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Graeme Miles on Proclus the Commentator
We discuss Proclus' titanic labours in the field of commentary – on many Platonic dialogues, but also on the Chaldæan Oracles, the Homeric poems, and…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Esoteric Proclus, Part II: Esoteric Exegesis and the Occult Ontology of Language
We enter the interconnected webwork of a reality where signs are things, things are signs, and everything means everything, but appropriately. Come f…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Esoteric Proclus, Part I: The Life and Thought of an Esoteric Sage
We look further into Proclus' esoteric doings, as a sage whose privileged status is marked by inspirations and epiphanies, omens and miracles. We the…
2 years, 4 months ago
Dylan Burns on Proclus the Successor
We welcome Dylan Burns back to the podcast to discuss the life, works, and philosophy of Proclus the Successor. ‘All in all, but appropriately to eac…
2 years, 4 months ago
Hierocles of Alexandria and the Pythagorean Golden Verses
We discuss Hierocles of Alexandria, student of Plutarch of Athens made good. He wrote an esoteric commentary on the poem known as the Golden Verses o…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Great God Pan Lives: Introducing the Athenian Academy
We turn to the final flowering of polytheist Platonist philosophy, centred on Athens (and Alexandria). We review some useful historical data, discuss…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ↄ. Martiana on Martianus Capella and the Marriage of Philology and Mercury
We discuss Martianus Capella and his extraordinary and vexing philological ascent-account, the Marriage of Philology and Mercury. Ↄ. Martiana guides …
2 years, 7 months ago
Macrobius and the Commentary on Scipio’s Dream
We explore the rich seam of late-antique esoteric lore that is Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio. We discuss who Macrobius was, what he wr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Augustine of Hippo: Saint of the Exoteric
We discuss Augustine the anti-esotericist, who denies that Christianity has any esoteric dimensions. He employs the esoteric to do so. Can you trust …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Manichæan Catholic: Augustine of Hippo
We turn to one of the most difficult, fascinating, and ultimately consequential thinkers of late antiquity, Augustine of Hippo. In this episode we di…
2 years, 9 months ago