The Origins of Evil and Qlippoth in the Divine - Kabbalah - w/@drangelapuca ESOTERICA 2024-09-20 | 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.Check out Angela's video - youtu.be/sG4YadCObLcConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended 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 KabbalahIdel - Primeval Evil in Kabbalah: Totality, Perfection, Perfectibility - amzn.to/3TDhtQpTishby - The Doctrine of Evil and the ‘Shell’ in Lurianic Kabbalah
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 13 of X - The 1533 De Occulta ESOTERICA 2024-10-08 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
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What is Gothic? The Historical and Philosophical Origins of Goth and Gothic Horror ESOTERICA 2024-10-04 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comJoin @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/3ZPn9uKWalpole - The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story - amzn.to/3zIb1ko
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 12 of X - The Skeptical Turn? ESOTERICA 2024-10-01 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
Livestream Q&A - Moloch + Primordial Evil + Alchemy + Agrippa ESOTERICA 2024-09-27 | Come hang out, ask some questions and chat about recent content!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Demiurge, Marcion and the Corpus Hermeticum - Conversation w @m.davidlitwa ESOTERICA 2024-09-27 | A conversation with my friend and colleague Dr. M. David Litwa.Check out Dr. Litwa's class on the Corpus Hermeticum with a special discount for Esoterica fans!Hermetica course link: mdavidlitwa.thrivecart.com/hermeticaCoupon code for course: ESOTERICA5blog/library/database: www.mdavidlitwa.compatreon.com/mdavidlitwaConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 11 of X - The Mystical Works II ESOTERICA 2024-09-27 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 10 of X - The Mystical Works I ESOTERICA 2024-09-17 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Occult Alchemy - A Lost Alchemical Textbook of Agrippa Has Been FOUND! ESOTERICA 2024-09-13 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Reading:Agrippa - De Arte Chimica Critical Edition Matton - 978-8872523377De Arte Chimica - archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-00001651-001/page/575/mode/1upEarly Modern English Translation - alchemywebsite.com/ficino.html (Reader Beware!)
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 9 of X - The Occult Philosophy IV ESOTERICA 2024-09-10 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
What was Moloch? Ancient Demonic God or Ritual Fire Sacrifice? ESOTERICA 2024-09-06 | 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. Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Readings:Dewrell - Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel - amzn.to/3My58clLevenson - he Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son - amzn.to/3Tdv5SnStavrakopoulou - King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities - amzn.to/3AM5w4k
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 8 of X - The Occult Philosophy III ESOTERICA 2024-09-04 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
ESOTERICA Livestream Q&A - Demiurge Talismans Necromancy Agrippa and EGYPT! ESOTERICA 2024-08-30 | Join me for a livestream where we hang out, take questions and discuss recent episodes!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
Join ESOTERICA in Egypt to Study & Tour - 11 Nights - February 14 to 25 2025 ESOTERICA 2024-08-30 | View the entire Itinerary here: drive.google.com/file/d/1zTEsYr2MUILUvgCgGo-ysQdSInjJfGvs/view?usp=drive_linkTo Register for the Trip or Ask Questions please contact: reservations@argosdestinations.comArgos Destinations : argosdestinations.comRegister for the Digital house Here - docs.google.com/forms/d/16sI1rWIHWmXdM9s1ic_pHNqiY3OcBb5Lg4hpFT7TOLg/edit#settings----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. SledgePrivate 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 pyramidof 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 X - The Occult Philosophy II ESOTERICA 2024-08-27 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Delightful Demons of the Talmud and Studying Daf Yomi w/ @MiriamAnzovin ESOTERICA 2024-08-26 | Join @TheEsotericaChannel & @MiriamAnzovin for a conversation about studying the Talmud for 1 page a day for over 7 years, the hilarious demons that haunt its pages - including the bathroom demon Panda - and how we can appreciate our holy texts with as much humor as erudition!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comMore on Talmudic Demonology - youtu.be/iUPab0SP7lM?si=L39H2L4IBZQ0qDzOFollow Miriam:Instagram: instagram.com/miriamanzovin/?hl=enTikTok: tiktok.com/@miriamanzovin?lang=enYoutube: http://www.youtube.com/miriamanzovinTwitter: twitter.com/AnzovinaBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/miriamanzovin.bsky.socialMastodon: universeodon.com/@MiriamAnzovinThreads: threads.net/@miriamanzovinWebsite: miriamanzovin.com
