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E67 PD Newman: Theurgy

The Magician and the Fool Podcast

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The Evolution of Descent into the Underworld: Pre-Socratic to Neoplatonic Views

An examination of how the acquisition of divine knowledge through descent into the underworld evolved from pre-Socratic times to neoplatonic philosophy, including the significance of symbolic caves and the shift from mythos to logos in rationality.

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