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Edward P. Butler, PhD

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Polytheist, Ph.D. in Philosophy. Justice to all beings, reverence to all Gods.

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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 1h
Call for Papers: Names in Ancient Myth and Religion listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...
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LISTSERV 16.5 - CLASSICISTS Archives
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 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.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Crossing the Chiasm: Queering the Ontology of the Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology (open access) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Crossing the Chiasm: Queering the Ontology of the Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Crossing the Chiasm: Queering the Ontology of the Chiasm in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A Chopstick Floats Down the River (Grooving with Kami) toukyo.substack.com/p/a-chopstic...
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A Chopstick Floats Down the River
September’s Susanoo Series, Part Four: Is Susanoo Beginning to Change?
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My favorite so far in this series of essays.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Èṣùtumọ̀: Indigenous Hermeneutics beyond Indigeneity and Hermeneutics Or “How do you say Hermeneutics in Yorùbá?”, by Oludamini Ogunnaike www.academia.edu/175777377/%C...
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Èṣùtumọ̀: 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...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Conference abstracts: The "Vortex" in Graeco-Roman Thought | Le « vortex » dans la pensée gréco-romaine www.academia.edu/175785880/Th...
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The "Vortex" in the Graeco-Roman Thought | Le « vortex » dans la pensée gréco-romaine
Maison méditerranéenne des sciences humaines et sociales, Aix-en-Provence, 21-23 September 2026
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
O "Platonismo Profundo" de Antônio Vargas noopositive.substack.com/p/o-platonis...
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O “Platonismo Profundo” de Antônio Vargas
Sobre a fala de Antônio Vargas sobre Vicente Ferreira da Silva e o “Platonismo Profundo”.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New from Carlos Segovia, BEYOND IMMANENCE: AESTHETIC EXPLORATIONS: Ten Short Essays on Painting & Music (open access) heyzine.com/flip-book/ab...
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Beyond Immanence
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
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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-...
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Il papiro Jumilhac
Un 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'...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Four Women of Eleutherna: Priestesses, Healers, or Elite Women? Sun, Sep 13 | FREE Virtual Event www.artemisresearchcentre.com/event-detail...
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The Four Women of Eleutherna: Priestesses, Healers, or Elite Women? | Artemis Centre
More 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...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Goose at the Threshold: Goose Lore, Witchcraft and Spirit Flight thepurplebroom.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/t...
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The Goose at the Threshold: Goose Lore, Witchcraft and Spirit Flight
Wulle, 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…
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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/6655
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On the Logical Time of the Diagram
1. 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...
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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/6630
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The Metamorphic Point
1. 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...
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Timileyin @timmodryoid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Unity 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-...
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Unity and Excess in Butlerian Henadology
On Butlerian Henadology - Part II
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Toni Blanco @tonibg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Si 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.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sat 3 Oct - Sat 31 Oct: Vital Platonism: A 5-week Introduction to the Creatively Examined Life events.palinode.org/events/palin...
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Register Here – Vital Platonism: A 5-week Introduction to the Creatively Examined Life – Google Meet
Vital Platonism: A 5-week Introduction to the Creatively Examined Life – Google Meet, Sat Oct 3, 2026 - Sat Oct 31, 2026 -
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Timileyin @timmodryoid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
On the Necessarily Contingent and Modal Collapse in Butlerian Henadology On Butlerian Henadology - Part I By Oluwaseyi Bello symmetria.substack.com/p/on-the-nec...
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On the Necessarily Contingent and Modal Collapse in Butlerian Henadology
On Butlerian Henadology - Part I
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Pantheon - The Welsh, by @mharastarling.bsky.social, review by Lorna Smithers thesanctuaryofvindos.com/2026/08/28/r...
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Review – Pantheon The Welsh by Mhara Starling
Pantheon 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…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Guimarães' 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_...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I 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!
