RR Podcast Ep.5, P1 w/ Dr. Marco Pasi: Hermes's Smörgåsbord of Esoteric Delights

Dr. Marco Pasi and I discuss the book, Hermes Explains: Thirty Questions About Western Esotericism. This episode is a mini-history lesson that covers several different subjects. Marco begins by giving some background about Hermes, why esotericism is confusing to try to explain to people, and also why it's an important area of study. We then go on to talk about one of the essays by Dr. Henrik Bodgan, titled "Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world?" that discusses secret societies, and the Illuminati, in particular. EPISODE NOTES:Website HHP Centre: https://www.amsterdamhermetica.nl/ Website ESSWE: https://www.esswe.org/The Corpus Hermeticum: https://hermetic.com/texts/hermetica/indexHermes in the Academy (pdf): https://www.academia.edu/43196454/Hermes_in_the_AcademyZanoni by Edward  Bulwer Lytton: http://www.moup.org/Files/Edward_Bulwer_Lytton-Zanoni.pdfWiki page about Abbot Barruel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_BarruelWiki page about Adam Weishaupt/ Bavarian Illuminati: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_WeishauptWiki page about the Dreyfus Affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affairMarco Pasi on Academia.edu: https://uva.academia.edu/MarcoPasiHenrik Bodgan on Academia.edu: https://gu-se.academia.edu/HenrikBogdan/Papers