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04 - Magic in the Ancient World with Dr. Andrew Henry

Hearth of Hellenism

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The Rise of Christianity in the Late Intake Period

I love finding parallels between the ancient world and today. I feel like it's more prevalent later in the late intake period than in previous periods. We get an increasingly polarized understanding of demons versus angels. The spiritual world becomes more polarized, at least in the among the literati. It was on this very local ritual specialist level that Christianity grew.

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