Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 1hCall for Papers: Names in Ancient Myth and Religion listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...listserv.liv.ac.ukLISTSERV 16.5 - CLASSICISTS Archives 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The latest in Oluwaseyi's series of readings of my work focuses on the constitutive—indeed, cosmogonic—role of theoretical "leaps" in Damascius, and the way that this can transform our grasp of the Platonic system. 021
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Crossing the Chiasm: Queering the Ontology of the Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology (open access) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgCrossing the Chiasm: Queering the Ontology of the Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology | Hypatia | Cambridge CoreCrossing the Chiasm: Queering the Ontology of the Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology 010
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A Chopstick Floats Down the River (Grooving with Kami) toukyo.substack.com/p/a-chopstic...toukyo.substack.comA Chopstick Floats Down the RiverSeptember’s Susanoo Series, Part Four: Is Susanoo Beginning to Change? 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My favorite so far in this series of essays. 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Èṣùtumọ̀: Indigenous Hermeneutics beyond Indigeneity and Hermeneutics Or “How do you say Hermeneutics in Yorùbá?”, by Oludamini Ogunnaike www.academia.edu/175777377/%C...academia.eduÈṣùtumọ̀: Indigenous Hermeneutics beyond Indigeneity and Hermeneutics Or “How do you say Hermeneutics in Yorùbá?”Roundtable on Jacob Olupona's Indigenous Hermeneutics Once of the most important contributions of Professor Jacob Olupọna’s illustrious career is his development of the method of Indigenous hermen... 011
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Conference abstracts: The "Vortex" in Graeco-Roman Thought | Le « vortex » dans la pensée gréco-romaine www.academia.edu/175785880/Th...academia.eduThe "Vortex" in the Graeco-Roman Thought | Le « vortex » dans la pensée gréco-romaineMaison méditerranéenne des sciences humaines et sociales, Aix-en-Provence, 21-23 September 2026 010
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026O "Platonismo Profundo" de Antônio Vargas noopositive.substack.com/p/o-platonis...noopositive.substack.comO “Platonismo Profundo” de Antônio VargasSobre a fala de Antônio Vargas sobre Vicente Ferreira da Silva e o “Platonismo Profundo”. 131
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026New from Carlos Segovia, BEYOND IMMANENCE: AESTHETIC EXPLORATIONS: Ten Short Essays on Painting & Music (open access) heyzine.com/flip-book/ab...heyzine.comBeyond ImmanenceCreated with the Heyzine flipbook maker 010
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"While reading the papyrus, I took some notes that I now intend to reproduce here in a fair copy. The idea is to make known the salient facts and curious etiologies described in the papyrus, which also lend themselves to associations with other mythical tales…" mediterraneoantico.it/articoli/il-...mediterraneoantico.itIl papiro JumilhacUn papiro lungo nove metri, custodito al Louvre, che restituisce un Egitto mitico e a tratti sorprendente: Anubi guerriero contro Seth, divinità che cambiano forma di continuo e curiose leggende sull'... 010
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Four Women of Eleutherna: Priestesses, Healers, or Elite Women? Sun, Sep 13 | FREE Virtual Event www.artemisresearchcentre.com/event-detail...artemisresearchcentre.comThe Four Women of Eleutherna: Priestesses, Healers, or Elite Women? | Artemis CentreMore than 2,600 years ago, four women were buried together at ancient Eleutherna in Crete, surrounded by extraordinary objects that suggest wealth, status, and perhaps something more. Were they simply... 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Goose at the Threshold: Goose Lore, Witchcraft and Spirit Flight thepurplebroom.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/t...thepurplebroom.wordpress.comThe Goose at the Threshold: Goose Lore, Witchcraft and Spirit FlightWulle, Wulle, little goose,wag your tail.Do you know who I am?I am your queen,you are my children,gi, ga, gack!Look, there they go, all five of themwithout shoes and without socks.Hey, how beautifu… 030
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"In this article, I will focus on the possibility of thinking about relationships and processes of a temporal nature within the concept of the diagram…" journals.openedition.org/ejpap/6655journals.openedition.orgOn the Logical Time of the Diagram1. Introduction I depart from a series of questions that, within the realm of Châtelet’s diagrammatology, deserve more attention. Is it possible to describe a temporal logic specific to the diagram... 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"This article presents a radical deconstruction of the static ontology of the point inherited from the Euclidean tradition, through a comparative analysis of the thought of mathematician Gilles Châtelet and visual artist Paul Klee." journals.openedition.org/ejpap/6630journals.openedition.orgThe Metamorphic Point1. Introduction The Euclidean definition of the point as “that which has no part,” “Σημεῖόν ἐστιν, οὗ μέρος οὐθέν” (Euclid I: 1) established a foundational ontology for Western thought, reducing th... 011