How to Study like a Real Necromancer - Trithemius Library of Demonic Magic and Divination ESOTERICA 2024-08-23 | 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/esotericachannelOne Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Readings:Nixon (trans) Trithemius - The Magical Amulets of the Ancient Sages and Bibliotheca Necromantica - amzn.to/4dz3NxSRankine - The Grimoire Encyclopaedia - hadeanpress.com/shop-books/p/grimoire-encyclopaedia-vol-1Catalog (Latin) - esotericarchives.com/tritheim/antipalus.htmAntipalus Maleficiorum - books.google.com/books?id=Kj1lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA361&dq=antipalus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs28Th6uTlAhUNS6wKHV_1AZ8Q6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 6 of X - The Occult Philosophy I ESOTERICA 2024-08-20 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
What is a Talisman? The De Imaginibus of Thabit Ibn Qurra ESOTERICA 2024-08-16 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Readings:Greer and Warnock - Astral High Magic: De Imaginibus of Thabit Ibn Qurra - amzn.to/3WLXX53Bohak 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-bath
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 5 of X - Magical Reformation ESOTERICA 2024-08-13 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
What is the Demiurge - Pt 2 - The Evil Creator of the Law and Father of Satan ESOTERICA 2024-08-09 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Reading and Class - Litwa - amzn.to/3ApOCIvMarcion Class - bc-6561.freshlearn.com/introducing-Marcionuse code ESOTERICA10 for 20% off this course!Thumbnail based on artwork by Zdzisław Beksiński
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 4 of X - Esoteric Influences ESOTERICA 2024-08-06 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
Livestream Q&A - Kabbalah, Agrippa, Alchemy & Pistis Sophia ESOTERICA 2024-08-02 | Come Join @TheEsotericaChannel for our monthly Livestream, hangout, Q&A!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
How to Learn Authentic Kabbalah - The Shomer Emunim ESOTERICA 2024-08-02 | One question I often get is how to study the Kabbalah as authentically and as historically traditional as possible. 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.Pick up the Shomer Emunim here - amzn.to/4dep4wiAlso check out my episode - Study Kabbalah like a Kabbalist - The Ramak's Introduction to Kabbalah - Or Ne'erav - אור נערב - youtu.be/WdDp2IZ_oQUConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 3 of X - Exoteric Influences ESOTERICA 2024-07-30 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Hidden Delight of the God Beyond God - Kabbalistic Divine Auto-Eroticism ESOTERICA 2024-07-26 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended ReadingsShatil - The Kabbalah of R. Israel Sarug: A Lurianic-Cordoverian Encounter - The Review of Rabbinic Judaism 14 (2011) 158–187Karr - Which Lurianic Kabbalah? - https://www.academia.edu/30928619/Which_Lurianic_KabbalahLimmudei Atzilut - hebrewbooks.org/32865Mayan ha-hokhmah (Shever Yosef) - archive.org/details/mayanhahokhmahmi00kalm/page/n41/mode/1up
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 2 of X - Life and Works ESOTERICA 2024-07-23 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
Is Alchemy Satanic? How the Inquisition Tried to Destroy the Hermetic Science ESOTERICA 2024-07-19 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Readings:Newman - Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature - amzn.to/3W6W8PJNicholas 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.html
The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 1 of X - Life and Works ESOTERICA 2024-07-16 | Welcome to my lecture series Between Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa.You can find the syllabus here - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/editCourse materials - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCkErik's Agrippa Class - arnemancy.com/product/the-magical-philosophy-of-henry-cornelius-agrippaConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Gnostic Epic of Mary Magdalene and Pistis Sophia ESOTERICA 2024-07-12 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comThe Esoterica Study Guide for the Pistis Sophia & Books of Jeu - docs.google.com/document/d/1xpdJT6HsEif4COq9nDB0BdrTurhyaVL0XeP2NXb-d3c/editRecommended Readings: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 BrillBrill - Pistis Sophia (summon!)Articles by Sarah Parkhouse - https://manchester.academia.edu/SarahParkhouseBrill - 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/4cSnq3e
ESOTERICA Livestream Q&A + Giveaway | Set + Yahweh + Incantation Bowls | Agrippa Class Announcement! ESOTERICA 2024-07-05 | Come hang out with @TheEsotericaChannel to discuss recent content, submit your questions and learn about the upcoming Agrippa Class and a book giveaway!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
The Occult Philosophy of Agrippa - Summer Seminar - Sign Up Now! ESOTERICA 2024-07-05 | Join @TheEsotericaChannel for a Summer Seminar on Agrippa's Occult PhilosophyLive Class starts Sunday, July 14 at 2pm Eastern TimeJoin the class by supporting Esoterica at Pateon - patreon.com/esotericachannelSyllabus - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sl89CbNsmF9TCLIyImiOOGj1PjFjPnIeEtMFy2_mIS4/edit?usp=sharingSources - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Jmnbw3ft7a8mUQnELLARcELy3Na_ORCk?usp=sharingBetween Skepticism and Mysticism: An Introduction to the Occult Philosophy of Cornelius AgrippaThe 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 @maklelan ESOTERICA 2024-07-01 | A conversation with @maklelan about the rise of monotheism and the origins of Yahweh.
