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Strategies of the Esoteric in the Hellenism of the Emperor Julian: Exclusion and Pluralism in a Late-Antique Polytheism

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

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The Politics of Esotericism

The esoteric when made into a tool of politics is dangerous stuff not least because absolute rulers sometimes drink the esoteric kool-aid and go and do crazy stuff. i think something especially weird happens when the gods on the side of the state are gods of an esoteric initiatory kind like in desorat or iran under the ayatulahs. The next episode we'll cover salustiuses on the gods in the world one of the most fascinating and most deeply esoteric text from antiquity.

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