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhDTimileyin @timmodryoid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Unity and Excess in Butlerian Henadology On Butlerian Henadology - Part II by Oluwaseyi Bello Wherein I explain how the procession of being is the very consequence of the Henadic manifold, and that the manifold is itself the engine of procession. symmetria.substack.com/p/unity-and-...symmetria.substack.comUnity and Excess in Butlerian HenadologyOn Butlerian Henadology - Part II 031
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhDToni Blanco @tonibg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Si te manejas bien en inglés, muy buena oportunidad - ¡ y gratis!- para introducirte en la filosofía de Platón (no la versión ramplona). Danielle es una profesora muy buena de la Universidad de Ganzoga, conocida por su pasión, humor y sus interpretaciones feministas de la metafísica de Platón. 011
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sat 3 Oct - Sat 31 Oct: Vital Platonism: A 5-week Introduction to the Creatively Examined Life events.palinode.org/events/palin...events.palinode.orgRegister Here – Vital Platonism: A 5-week Introduction to the Creatively Examined Life – Google MeetVital Platonism: A 5-week Introduction to the Creatively Examined Life – Google Meet, Sat Oct 3, 2026 - Sat Oct 31, 2026 - 141
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhDTimileyin @timmodryoid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026On the Necessarily Contingent and Modal Collapse in Butlerian Henadology On Butlerian Henadology - Part I By Oluwaseyi Bello symmetria.substack.com/p/on-the-nec...symmetria.substack.comOn the Necessarily Contingent and Modal Collapse in Butlerian HenadologyOn Butlerian Henadology - Part I 021
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Pantheon - The Welsh, by @mharastarling.bsky.social, review by Lorna Smithers thesanctuaryofvindos.com/2026/08/28/r...thesanctuaryofvindos.comReview – Pantheon The Welsh by Mhara StarlingPantheon The Welsh is a book in the Collective Ink Books Pantheon collection by Welsh Folk Witch, Mhara Starling. It is the first book I know of that focuses on the Welsh pantheon, as a whole, rath… 182
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Guimarães' reading of Empedocles proposes a revision of the cosmic cycle that I find rather persuasive: no rigid four-stage sequence, but an ongoing harmonia of Love and Strife, with shifting predominance and incessant zoogony. www.academia.edu/172418748/A_...academia.edu 120
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I am, needless to say, deeply honored by Oluwaseyi's profound engagement with my work, which is everything a scholar can hope for, and am looking forward with joyful expectation to the subsequent installments of this series! 280
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Rethinking Monotheism in the Classroom" by Jennifer Eyl soar.stonehill.edu/jrca/vol2/is...soar.stonehill.eduRethinking Monotheism in the ClassroomBy Jennifer Eyl, Published on 06/30/21 152
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Hymn to Thoth in Middle Egyptian youtu.be/01dh_4OJX8Uyoutu.beHymn to Thoth in Middle Egyptian | God of KnowledgeYouTube video by Siamun 080
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Plotinus, Myth and Henadology: Reading between Enneads V.8 and III.5, by Gus Kraus guskraus.net/blog/2026/05...guskraus.netPlotinus, Myth and Henadology: Reading between Enneads V.8 and III.5 - Gus KrausPlotinus had a persistent interest in myth. His earliest treatise — I.6 “On Beauty” — is littered with quotations from Homer and references to mythic figures... 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Apollon, I Adore You. phosphorou.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/a...phosphorou.wordpress.comApollon, I Adore You.Apollon, born on Delos, I adore you. Apollon, born on Mt. Kynthus, I adore you. Apollon, born on the seventh day, I adore you. Apollon, seven month’s child, I adore you. Apollon, of Delphi, I… 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026A Celebration of the Nereides, with P. Sufenas Virius Lupus (Online event, Saturday, August 22, 3 PM-4:30 PM EDT) www.eventbrite.com/e/a-celebrat...eventbrite.comA Celebration of the NereidesCome hear a presentation on the Nereides, and then join in Their honoring in a ritual for anyone who honors these (or any) Deities! 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"The axioms … are the most economical rational articulation of … the irreducible plurality, the plenitude, and the non-competitiveness of the Gods, as they manifest themselves in worship…" epistrofista.substack.com/p/liber-semi...epistrofista.substack.comLIBER SEMINALIS APG IPars Prima — De Deorum Natura 010
