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Happy Halloween Live Stream Hangout

28K views · 3d ago · 2:13:31

Come hang out for our annual Halloween Livestream with friends of the Channel!

What is Ring Magic?

224K views · 1w ago · 16:32

Magical rings of power have fired the imagination for centuries. From Solomon’s ring which bound demonic forces, to Plato’s Ring of Gyges and Tolkien’s Ring of Power - both giving a kind of invisibility and spiritual corruption to their wearer - such magical rings are now simply stock devices in everything from occult practice to Dungeons and Dragons. But how were such magical rings thought to be made in the medieval period?

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WatchParty - The Vigil - w/ @MiriamAnzovin

38K views · 1w ago · 2:13:35

Come hang out and watch the Vigil with Miriam and I as we watch and discuss 2019 The Vigil, dir. Keith Thomas Follow Miriam Youtube BlueSky Mastodon

How did Witchcraft become Heresy?

137K views · 2w ago · 38:31

The initial phase of the Witch Trials, including the development of the concept of the witch a such, is really bookend by two texts: the 1436-8 Formicarius of Nider wherein the witch-cult as heretical sect first really flickering into existence and the better known Malleus Maleficarum of 1486 in which the elaborated theory of witchcraft reached its most popular form in the ravings of Institor. However, the Malleus did not produce the witch heresy merely from the Formicarius.

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Who was the First Gnostic?

277K views · 1mo ago · 32:20

What if the earliest known Christian theologian was also the first Gnostic? And, to complicate things further - what if basically everything we’ve “known” about him has been wrong for over 1800 years? Basilides was a Christian theologian said to have learned the Gospel from Matthias - successor to Judas or alleged author of that Gospel, or both or neither - who flourished in the early to mid 2nd century in Alexandria Egypt.

Welcome to Autumn LiveStream Q&A - Alchemy | Middle-Platonism Wrap | Purgatory | Magic | Heresy

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It's been a busy August and September around here - let's catch up and chat!

The First Book of Alchemy You Should Study

233K views · 1mo ago · 37:32

Of the occult sciences, alchemy is perhaps one of the least directly accessible to modern readers. Texts of alchemy are especially difficult to follow for a host of reasons: they assume fundamentally different physical and metaphysical structures and processes about reality than those of modernity, their language is couched in codes and symbolism and the texts are often doing as much to intentionally obscure their message as convey it.

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What are my Values for Esoterica?

160K views · 1mo ago · 6:49

Just a brief discussion of some of the values and I hold them on the channel. Consider Supporting Esoterica! Rare Occult Books

Being and Logos - Introduction to Middle-Platonism - 14 of 14 - The Platonic Underworld

59K views · 1mo ago · 1:10:58

Welcome to Being & Logos - An Introduction to Middle-Platonism While Plotinus and his inheritors are often associated with western mysticism and the occult philosophy, the philosophical ferment of the centuries following the Old Academy (post 347 bce) most directly influenced Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Hellenistic Magic and Astrology, Alexandrian Judaism and early Christianity.

The Mysticism of Purgatory - Catherine of Genoa

97K views · 1mo ago · 25:50

What if the agony of purification was ecstacy? Catherine of Genoa (d. 1510), born to an aristocratic family and trapped in a loveless marriage, had a profound mysticism conversion at the age of 26. Following she took to serving the poor and sick but also detailing one of the most rich analysis of the phenomenology of mystical transformation.

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Want to Win a Real Piece of Occult History?

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Being and Logos - Introduction to Middle-Platonism - 13 of 14 - Christianity

62K views · 1mo ago · 1:02:28

Welcome to Being & Logos - An Introduction to Middle-Platonism While Plotinus and his inheritors are often associated with western mysticism and the occult philosophy, the philosophical ferment of the centuries following the Old Academy (post 347 bce) most directly influenced Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Hellenistic Magic and Astrology, Alexandrian Judaism and early Christianity.

Being and Logos - Introduction to Middle-Platonism - 12 of 14 - Numenius of Apamea

58K views · 2mo ago · 48:42

Welcome to Being & Logos - An Introduction to Middle-Platonism While Plotinus and his inheritors are often associated with western mysticism and the occult philosophy, the philosophical ferment of the centuries following the Old Academy (post 347 bce) most directly influenced Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Hellenistic Magic and Astrology, Alexandrian Judaism and early Christianity.

What is the Secret Eighth Book of Moses?

110K views · 2mo ago · 30:42

One of the central conceits of magic - from antiquity on - is that possession of secret names gives one power over the named. Be it a person, angels, demons, spirits, planets or elementals having knowledge of an especially secret name provides the ritual practitioner with power over that entity. Indeed, this logic often extends even to the gods in some cases.

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Being and Logos - Introduction to Middle-Platonism - 11 of 14 - The Neo-Pythagoreans

23K views · 2mo ago · 53:07

Welcome to Being & Logos - An Introduction to Middle-Platonism While Plotinus and his inheritors are often associated with western mysticism and the occult philosophy, the philosophical ferment of the centuries following the Old Academy (post 347 bce) most directly influenced Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Hellenistic Magic and Astrology, Alexandrian Judaism and early Christianity.