This week's episode is going to an *hour* long exploration of the path from Canaanite polytheism to the first flickers of Yahwistic Monotheism before the Apocalyptic explosion.
The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel - amzn.to/4e6Bdo7 The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts - amzn.to/3KJuD9X Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic - amzn.to/4549Net Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah - amzn.to/3X68eek Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan - amzn.to/3x86I0p God: An Anatomy - amzn.to/3VoQRD5 The Origin and Character of God - amzn.to/3V2agcx The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches - amzn.to/4e0cLVB Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer - amzn.to/4e0v1Ox Judeans in Babylonia A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE - amzn.to/3V6dSdv Yahweh before Israel - amzn.to/3X3mUuE No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel - amzn.to/3wXfDSpMysticism of Flowing Light, Spiritual Eroticism & Divine Alienation - Mechthild of MagdeburgESOTERICA2024-05-24 | The Middle Ages produced some of the most amazing women mystics in western history. But rarely do we get insight into the entire mystical life of a person in the way that we do for the 13th century German Mechthild of Magdeburg. Her "Flowing Light of the Godhead" is an amazing - if not at times shocking - record of the experiencing being taken into the luminous relationship of the Trinity, the courtship and blissful consummation of love with the Divine and yet finally falling into the very hellish pits of alienation from, and yet, with the Divine. Mechthild's work is a true surviving treasure of mystical piety, phenomenology and literature: explore it in this episode!
Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the Godhead - amzn.to/3KaNoTe
McGinn - The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism: 1200-1350 - amzn.to/3VbvHJuPhilosophy, Spirituality, Esotericism & the Crisis of Meaning w/ @johnvervaeke & @SeekersofUnityESOTERICA2024-05-19 | Come join us for the start of an ongoing conversation about modernity and the crisis of meaning with @johnvervaeke & @SeekersofUnityThe Origins of Runic Mysticism and Magic - The Kabbalistic Noble Runes of Johannes BureusESOTERICA2024-05-17 | The Runes of Northern Europe strike us as both monumental and mysterious and have developed various mystical and magical practices around them. But, what are the origins of modern runic occultism? Johannes Bureus (d. 1652) was both among the founders of the academic study of Runes but also the founder of Esoteric Runology. Following the philosophy of Gothicism, Bureus would argue that the Runes held ancient mystical secrets preserved from the confusion at the Tower of Babel and encoded in "Runic Kabbalah." He detailed this Esoteric Runology in his Adulruna Rediviva or The Rebirth of the Noble Runes, a work still unpublished to this day.
Runa ABC Boken - https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/BureusJ/titlar/RvnaAbcBoken/sida/1/faksimil
Håkansson, H. (2012). Alchemy of the Ancient Goths: Johannes Bureus’ Search for the Lost Wisdom of Scandinavia. Early Science and Medicine, 17(5), 500-522
The Gothic Kabbalah: Johannes Bureus, Runic Theosophy and Northern Apocalypticism by Susanna Åkerman in The Expulsion Of The Jews – 1492 and after edited by Raymond B. Waddington and Arthur H. Williamson, 1994 Garland publishing, ISBN 081531681X.
Rose Cross Over The Baltic by Susanna Åkerman, 1998 Brill, ISBN 900411035.ESOTERICA LIVESTREAM Q&A - Marxism | Paracelsus | Liber JuratusESOTERICA2024-05-10 | Join @esoterica for our monthly livestream Q&A!