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Fresco of Paul’s Conversion, by Michelangelo (1542-45) in the Vatican Cappella Paolina (Public Domain) — 10 May 2023

Near-Death-Experiences Of The Ancients

By jim willis

Mythology & Mystery

1

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle formed a trio toward the middle of the fourth century BC in ancient Greece to become the most well-known philosophers who ever lived. They were the founders of the present-day discipline. Any philosophers who lived...
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Fresco of Paul’s Conversion, by Michelangelo (1542-45) in the Vatican Cappella Paolina (Public Domain) — 10 May 2023

Near-Death-Experiences Of The Ancients

By jim willis

Mythology & Mystery

1

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle formed a trio toward the middle of the fourth century BC in ancient Greece to become the most well-known philosophers who ever lived. They were the founders of the present-day discipline. Any philosophers who lived...
Read More

Aion, The Demiurge And Destiny Of Man In The Teachings Of Hermes Trismegistus — 16 May 2022

Aion: The Demiurge and the Destiny of Man in the Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus

By jason and sarah

Mythology & Mystery

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The Hermetica are a collection of ancient texts composed in Egypt between roughly 200 BC and 400 AD, attributed to the legendary sage Hermes Trismegistus and his followers. As is well known to scholars of philosophy and the esoteric, Hermes...
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Aion, The Demiurge And Destiny Of Man In The Teachings Of Hermes Trismegistus — 16 May 2022

Aion: The Demiurge and the Destiny of Man in the Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus

By jason and sarah

Mythology & Mystery

0

The Hermetica are a collection of ancient texts composed in Egypt between roughly 200 BC and 400 AD, attributed to the legendary sage Hermes Trismegistus and his followers. As is well known to scholars of philosophy and the esoteric, Hermes...
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Plato’s Prehistoric Athens Destroyed In A Neolithic Landslide — 16 Aug 2021

Plato’s Prehistoric Athens Destroyed In A Neolithic Landslide

By Dr. Phil Flambas

Archaeology & Science

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The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote his Atlantis story in two documents called the Timaeus and Critias. These writings date from about 360 BC and are the only known works that describe the Atlantean civilization in detail. Most modern...
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Plato’s Prehistoric Athens Destroyed In A Neolithic Landslide — 16 Aug 2021

Plato’s Prehistoric Athens Destroyed In A Neolithic Landslide

By Dr. Phil Flambas

Archaeology & Science

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The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote his Atlantis story in two documents called the Timaeus and Critias. These writings date from about 360 BC and are the only known works that describe the Atlantean civilization in detail. Most modern...
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Die Seelen am Acheron by Adolf Hiremy Hirschl (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 23 Sep 2020

Hermetic Individuation: The Way Of Hermes and The Rite of Rebirth

By jason and sarah

Mythology & Mystery

3

There are only a handful of surviving texts that describe what could be termed true “rites of passage” along the Way of Hermes. One such text—which contains what many consider the essential Hermetic experience—is CH 13, also known as The...
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Die Seelen am Acheron by Adolf Hiremy Hirschl (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 23 Sep 2020

Hermetic Individuation: The Way Of Hermes and The Rite of Rebirth

By jason and sarah

Mythology & Mystery

3

There are only a handful of surviving texts that describe what could be termed true “rites of passage” along the Way of Hermes. One such text—which contains what many consider the essential Hermetic experience—is CH 13, also known as The...
Read More

Plato and Aristotle in The School of Athens by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Public Domain) — 21 Sep 2020

Hermetic Individuation: The Discovery of the Self in the Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus

By jason and sarah

Mythology & Mystery

1

At the core of the philosophy of Plato, we find one of the oldest written accounts of a type of psychological physics in the history of Western literature. Drawing from Pythagorean and archaic Greek cosmological concepts, Plato developed his theory...
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Plato and Aristotle in The School of Athens by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Public Domain) — 21 Sep 2020

Hermetic Individuation: The Discovery of the Self in the Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus

By jason and sarah

Mythology & Mystery

1

At the core of the philosophy of Plato, we find one of the oldest written accounts of a type of psychological physics in the history of Western literature. Drawing from Pythagorean and archaic Greek cosmological concepts, Plato developed his theory...
Read More

