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Esoteric Orientalism Part I: Ancient Barbarian Sages

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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Orientalism in the Saeedian Sense

The idea that from the earliest times, the West has been orientalizing the East is just too simple. The ancient Greeks' thing about the Persians had some very specific roots among them. Zoroaster and Hermes Trismagistus are important sages in the Western tradition in both Islam and Christendom. Loom Large looks at lesser known names like Ostanes, Agatha Daimon, and others.

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