EPISODE · May 21, 2018 · 32 MIN

Mystery and Initiation in Plato

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

The idea of initiation is central to western esotericism, but its origins lie in the mystery-cults of the Græco-Roman world. How do we get from ancient ritual practices to a special kind of transcendent knowledge or wisdom? Via Plato, of course.

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