Socrates in conversation with Diotima by Franz Caucig (1755–1828) — 13 Feb 2019

Socrates’ Philosophy of Love Inspired by Diotima, Princess, Priestess and Philosopher

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Symposium, Plato’s philosophical text dated at circa 385 to 370 BC, depicts a friendly contest of speeches delivered by a group of notable men attending a banquet. During the discussion, Socrates mentions that, in his youth, he was taught ‘the...
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Socrates in conversation with Diotima by Franz Caucig (1755–1828) — 13 Feb 2019

Socrates’ Philosophy of Love Inspired by Diotima, Princess, Priestess and Philosopher

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

Symposium, Plato’s philosophical text dated at circa 385 to 370 BC, depicts a friendly contest of speeches delivered by a group of notable men attending a banquet. During the discussion, Socrates mentions that, in his youth, he was taught ‘the...
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Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1881) — 25 May 2018

Gender Equality in the Ancient World?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In discussions about gender in the ancient world, women seldom seemed to be portrayed in a good light. In Ancient Greece, women were described as dogs, demons and degenerates. Semonides of Amorgos (circa 7th century BC), a popular poet in his time,...
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Sappho and Alcaeus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1881) — 25 May 2018

Gender Equality in the Ancient World?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

0

In discussions about gender in the ancient world, women seldom seemed to be portrayed in a good light. In Ancient Greece, women were described as dogs, demons and degenerates. Semonides of Amorgos (circa 7th century BC), a popular poet in his time,...
Read More

Slaves working in a mine. The sustenance provided by slaves in Ancient Greece meant that citizens had free time to participate in politics. — 16 Oct 2017

Did He Create a Blissful Utopia or a Tyrannical Communist Nightmare? Plato’s Ancient Class System and Social Engineering Revealed

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Perhaps surprisingly to some, classical Greek philosopher Plato was a social engineer; and he was the first of many “planners” to come. In essence, Plato, who laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science, was the first communist...
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Slaves working in a mine. The sustenance provided by slaves in Ancient Greece meant that citizens had free time to participate in politics. — 16 Oct 2017

Did He Create a Blissful Utopia or a Tyrannical Communist Nightmare? Plato’s Ancient Class System and Social Engineering Revealed

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

Perhaps surprisingly to some, classical Greek philosopher Plato was a social engineer; and he was the first of many “planners” to come. In essence, Plato, who laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science, was the first communist...
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The School of Athens: Plato and Aristotle — 01 Sep 2017

Aristotle is Dead, but his Ideas are Alive: Manipulating Money, and Plato’s Communism– Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Aristotle died. But then he returned from the grave, in a manner of speaking. The ancient Greek philosopher and scientist’s ideas remained mostly dead until the middle ages. With his rediscovered arguments, an old world was reborn, giving new...
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The School of Athens: Plato and Aristotle — 01 Sep 2017

Aristotle is Dead, but his Ideas are Alive: Manipulating Money, and Plato’s Communism– Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

Aristotle died. But then he returned from the grave, in a manner of speaking. The ancient Greek philosopher and scientist’s ideas remained mostly dead until the middle ages. With his rediscovered arguments, an old world was reborn, giving new...
Read More

Aristotle, part of a wall painting, circa 1883. — 30 Aug 2017

Aristotle is Dead, but his Ideas are Alive: On Private Property and Moneymaking – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

2

Aristotle died. But then he returned from the grave, in a manner of speaking. The ancient Greek philosopher and scientist’s ideas remained mostly dead until the middle ages. His ideas were not pulled from some clay jar written in Greek, but they...
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Aristotle, part of a wall painting, circa 1883. — 30 Aug 2017

Aristotle is Dead, but his Ideas are Alive: On Private Property and Moneymaking – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

2

Aristotle died. But then he returned from the grave, in a manner of speaking. The ancient Greek philosopher and scientist’s ideas remained mostly dead until the middle ages. His ideas were not pulled from some clay jar written in Greek, but they...
Read More

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