Two New Books of Interest
A new collection on the great Emperor Julian (still called ‘the Apostate’ in the title, in a remarkable acceptance of Christian value-judgements) is out from Brill. A look at the […]
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Charles W. King, The ancient Roman afterlife: di manes, belief, and the cult of the dead
This book looks very interesting; not esoteric per se, but an interesting study of Roman beliefs about the dead, the divinity of the dead, their power to act upon the […]
Astrology in Ancient Egypt: Webinar
from Lucio Del Corso (Università di Cassino) Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to invite you to the webinar “Astra in Chartis. Astronomical and Astrological Papyri from Graeco-Roman Arsinoites”, organized in the frame […]
Webinar: “Esoteric Knowledge: Astronomy, Alchemy and Hermetica”
Be sure and check this out tomorrow! It features our very own Dylan Burns and a number of other leading lights in our field discussing interesting stuff. Wednesday 13 January, […]
Squabbling dualists for Christmas!
A blessed yuletide to all our colleagues. Here’s to an improved 2021! An interesting-looking book is out from Peeters, which covers a topic many of us have wondered about for […]
Online Conference on Apocalyptic
This looks very interesting. Apocalyptic Thinking14 & 15 February 2021Centre for the Study of the BibleOriel CollegeUniversity of Oxford Conference Organisers:Hindy Najman – Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation […]
New Collected Volume on E.R. Dodds
E.R. Dodds was one of the greats of twentieth-century study of ancient Græco-Roman religion. He wrote The Greeks and the Irrational, a book which many will know, if for no […]
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