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A Secret History of Secret History, Part II

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

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The Art of Cocktail Mixing

Christian Kabbalah began as far as we can tell with Giovanni Pico de la Mirandola, a Florentine nobleman and esoteric thinker. He added to the heady Renaissance mix of Christianity and ancient Platonist thought elements of the Jewish KabbalAH. This move quickly gained popularity, and Christian notions of Kabbalahs became important hermeneutical and theoretical tools for esoteric thought and practice. The Yeats paradigm is perfect for sipping while spending a cozy night at home contemplating the eternal verities of the ancient tradition hidden within the world's religious and philosophic traditions.

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