The Magic of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls + the Origins of Lilith ESOTERICA 2024-06-28 | 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! Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended Readings:Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur - amzn.to/4cjCdUAarchive.org/details/aramaicincantati00montuoft/mode/1upAmulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity - amzn.to/3VYVzZGMagic Spells and Formulae: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity - amzn.to/4bqvRkZCorpus of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls - amzn.to/3L0OeSUA Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls: Syriac Magical Texts from Late-Antique MesopotamiaAramaic Incantation Bowls in Museum Collections Volume One: The Frau Professor Hilprecht Collection of Babylonian Antiquities, Jena, etcAramaic Bowl Spells: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls Volume OneAramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin
Doing & Reading Philosophy beyond the Academic World w/ @_jared ESOTERICA 2024-06-27 | 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 Lynn ESOTERICA 2024-06-25 | Follow Maevius Lynnyoutube.com/c/MaeviusLynninstagram.com/maeviuslynnpatreon.com/maeviuslynnConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.com
How the Occult Transformed Philosophy & Spirituality ESOTERICA 2024-06-21 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingRare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comRecommended:John Dee and Enochian - youtube.com/watch?v=2meS9-YGYhU&list=PLZ__PGORcBKxAn0KvuC-HhI4G2iqHGg9r&pp=gAQBiAQBReuchlin - youtu.be/kMREGOVqxZ4?si=ii8u3KYJuyQNFFBRAgrippa - youtube.com/watch?v=JWoparZ1xqg&list=PLZ__PGORcBKzO3FBR5M7Q8rJAq8JOmugB&pp=gAQBiAQB
Who is Set - The Egyptian God of the Desert, Violence & Foreigners ESOTERICA 2024-06-14 | 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. Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit𓃩Recommended Readings: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/4b05ZwlLichtheim - Ancient Egyptian Literaturevol 1 - amzn.to/3XeHacOvol 2 - amzn.to/3yYwLrDvol 3 - amzn.to/3XlFr5j
ESOTERICA Livestream Q&A | 300 Year Old Theosophy Book GIVEAWAY! Yahweh - Mechthild - Runes ESOTERICA 2024-06-07 | Come hang out, chat about recent episodes, do some Q&A and win a 300 year old book of Theosophy!Esoterica Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comInstagram - instagram.com/esotericaoccultbooksFollow us on Instagram to Win a copy of 1722 - Gichtel - Theosophia PracticaConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit
Win a 300 Year Old Book of Theosophical Mysticism! ESOTERICA 2024-06-07 | I'm launching Esoterica Rare Occult Books and to celebrate I'm giving a way a 300 year old book of Theosophical Mysticism.Esoterica Rare Occult Books - esotericaoccultbooks.comInstagram - instagram.com/esotericaoccultbooksFollow us on Instagram to Win a copy of 1722 - Gichtel - Theosophia PracticaConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit
How did Yahweh Become God ? The Origins of Monotheism ESOTERICA 2024-05-31 | 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.Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editRecommended Readings:The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel - amzn.to/4e6Bdo7The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts - amzn.to/3KJuD9XCanaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic - amzn.to/4549NetBeyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah - amzn.to/3X68eekYahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan - amzn.to/3x86I0pGod: An Anatomy - amzn.to/3VoQRD5The Origin and Character of God - amzn.to/3V2agcxThe Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches - amzn.to/4e0cLVBDocuments of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer - amzn.to/4e0v1OxJudeans in Babylonia A Study of Deportees in the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BCE - amzn.to/3V6dSdvYahweh before Israel - amzn.to/3X3mUuENo Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel - amzn.to/3wXfDSp
Mysticism of Flowing Light, Spiritual Eroticism & Divine Alienation - Mechthild of Magdeburg ESOTERICA 2024-05-24 | 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!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editRecommended Readings:Mechthild of Magdeburg: The Flowing Light of the Godhead - amzn.to/3KaNoTeMcGinn - The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism: 1200-1350 - amzn.to/3VbvHJu
Philosophy, Spirituality, Esotericism & the Crisis of Meaning w/ @johnvervaeke & @SeekersofUnity ESOTERICA 2024-05-19 | Come join us for the start of an ongoing conversation about modernity and the crisis of meaning with @johnvervaeke & @SeekersofUnity
The Origins of Runic Mysticism and Magic - The Kabbalistic Noble Runes of Johannes Bureus ESOTERICA 2024-05-17 | 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. Check out @NordicAnimism 's episode - youtu.be/H4Qa8JqDLv4?si=IvQowDT8-jNFdIApConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editRecommended Readings:1642 - Latin Manuscript - archive.org/details/NLS13A012380/mode/1up1652 - Swedish Manuscript - archive.org/details/urn-nbn-se-kb-digark-6982564/mode/1upMonumenta Sveo-Gothica hactenus exsculpta - alvin-portal.org/alvin/view.jsf?pid=alvin-record%3A178989&dswid=1802Runa ABC Boken - https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/BureusJ/titlar/RvnaAbcBoken/sida/1/faksimilHåkansson, H. (2012). Alchemy of the Ancient Goths: Johannes Bureus’ Search for the Lost Wisdom of Scandinavia. Early Science and Medicine, 17(5), 500-522The 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 Juratus ESOTERICA 2024-05-10 | Join @esoterica for our monthly livestream Q&A!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit
