Islamic Occultism: In Theory and Practice
Courtesy of Liana Saif: here you find a description of the upcoming conference “Islamic Occultism: In Theory and Practice.” Not exactly ‘ancient’ in orientation (no pun intended), but absolutely relevant […]
Sensing Divinity: Incense, Religion and the Ancient Sensorium
Sensing Divinity: Incense, Religion, and the Ancient Sensorium Where: British School at Rome and the École française de Rome When: June 23-24, 2017 Website From the organizers: This conference will […]
New text of Philostorgius’ Ecclesiastical History
Writing in the first quarter of the fifth century CE, Philostorgius‘ Ecclesiastical History (preserved in a medieval epitome and other references) is an important work in many respects: it is […]
Wendt on Marx-Wolf, Spiritual Taxonomies
BMCR has just published Heidi Wendt‘s review of Heidi Marx-Wolf, Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority: Platonists, Priests, and Gnostics in the Third Century C.E. Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Philadelphia: […]
Call for Papers: Towards Feminist Reading of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Magic and Mystery Traditions
Courtesy of the ISNS mailing list: CALL FOR PAPERS Otherwise than the Binary: Towards Feminist Reading of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Magic and Mystery Traditions A now common critique of […]
Shi’ite Esotericism, Its Roots and Developments
Brepols has just published a new volume on Shi’ite Esotericism, its relationship to earlier Jewish, Christian, Gnostic, and Manichaean currents, and its various trajectories in Islam. It promises to be […]
Divination in the Ancient World
CAS Annual Fall Symosium Divination in the Ancient WorldWhere: University of Pennsylvania When: November 10-12, 2016 Website From the conference website: The belief in divination, the possibility of learning the […]
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