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Rethinking Monotheism in the Classroom" by Jennifer Eyl soar.stonehill.edu/jrca/vol2/is...
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Rethinking Monotheism in the Classroom
By Jennifer Eyl, Published on 06/30/21
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hymn to Thoth in Middle Egyptian youtu.be/01dh_4OJX8U
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Hymn to Thoth in Middle Egyptian | God of Knowledge
YouTube video by Siamun
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Plotinus, Myth and Henadology: Reading between Enneads V.8 and III.5, by Gus Kraus guskraus.net/blog/2026/05...
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Plotinus, Myth and Henadology: Reading between Enneads V.8 and III.5 - Gus Kraus
Plotinus had a persistent interest in myth. His earliest treatise — I.6 “On Beauty” — is littered with quotations from Homer and references to mythic figures...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Apollon, I Adore You. phosphorou.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/a...
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Apollon, 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…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A 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...
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A Celebration of the Nereides
Come hear a presentation on the Nereides, and then join in Their honoring in a ritual for anyone who honors these (or any) Deities!
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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...
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LIBER SEMINALIS APG I
Pars Prima — De Deorum Natura
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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...
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Yes I Like Piña Coladas: On Haecceities and the Normativity of Love (guest post) - Daily Nous
The 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...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Christians 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.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A filosofia política de Empédocles: Minicurso a ser realizado no dia 11 de agosto de 2026 (Bias Busquet Guimarães) www.academia.edu/171641498/A_...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Lorna 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...
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The Lost Shrine of Nodens
I 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…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New Substack post: Platonic Mathematics epbutler.substack.com/p/platonic-m...
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Platonic Mathematics
SOCRATES: Don’t we have to agree, first, that the arithmetic of the many
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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...
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"Platonic Polytheism Persisting: Surveying the Living Platonisms of Contemporary Pagan Thought", International Society for Neoplatonic Studies 2026, KU Leuven
The 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...
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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-white-...
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The 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.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Polytheistic Platonism: Collected Essays (Order here for all countries other than the U.S.) prometheustrust.co.uk/product/poly...
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Polytheistic Platonism – collected essays – The Prometheus Trust
A 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.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thank you so much, Toni. The pleasure, truly, is to have such readers as yourself.
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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_...
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O Poema de Empédocles e os estudos humano-animais
Este 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...
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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...
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Ancient Egyptian rock art reveals two very different relationships between humans and animals
For 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...
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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...
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Moon baboon: New insight into the mind of ancient Egyptians
New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on baboons, moonlight and their link to an ancient Egyptian deity.
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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Discover 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/...
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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...
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Piaganism
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. It p...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
CfA: 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...
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LISTSERV 16.5 - PHILOS-L Archives
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Edinburgh 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
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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...
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Why modern witches are making pilgrimages to an ancient temple in Turkey | CNN
The 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...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
India celebrates the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival, in photos apnews.com/photo-galler...
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India celebrates the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival, in photos
Devotees across India celebrate the annual Rath Yatra, one of the world’s oldest and largest religious processions.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What is Theurgy? with Dr. Angela Puca youtube.com/watch?v=ogrn...
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What Is Theurgy? The Ancient Philosophy Behind Ritual Magic
YouTube video by Angela's Symposium
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The Ethical Conditions of Dialogue-Play and Understanding | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/phil...
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The Ethical Conditions of Dialogue-Play and Understanding
The process of genuine dialogue and understanding can only function if certain ethical conditions are met.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Divine Has No Other: Polycentric Polytheism and the Resolution of Exclusive Otherness [Oblivion] open.substack.com/pub/oblivion...
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The Divine Has No Other
Polycentric Polytheism and the Resolution of Exclusive Otherness
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Sanskrit prayers and dosas: Inside one of the oldest Hindu temples in the US religionnews.com/2026/07/07/n...
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Sanskrit 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.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The 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...
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Orphic Collection — Harvard University Press
Cult 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...
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