Hypochondria and Epiphany: The Strange Case of Ælius Aristides

from Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP) · host Earl Fontainelle

We examine one of the strangest records of personal religious experience and divine epiphany from antiquity, the Hieroi Logoi of Ælius Aristides. Come for the incubation, dream-initiations, and miraculous powers, stay for the interminable descriptions of dyspepsia.

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