Month: February 2023
Adriano Olivetti and Rudolf Steiner: the possible connections
February 27, 1960, the day of Adriano Olivetti's death, is a symbolic event from various points of view: it marks the sunset of the Italian "computer dream"; the end of the experience of the Olivetti Community,…
The Labrys, the Bull and the Labyrinth
A study of the symbolism of the double-headed ax (labrys), the spiral, the hourglass, the bull and the labyrinth, and their relationship with the annual path of the sun and especially with the solstices.
Live video: “The Dogon. Masks and souls to the stars”, with Antonio Bonifacio
Tonight Antonio Bonifacio will be a guest on our YouTube channel for the presentation of his book The Dogons. Masks and souls to the stars, published by Venexia Editrice in 2015. Appointment starting at 21:30.
The Dogon and the Sotian calendar
Waiting for tomorrow night's live with Antonio Bonifacio, dedicated to his book The Dogons. Masks and souls to the stars (Venexia 2015), we host this vast unpublished work by the author which summarizes the religious cosmology of the peoples of western Sudan and its links with ancient Egypt.
Prophetic Edgar Allan Poe: the “Gordon Pym” and synchronicities
Edgar Allan Poe was a prophetic master of macabre twists. But the most disturbing thing is the novel he wrote about the sinking of a ship, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, in which he evoked the same name of a man who 50 years later in real life would be shipwrecked and, exactly as described in the book, be eaten by his fellow passengers.
Live video: "The Time Machine" by Andrea Casella, for The Sulfur Society
Tonight starting at 21:30, the second presentation of the new paperback coming out for Axis Mundi Edizioni will be broadcast on the YouTube channel of the friends of La Società dello Zolfo: The time Machine. Essay on Archaic Cosmotheology by Andrea Casella [AXS002].
Live video: Divine masks and winter rites of passage, with Alessandro Norsa
Tomorrow evening we will have the pleasure of hosting Alessandro Norsa on our YouTube channel for the presentation of his latest editorial effort, Divine masks. History of winter rites of passage, published last year by Karyon editor, a text that contains over twenty years of research on the subject throughout Europe (and beyond).
Renato Del Ponte (1944 – 2023)
Prof. Renato Del Ponte, director of the magazine «Arthos», which he founded in 1972 and with which we have the honor of collaborating, left us yesterday.
Completing the Work: a pilgrimage in the Sansevero Chapel, in Naples
Visiting the temple conceived by Prince Raimondo di Sangro means taking part in a great collective history, branched out between artistic wonders and initiatory symbols. Even as spectators, it is an experience that should be done at least twice in a lifetime.
