Colloquium on Apuleius’ De mundo
George Boys-Stones and the University of Toronto are putting on a workshop on Apuleius’ translation of (Ps.)Aristotle’s On the World, a very important and under-researched document in the history of […]
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A new book on the ‘evil creator’ idea as a Christian innovation
Ancient esotericism-specialists may know M. David Litwa’s work from his Hermetica II volume or elsewhere. In a new OUP offering he addresses the problem of how the idea of an […]
Spanu, Proclus and the Chaldæan Oracles Reviewed
Nicola Spanu’s new book looks at Proclus’ use of the Chaldæan Oracles, a revelatory hexameter text of a Platonistic vein from the second century, in an attempt to determine what […]
New collection of essays on the Pseudo(?)Aristotelean De mundo
The De mundo is an under-researched classic of ancient thought with major ramifications for western esotericism, in particular the ‘cosmic religion’ highlighted by Festugière in the Revelation d’Hermes Trismegiste. The […]
Online Conference on Plotinus and the Gnostics, 14-15 June
This one has many of the big names in this field, including the NSEA’s very own Dr Dylan Burns. This should be an essential conference for those interested in the […]
Webinar: Ancient Jewish Magic and its Wider Contexts (3 and 6 June)
The Sixth Annual Workshop on Ancient Jewish Magic and its Wider Contexts 3 and 6 June 2021Israel time (GMT+3)(via Zoom) Thursday, 3 June17:00 – 18:30Marco Moriggi (Università di Catania): Syriac […]
Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha
The title probably tells you what you need to know about this book. Sure to contain at least something of interest to lovers of the parabiblical esoteric. The Oxford Handbook […]
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