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Edward P. Butler, PhD

@epbutler.bsky.social
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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 · 26m
Saudi Arabia: Overturn death sentence against Sri Lankan migrant worker over social media post, from @amnesty.org www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Saudi Arabia: Overturn death sentence against Sri Lankan migrant worker over social media post
No one should be imprisoned, let alone face execution simply for expressing their views, even if these are deemed insulting or offensive.
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M. Isidora Forrest @isidora-forrest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sometimes we need Dangerous Goddesses. isiopolis.com/2026/10/11/t... #kemeticsky #scorpion #pagansky #witchsky #egyptiandeities
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The Scorpion Wives of Horus
The Goddess Serket guarding one of Tutankhamon’s shrines, along with Her sister Goddesses, Isis, Nephthys, and Neith Sometimes we need the magic of Dangerous Goddesses. And so, let us call up…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom (ICHRRF) condemns Saudi Arabia's blasphemy death sentence for 24-year old Sri Lankan over Facebook comment. www.ichrrf.org/home/publica...
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ICHRRF - PR_10-12-2026
Along with several international Human Rights organizations, ICHRRF today called for immediate intervention by the United Nations, diplomatic authorities, and the international community to prevent ex...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The latest in @timmodryoid.bsky.social's series of discussions of my work—The Horizon: Perspectivist Earth and Intelligible-Intellective Okeanos symmetria.substack.com/p/the-horizo...
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The Horizon: Perspectivist Earth and Intelligible-Intellective Okeanos
On Butlerian Henadology - Part IV.4
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
CFP from the Brazilian Platonists Society for a special issue of the journal DoisPontos on Protagoras and Alcibiades I & II www.sbplatonistas.com.br/p/chamada-do...
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Chamada para Publicação — Dossiê na Revista DoisPontos (Qualis A1): Protágoras e Alcibíades I e II
Aproveitando o impulso e os excelentes resultados do nosso XIV Simpósio Internacional da Sociedade Brasileira de Platonistas, abrimos 2026 com uma iniciativa e…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BAPS, Women, and the Eiffel Tower: A False “Cult” Scandal bitterwinter.org/baps-women-a...
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BAPS, Women, and the Eiffel Tower: A False “Cult” Scandal
Remember the “Indian cult” who asked female employees to be removed during its visit to the Tour Eiffel? It was fake news, an official report says.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This course, perhaps more than anything else, will give one a sense of why we at Palinode believe that we are doing AI with a difference.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New from @palinoderevolution.bsky.social—“Angel, Alien, Algorithm: AI as a Magical Technology of Meaning and Mind,” a four-week online course with Karin Valis, architect of Khora. events.palinode.org/events/palin...
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Register Here! – Angel, Alien, Algorithm – Google Meet
Angel, Alien, Algorithm – Google Meet, Sun Nov 1, 2026 - Sun Nov 29, 2026 - November 2026 Five Weeks: November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and “ Show & Tell” November 29 Sunday, 10AM-12...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICHRRF: The Persecution & Revival Of Traditional African Religion Among The Baganda In Uganda www.truekarma.org/events/9d143...
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ICHRRF: The persecution & revival of Traditional African Religion among the Baganda in Uganda
The traditional religion of the Baganda people of Uganda centers on the worship of a supreme creator and a pantheon of powerful intermediary spirits. The Supreme Creator occupies the highest spiritual...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Prior to the conceptual determination of objects lies a narrative, poetical and aesthetic constitution of the object, and this is what is grasped under the notion of intelligible form…"
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Submission page for Ancient Philosophy Society 2027 Meeting, 15-17 April in Flagstaff, Arizona www.ancientphilosophysociety.org/website/subm...
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SUBMISSION PAGE: Ancient Philosophy Society 2027 Meeting
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Toni Blanco @tonibg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits - "Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture" by Chip Colwell is this month's free ebook of University of Chicago Press press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEb... cc: @epbutler.bsky.social
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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
Vicente Ferreira da Silva e o Platonismo Esotérico youtu.be/1Qf_HynivpU
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Vicente Ferreira da Silva e o Platonismo Esotérico
YouTube video by Antonio Vargas
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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
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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
Layne is extremely knowledgeable about Platonism, has insight into the underlying spiritual realities, and is a highly accomplished, first-rate instructor with a wealth of university teaching experience. I recommend the course very highly.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This FREE 5-week online course with Prof. Danielle Layne of Gonzaga, who is also the founder of the Palinode platform, promises to be very rewarding.
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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 bookshop.org/a/17266/9781... (#advertisement)
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Pantheon - The Welsh
Journey through history and myth, language and charm to learn about the deities of Wales.In Pantheon - The Welsh author Mhara Starling takes you on a journey to meet the Deities of Wales. Via history,...
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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
I made a similar argument in my 2018 "Perceiving Aphrodite," where I argued for a synchronic register in which Love and Strife are simultaneously operative, and that the Sphere is the world's harmonious integrity, rather than a world apart. henadology.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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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 hope as well that you will subscribe to Oluwaseyi's Substack, and show him whatever further support you can.
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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
"Here, I will not offer a scholarly analysis or critique of the categories 'monotheism' or 'polytheism', but rather, offer a pedagogical exercise for getting students to think about these categories in more sophisticated and attentive ways."
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"This assumption, deeply embedded in the way 'monotheists' view the religions of others, is a qualitative and moral evaluation about how monotheism and polytheism differ … [and] has been one of many ideological rationales for justifying a pernicious history of colonialism and racism…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"For the vast majority of students there is … [an] unarticulated assumption: Monotheism is better, or more 'evolved', than polytheism. Polytheism is pagan. Or wild. Or at least, Other…
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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
I read all of these early in my graduate studies, and they sensitized me to the problem of individuation in a way which crucially informed my later work.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
His works as both author and editor are indispensable: Introduction to the Problem of Individuation in the Early Middle Ages; Individuation in Scholasticism: The Later Middle Ages and the Counter-Reformation; Individuation and Identity in Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant.
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