Introduction

Earl Fontenelle: Ancient Barbarian Wisdom, Introducing Esoteric Orientalism. In the podcast so far we've delved into two early cultural phenomena with central relevance to Western Esotericism,. The soul and magic. It's now time to turn to another essential ingredient of Western Es esoteric thought, namely astronomy astrology. We have three large cultural blocks to look at when investigating the roots of astronomy in the West. Mesopotamia, Egypt, and ancient Greece.