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026“It’s easy to conclude that a person’s qualities exhaust our reasons for loving them…” Yes I Like Piña Coladas: On Haecceities and the Normativity of Love. (Come for the yacht rock, stay for the henology.) dailynous.com/2026/08/11/y...dailynous.comYes I Like Piña Coladas: On Haecceities and the Normativity of Love (guest post) - Daily NousThe start of the school year is creeping up on us but it is still summer. If you can, find some time to relax in the sun, perhaps by a pool or ocean, enjoy a tropical drink, and enjoy the following gu... 111
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Christians who call Hellenic Gods "rapists" ought to be informed that the verb typically used for such mythic incidents, harpazein (ἁρπάζειν), is the exact same one that their scripture uses to refer to the faithful being "raptured" by their God. 0215
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A filosofia política de Empédocles: Minicurso a ser realizado no dia 11 de agosto de 2026 (Bias Busquet Guimarães) www.academia.edu/171641498/A_...academia.edu 020
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Lorna Smithers’ new novel, “based upon the two Romano-British silver statuettes dedicated to Nodens found on Cockersand Moss in Lancashire, that suggest a lost shrine to Nodens may have existed nearby.” thesanctuaryofvindos.com/2026/08/07/t...thesanctuaryofvindos.comThe Lost Shrine of NodensI am excited to announce the publication of my new novel, The Lost Shrine of Nodens. The concept is based upon the two Romano-British silver statuettes dedicated to Nodens, an ancient British god o… 000
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026New Substack post: Platonic Mathematics epbutler.substack.com/p/platonic-m...epbutler.substack.comPlatonic MathematicsSOCRATES: Don’t we have to agree, first, that the arithmetic of the many 021
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"Platonic Polytheism Persisting: Surveying the Living Platonisms of Contemporary Pagan Thought", Gus Kraus (International Society for Neoplatonic Studies 2026, KU Leuven) www.academia.edu/171335620/_P...academia.edu"Platonic Polytheism Persisting: Surveying the Living Platonisms of Contemporary Pagan Thought", International Society for Neoplatonic Studies 2026, KU LeuvenThe following is a version of a paper tracing Platonic reception in contemporary Paganism and Polytheism. This paper was presented at the ISNS 2026 conference at KU Leuven, at the panel "Modern P... 030
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhDIsaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-white-...africanhistoryextra.comThe White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture.Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in Central Africa. 12214
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Polytheistic Platonism: Collected Essays (Order here for all countries other than the U.S.) prometheustrust.co.uk/product/poly...prometheustrust.co.ukPolytheistic Platonism – collected essays – The Prometheus TrustA collection of Edward Butler's essays exploring the polytheistic foundations of Platonism: 16 essays, with a preface from Michael Griffin and an introduction from Antonio Vargas. 131
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Thank you so much, Toni. The pleasure, truly, is to have such readers as yourself. 050
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"This article proposes a critical analysis of the fragment 31 DK B103 from Empedocles' Poem, which states that 'all [beings] think', that is, that all natural beings possess some capacity for thinking…" www.academia.edu/171043467/O_...academia.eduO Poema de Empédocles e os estudos humano-animaisEste artigo propõe uma análise crítica do fragmento 31 DK B103 do Poema de Empédocles, no qual se afirma que “todos [os seres] pensam (pephróneken hápanta)”, isto é, que todos os seres naturais possue... 011
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"Exaggerated anthropomorphs almost never appear in hunting scenes … Exaggerated anthropomorphs and animals are depicted as participants in the same space, often facing in the same direction, as if moving through the landscape together…" scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news...scienceinpoland.plAncient Egyptian rock art reveals two very different relationships between humans and animalsFor thousands of years, prehistoric artists in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis carved humans and animals into desert rocks — but they did not always tell the same story. Some images show people and wildlife exi... 030
