Month: May 2022
Direct video: โThe eternal man and the depth of natureโ, with Riccardo Tennenini
The presentation of the book will be broadcast on our channels on Wednesday 1 June at 21 pm The depth of nature by Edgar Dacquรฉ. Our guest will be Riccardo Tennenini, animator of Epistรจme - Knowledge beyond the mainstream.
The cult of Isis during the Hellenistic period
The cult of Isis is one of the most interesting phenomena from the historical-religious point of view that the period of Hellenism recalls. To understand the various syncretisms and the diffusion that interested this cult it is good to go back to its origins, to finally arrive at the feast of Sant'Agata in Catania, which of the Isiac celebrations is presented as a Christianized continuation.
Pan's Awakening in Victorian-Edwardian England: "The Garden of # 19" by Edgar Jepson
The Garden at 19pm (1910) by Edgar Jepson, who lived between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, is presented as a pseudo-sequel to Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, who was a close friend of Jepson: a folk-horror novel set in Edwardian London that was also appreciated by Aleister Crowley, just published in Italy by Dagon Press.
The symbolism of the Swan, the ยซHyperborean Thraceยป and the Eleusinian connection
What connection in ancient Greece linked the Hyperborean cult of Apollo, the symbolism of the swan and migratory birds, the Mysteries of Eleusis and Thracian and Eurasian shamanism? Extract from the third chapter of The Angel of the Abyss. Apollo, Avalon, the Polar Myth and the Apocalypse (Axis Mundi Editions, 2022).
Psychedelic Christianity (part I): Maria Sabina and the "fungal Eucharist"
An investigation into the syncretism between the "cult of the sacred mushroom" in the Mexican area and imported Spanish Catholicism, centered on the figure of the Mazatec "sabia" and "curandera" Maria Sabina. Following, some reflections on the bizarre but interesting fungal representations in the Christian cult, made known by authors such as John Allegro, Elรฉmire Zolla, Gianluca Toro and Giorgio Samorini.
โChameleonic analogiesโ: from the mandrake to the salamander, from the basilisk to the elf
In many legends of Italian folklore the mandrake inhabits the waters and is interchangeably described in its triple plant, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic aspect. Here we will describe some particular convergences between the "monster-mandrake", some mythological and non-mythological reptiles (salamanders, basilisks, snakes, dragons, reptiles and amphibians in general, winged creatures) and some subterranean and liminal creatures of the various legends such as spirits, goblins, premature deaths, damned souls.
