#63 Merry Mithrasmas!
Merry Mithrasmas! This is our episode for the 25th December, investigating the origins of Christianity in Mithraism and the pivotal role played by Constantine the Great.
Category: Christianity
The myth of Tai Chi Chuan
Did Tai Chi exist before 1850? In this episode we begin a new series of episodes on this subject by setting the scene and historical background to the mythmaking around the origins of Tai Chi that occurred starting from the middle of the Nineteenth Century in response to social turmoil and unrest exemplified by the Taiping Rebellion and Opium Wars.
#49 The Heretics Bible: Genesis 4 – The Invention of Murder
Returning to our series on Genesis, we examine the supposed events surrounding Cain and Abel, and their social context in the ancient civilisations of ancient Mesopotamia. Link.
#43 The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz – Day 1 (part 2)
We continue our journey into the Chymical Wedding, discussing why shamanic experience can come as a surprise even to people who are well prepared for it. We also look at the influence of Erasmus, and consider his outlook on the esotericism vs exotericism issue.
#35 Thales and the Milesian School
We head at last to Ancient Greece, and look at the attempts of Thales to challenge the miasma of his time.
We also discuss how he agreed with (or perhaps even originated the ideas of) Genesis in a way that modern Christians generally don’t.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9404101/34-the-heretics-bible-genesis-3
#34 The Heretics Bible: Genesis 3
Forbidden fruit, cruel gods and the Apocryphon of John.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9404101/34-the-heretics-bible-genesis-3
#33 Dead Sea Scrolls
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed that Jesus and Christianity were much less unique developments than previously thought. In this episode we start to explore these ancient documents and what they can tell us about the origins of both Christianity and Judaism. https://www.spreaker.com/user/9404101/dead-sea-scrolls
Listen to “#33 Dead Sea Scrolls” on Spreaker.Lilith
A discussion of how ancient elites used the figure of Adam’s first wife Lilith as the ancient “Bogey Man” to preserve their position in society, and examples of the same strategy employed by modern media and politicians to the same ends.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9404101/lilith
Listen to “#32 Lilith” on Spreaker.#31 The Heretics Bible: Genesis 2
We continue our investigation of the Book of Genesis, looking at the ways in which Genesis 2 contradicts Genesis 1 and both modern Christianity and Judaism. We also start talking about the figure of Lilith, in legend Adam’s first wife before Eve was created.
Listen to “#31 The Heretics Bible: Genesis 2” on Spreaker.#27 The Heretics Bible: Genesis I
The Book of Genesis disagrees in many ways with both modern Christianity and modern Judaism. It also incorporates many earlier traditions, including those of Mesopotamia, and even China. This is the originally intended first episode of the Heretics Podcast (before we got sidetracked).