Did the Occult Influence Karl Marx and Early Communism? ESOTERICA 2024-05-01 | Marxism has transformed the world, for better and for worse. But what lies are the root of the philosophy of Karl Marx? Are there occult roots to what became world Communism? This episode explores to what degree, if any, hermetic ideas from Hegelian Idealism came to influence Marx. What about Kabbalah or other Esoteric currents?Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editRecommended Readings:Rosenthal - The Occult in Russian and Soviet Cultureamzn.to/4b1TqRVMagee - Hegel and the Hermetic Traditionamzn.to/4dn4TwUGoodrick-Clarke - The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideologyamzn.to/4b3aPdaGoodrick-Clarke - Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identityamzn.to/3WkKBOuHanegraaff - Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Cultureamzn.to/3JEs7Bd
How Alchemy & Hermeticism Revolutionized Medicine | Introduction to Paracelsus pt II ESOTERICA 2024-04-26 | Through the 1520s Paracelsus led a revolution in Alchemy and Medicine. Rejecting the Galenic theory of the Humors in Medicine and the mechanistic sulfur-mercury theory in Alchemy, here we find his famed theory of the Tria Prima of Sulfur, Salt and Mercury, his Alchemical theory of the human body, and a medicine founded on the Hermetic principle that the microcosm is truly bound up with the cosmic macrocosm. His medical philosophy foresaw organic chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and even psychiatry - the Paracelsian revolution in alchemical medicine. In this episode we explore his revolutionary textbook the Opus Paramirum (Beyond Wonders) as part II of our exploration of the foundations of the Paracelsian Revolution.Episode I - The Paragranum - youtu.be/DqkuvWpH7AQ?si=8vvopsj9NAS21gVMConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editRecommended Readings:Weeks (trans.) - Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim, 1493-1541): Essential Theoretical WritingsMoran - Paracelsus: An Alchemical Life - amzn.to/3QhIGXhBall - The Devil's Doctor - amzn.to/4aPr25hParacelsus Opera - archive.org/details/aureoliphilippit01para/page/24/mode/1up
How to use Magic to see God & Conjure Spirits - The Sworn Book of Honorius - Liber Juratus ESOTERICA 2024-04-19 | The Sworn Book of Honorius makes the boldest claim to power of any historical book of Magic - It allows one to produce the true Sigil of the True and Living God and employ it to obtain of a vision of the Celestial Palaces, the Ranks of the Angels, the Company of the Blessed and then a vision of the Divine Glory itself, to see God face-to-face. And, after this beatific vision, to employ that Divine Sigil to command the Celestial, Aerial and Terrestrial Spirits giving the majus nearly limitless magical power. This book even argued that the Church's attempt to destroy magical practice was proof that the Church itself was demonic control! No doubt one of the greatest survivals of medieval ceremonial magic, the The Sworn Book of Honorius or Liber Juratus Honorii is well worth deep and ongoing study!Check out Angela's Companion Video - youtu.be/M0A8wmJwXLQConsider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeNew to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/editRecommended Readings - Peterson - The Sworn Book of Honorius: Liber Iuratus Honoriiamzn.to/3W27whFesotericarchives.com/juratus/juratus.htmHedegard - Liber Iuratus Honorii: A Critical Edition of the Latin Version of the Sworn Book of HonoriusFanger - Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magicamzn.to/49HtHgjFanger - Invoking Angels: Theurgic Ideas and Practices, Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuriesamzn.to/4cUrh0B
Buy These Books - Essential Library for Studying Western Esotericism & the Occult ESOTERICA 2024-04-12 | Building a reliable library of Esoteric and Occult books is simply difficult. What sources are accurate? What translations are dependable? What editions are the best? After years of building my own library I created a master list of what I take to be the most important academic volumes for the study of Western Esotericism through c. 1650. With hundreds of books in numerous fields, I've created a massive, though systematic, list that I think contains the essential books you should have in your library of Esoterica, the Arcane and the Occult! Check this list out and start building your own Esoteric Library!Consider Supporting Esoterica!Patreon - patreon.com/esotericachannelPaypal Donation - paypal.me/esotericachannelMerch - youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/storeFind the Complete Bibliography list here: justinsledge.com/esoterica-libraryor via Google Docs here: docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharingThe links are Amazon Affiliate links and I receive a small percentage of each sale.
