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Join Bernardo Kastrup & Athena in conversation 24th Feb: https://dandelion.events/e/w51di
Dr Athena Potari founded Athenoa, a School of Hellenic Philosophy based in Greece where Hellenism is approached as a living wisdom tradition whose core consists in the inextricable synthesis of scientific reason and spirituality.
She was a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University, received her PhD from the University of Oxford specializing in Political Philosophy, and her MA in Political Theory with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
She is recipient of the Academy of Athens Award of Philosophy (2020), author of “A Call for a Renaissance of the Spirit in the Humanities” published by the Galileo Commission, and Member of the Galileo Commission Steering Committee.
Her work aims to revive the deeper spiritual and experiential dimensions of Hellenic Philosophy as a living spiritual lineage, combining discursive rigor and embodied meditative practices, with the aim of awakening to the ever-present mystery of being – our true Self.
Find her at https://athenoa.academy and
Youtube: youtube.com/@athenoa
Facebook: facebook.com/athenapotari
Instagram: instagram.com/dr.athena_potari
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0:00:00 Athena’s new Hellenic academy for self-realisation
0:06:00 Journey to Hellenic philosophy as a living tradition
0:18:00 Is the one immanent or transcendent? Tantra & Plato
0:28:00 Enlightenment in ancient Greece
0:32:00 Birth of non-duality in Greece: Dionysus
0:37:00 The banning of ancient nonduality & science
0:45:00 Rediscovering the ancient practices
0:49:00 Awareness is always new, symbolised by Apollo & Zeus
0:54:00 On awakenings
1:03:00 Philosophy, a path to realise our divine being
1:11:00 The good life
1:13:00 Iain McGilchrist left & right brain in ancient greece
1:16:00 Was Plato misrepresented about the poets?
1:21:00 Politics begins with music
1:30:00 Spirituality Pre-Socrates vs Post Socrates
1:37:00 Contact with Gods, Angels & other beings
1:40:00 Socrates making a bridge between spirituality & politics
1:41:00 Plans for dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup
1:47:00 The Church demonizing the body & life
1:51:00 Athena’s online courses
1:55:00 There is one beyond consciousness cannot be known
2:01:00 Guided Meditation: Space, the element of the Gods
Join Bernardo Kastrup & Athena in conversation 24th Feb: https://dandelion.events/e/w51di
Dr Athena Potari founded Athenoa, a School of Hellenic Philosophy based in Greece where Hellenism is approached as a living wisdom tradition whose core consists in the inextricable synthesis of scientific reason and spirituality.
She was a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University, received her PhD from the University of Oxford specializing in Political Philosophy, and her MA in Political Theory with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
She is recipient of the Academy of Athens Award of Philosophy (2020), author of “A Call for a Renaissance of the Spirit in the Humanities” published by the Galileo Commission, and Member of the Galileo Commission Steering Committee.
Her work aims to revive the deeper spiritual and experiential dimensions of Hellenic Philosophy as a living spiritual lineage, combining discursive rigor and embodied meditative practices, with the aim of awakening to the ever-present mystery of being – our true Self.
Find her at https://athenoa.academy and
Youtube: youtube.com/@athenoa
Facebook: facebook.com/athenapotari
Instagram: instagram.com/dr.athena_potari
To join future events, newsletter and access ad-free event recordings go to:
adventuresinawareness.com
Your contributions support future content, and are greatly appreciated:
- adventuresinawareness.com/membership
- One-off PayPal donations: paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin
Follow the Adventure:
- Subscribe to us on youtube: youtube.com/@adventuresinawareness
- Twitter: https://x.com/AdvInAwareness
- iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adventures-in-awareness/id1535917754
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2jiebSpdVu9YbpLOtWlKYU
- Facebook: facebook.com/adventuresinawareness
Banner art by instagram.com/jadewade
0:00:00 Athena’s new Hellenic academy for self-realisation
0:06:00 Journey to Hellenic philosophy as a living tradition
0:18:00 Is the one immanent or transcendent? Tantra & Plato
0:28:00 Enlightenment in ancient Greece
0:32:00 Birth of non-duality in Greece: Dionysus
0:37:00 The banning of ancient nonduality & science
0:45:00 Rediscovering the ancient practices
0:49:00 Awareness is always new, symbolised by Apollo & Zeus
0:54:00 On awakenings
1:03:00 Philosophy, a path to realise our divine being
1:11:00 The good life
1:13:00 Iain McGilchrist left & right brain in ancient greece
1:16:00 Was Plato misrepresented about the poets?
1:21:00 Politics begins with music
1:30:00 Spirituality Pre-Socrates vs Post Socrates
1:37:00 Contact with Gods, Angels & other beings
1:40:00 Socrates making a bridge between spirituality & politics
1:41:00 Plans for dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup
1:47:00 The Church demonizing the body & life
1:51:00 Athena’s online courses
1:55:00 There is one beyond consciousness cannot be known
2:01:00 Guided Meditation: Space, the element of the Gods
