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Beatrice Baragli on the Bīt Rimki Ritual Cycle

We dive back into the world of Akkadian purification magic with Beatrice Baragli, who is working on an edition of the ritual sequence known as Bīt Rimki (`The Bathhouse'). Politics used to be very magical.

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Members only: Jonathan Greig on the Question of Universal Salvation in Maximus

We let the tape run and explore the possibility that Maximus had an esoteric doctrine of universal salvation, centring the conversation on two passages from the Ambigua, which seemingly contradict one-another. Things remain, appropriately, ambiguous, and universalist vs. anti-universalist readings of Maximus will continue to flourish. Jonathan Greig delineates what is at stake.

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Members only: Storytime: Exploring Book V of the Stromateis, Part II

We continue our reading of Clement's Stromateis, Book V, and continue to have our minds blown. Come for the esoteric reading methodologies, stay for the very first appearance of the actual Greek word esôterikos on the podcast!

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Episode 212: Esoteric Orthodoxy in East Rome: Jonathan Greig on Maximus the Confessor

We head back to Constantionple with Jonathan Greig at the controls, to discuss the quintessentially Orthodox mystic, Maximus the Confessor. Late-Platonist apophasis meets hard-core ascesis, and Maximus follows the theology where it wants to go, sometimes to his own cost.

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Coming Back for More, Part VI: The Roots of Christian Reincarnationism

We set the stage for a detailed consideration of the evidence for early Christian reincarnationism. Featuring the Bible.

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Jason Ānanda Josephson-Storm on James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, and Western Esotericism

Jason Josephson-Storm returns to the SHWEP to discuss one of the most influential thinkers on modern western esoteric movements – Sir James George Frazer, author of The Golden Bough – and where, precisely, J.G.F. might fit within western esotericism itself.

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An introduction to the podcast, discussing briefly what we mean by ‘western esotericism’. This episode also answers the burning question, ‘What’s so “secret” about The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast?’ and features a short quiz to test your knowledge of western esoteric history.

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