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Ancient World — 106 episodes · page 1 of 2
The Greek and Roman Epics, and the Personal Journey. w/Sean Eckmann!
Episode 10 - The Escape, and Seeing the Stars
Episode 9 - The Deepest Pit
Episode 8 - The Ten Ditches
Episode 7 - The Lower Inferno
Episode 6 - The City of the Underworld
Episode 5 - The Circles of Passion
Episode 4 - Limbo, and Aristotle.
Episode 3 - The Gate
Episode 2 - Beatrice
Dante's Inferno: Episode 1
The Ancient World, and Today.
Mythology and the Stories we tell
Etymology - the meaning of "Easter" and "Equinox"!
Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes.
The Epic Poem "Aeneid" by Virgil, the Founding Story of the Roman Empire
"The Lord of the Rings", a Book Talk with Podcaster Adam Bishop
Interview: Dr. Phil Cary about Dante's Cosmology, and the 24 Wise People in the Sun.
Meditation #7 - How to escape the Grip of the Sirens
Meditation #6 - What motivates us, and how to create a great life!
Meditations #5 - Dante's thoughts on Free Will and a Predictable Future.
Meditations #4 - Dante's view on Imagination
Meditations #3 - Motion, Aristotle, and the key to Empyrean.
Meditations #2 - Dante asks; Why all the suffering in the World?
Meditations #1 - Dante, and Aiming in Life.
The Sun God Apollo, and the Hubris of Phaethon!
Dante's Vita Nuova - and Lady Philosophy!
Episode 10 - Happy Easter, the Journey through Purgatory, and new Videos!
Episode 9 - New Morning Show w/Dante! And Philosophy as being both spiritual, mystic, intellectual and rational.
Episode 8 - Newman, Saints, Intelligibility of the Universe, and the Immaterial. w/Sean, Greg & Dan Part II!
Episode 7 - Theology as Philosophy! Origen, Alexandria and the Nature of Music. w/Greg, Dan & Sean!
Episode 6 - Tip: Tom Holland and his Change of Mind. w/Paul Vanderklay!
Episode 5 - Experiencing the Divine with Reason v. Emotion. Dionysius, Gregory of Nyssa and Maximus.
Episode 4 - Dante, Barfield, and the Inner Spiritual Life. With Dr. Mark Vernon!
Episode 3 - "The Celestial Hierarchy" of Dionysius, and symbolic reading of Moses' ascent of the Mountain.
Episode 2 - The Life of Moses and Dante's Paradise with Dr. Dan Sheffler. The Ascent!
Episode 1 - New Season! Diving deeper into Symbolic Readings, and expanding the Symbolic World.
Episode 68 - Aristotle's Concept of Origin of Nature, and Actuality of Thought
Episode 67 - Invoking muses and inspiration in Greek Myth. Opening the deep beauty.
Episode 66 - Correspondence with a Professor about Religion, Philosophy, and Dante's blending of the two traditions.
Episode 65 - Doubting Studies, and Aristotle's Love that Moves the Universe
Episode 64 - The Final Moments, of the Comedy. Canto 30-33.
Episode 63 - The Paradise, Canto 28. When Dante sees the end point of his Journey.
Episode 62 - The House of Dante, and a Growing Mind.
Episode 61 - The Earthly Paradise. Dante meets Beatrice, and the rebirth is complete.
Episode 60 - Dante climbs the next 6 Terraces, and reaches the Garden of Eden.
Episode 59 - The Ledge of the Proud. Dante learns about humility, and the climb gets easier.
Episode 58 - Arriving at the Main Gate, with three steps of marble white, dark stone and flaming red. The real climb is about to start.
Episode 57 - The Boatman, souls arriving on the Mountain-Island, and Dante meets an old Friend.
Episode 56 - Opening of Purgatory, Washing the Face as Cleansing of Sins. Humility is now guiding him towards Redemption.
Episode 55 - The Purgatory, with Dante. Opening with the Muses, and Cato from the Roman Empire.
Episode 54 - The Inspiration of Homer and Hesiod, and Greek Culture. The Muses are singing!
Episode 53 - Deucalion, and recreating the World after the Flood. The Oracles help.
Episode 52 - Prometheus, Zeus and Pandora. How Suffering came into the World.
Episode 51 - The Ages of Man, and the Flood in Greek Mythology.
Episode 50 - Greek Myth and Stories, as a Reflection of the structure of Life.
Episode 49 - Hubris, Minotaur and the Labyrinth, and the Icarus Myth.
Episode 47 - The Myth of Europa, and King Minos. How Europe got its name!
Episode 48 - Scholasticism, and the endeavour of blending the Greek and Christian Tradition.
Episode 46 - The Greek Creation Myth. Chaos, Gaia, and Zeus.
Episode 45 - Dante travels through the center of the Earth, and escapes the Inferno. Canto 32-34.
Episode 44 - The Well of the Giants. Dante is almost at the center of the Inferno, and meets the Greek Titans.
Episode 43 - Lower Part of the Inferno, Canto 9-28. The scenes get more graphic.
Episode 42 - Reason, Emotion and Music.
Episode 41 - Ancient World as inspiration for Writing
Episode 40 - The Treasures of the Ancient World
Episode 39 - Canto 7 and 8, at the gate of City of Dis, in the Inferno.
Episode 38 - Canto 5 and 6, Inferno
Episode 36 - Inferno, Canto 3
Episode 37 - Canto 4, and reflections on the scope of the Comedy.
Episode 34 - Inferno Canto 1
Episode 35 - Inferno, Canto 2
Episode 33 - Limbo, Purgatory, and a question from a listener!
Episode 32 - Dante on Aristotle, and our new Newsletter!
Episode 31 - Aristotle on Divinity, and First Mover
Episode 30 - Metaphysics, and the First Philosophy.
Episode 29 - Ethics, and reaching Excellence
Episode 28 - Canto XVIII. Dante in the Sphere of Jupiter.
Episode 27 - Travel tips, with Ravenna. Mosaics and Dante's Tomb
Episode 26 - Aristotle, on Actions and Ethics
Episode 25 - Canto XXII, seeing the Earth in a new Perspective
Episode 24 - Canto XVII, Paradise. Dante's thoughts on his Comedy.
Episode 23 - Inspiration, as Flames or Growing Trees
Episode 22 - Aristotle Complete Works
Episode 21 - Overview Dante, and the early spark of Rebirth
Episode 20 - Travels in The Ancient World
Episode 19 - Dante, Aristotle on the Process of Learning, Growth
Episode 18 - Aristotle, History and growing Podcast
Episode 17 - Aristotle on Education, and Knowledge
Episode 16 - Socrates and Dialogue as an Art of Life
Episode 15 - Botticelli and Renaissance Painting
Episode 14 - Epicurus, and practical thinking
Episode 13 - Canto I from Paradise
Episode 12 - From a Small Seed
Episode 11 - At the Entrance of Paradise
Episode 10 - Purgatory, as Virgil leaves
Episode 9 - A Landscape of Cultures
Episode 8 - Knowledge of the Myths
Episode 7 - Greek Words and Origins
Episode 6 - Reflections on The Ancient World