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"Manifestations of Thoth took the form of … the ibis and the baboon, but the reasons for this zoomorphism were uncertain. Researchers using spectroscopy … discovered that both the ibis and baboon have spectral profiles indistinguishable from moonlight." phys.org/news/2026-07...phys.orgMoon baboon: New insight into the mind of ancient EgyptiansNew research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on baboons, moonlight and their link to an ancient Egyptian deity. 1115
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhDGloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Discover our Igbo Language Focus, bringing together research, interviews, and the Igbo Philosophy Colloquium to explore how philosophical thought takes shape through Igbo language. The new focus page now offers an overview of the project and its activities: www.uni-hildesheim.de/glophi/2026/... 011
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"Piaganism is a new Brazilian religious movement that falls under the category of contemporary Paganism, combining elements of polytheism, nature spirituality, local cultural traditions and magic…" Piaganism www.academia.edu/170688959/Pi...academia.eduPiaganismPiaganism is a new Brazilian religious movement that falls under the category of contemporary Paganism, combining elements of polytheism, nature spirituality, local cultural traditions and magic. It p... 052
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026CfA: Individuality: Phenomenological and Transcendental-Critical Investigations (NB: "Presentations in English will be allowed, but all participants must have at least a passive competence in oral German.") listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...listserv.liv.ac.ukLISTSERV 16.5 - PHILOS-L Archives 000
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhDEdinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026📢 Ebook sale! We've dropped the price of our ebooks to £9.99/$14.95 for this week only. Yes, that's right: ALL of them! 😍 So if you've had your eye on something, now's your chance. Happy shopping: edin.ac/3m0FGgU 01215
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026“Hekate, or Hecate, remains a subject of reverence, attracting a global following of devotees, some of whom travel to the sanctuary dedicated to her to leave offerings.” www.cnn.com/travel/lagin...cnn.comWhy modern witches are making pilgrimages to an ancient temple in Turkey | CNNThe ruins of Lagina in southwestern Turkey are home to what is believed to be the largest shrine to Hekate, an ancient goddess associated with magic who still attracts worshipers from around the world... 054
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 17/07/2026India celebrates the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival, in photos apnews.com/photo-galler...apnews.comIndia celebrates the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival, in photosDevotees across India celebrate the annual Rath Yatra, one of the world’s oldest and largest religious processions. 062
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026What is Theurgy? with Dr. Angela Puca youtube.com/watch?v=ogrn...youtube.comWhat Is Theurgy? The Ancient Philosophy Behind Ritual MagicYouTube video by Angela's Symposium 060
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The Ethical Conditions of Dialogue-Play and Understanding | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/phil...psychologytoday.comThe Ethical Conditions of Dialogue-Play and UnderstandingThe process of genuine dialogue and understanding can only function if certain ethical conditions are met. 021
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The Divine Has No Other: Polycentric Polytheism and the Resolution of Exclusive Otherness [Oblivion] open.substack.com/pub/oblivion...open.substack.comThe Divine Has No OtherPolycentric Polytheism and the Resolution of Exclusive Otherness 030
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Sanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US religionnews.com/2026/07/07/n...religionnews.comSanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US(RNS) — Šri Mahã Vallabha Ganapati Devasthãnam, the second-oldest traditional Hindu temple built by Indian immigrants, marked the anniversary of its consecration on July 4. 132
Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The new collection of Orphic fragments, edited by Alberto Bernabé and translated by Michael Chase, is now available from @harvardpress.bsky.social for 25% off with code EPICS, through July 31 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...hup.harvard.eduOrphic Collection — Harvard University PressCult classics.Orpheus is familiar from Greek mythology as a peerless bard, the Thracian son of a Muse with superhuman musical abilities that enabled him to win the release of his young wife Eurydice f... 0101