Episodes

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Our souls are deathless, but nothing retains its own form. Thus speaks Pythagoras in this long and winding tale that combines ancient myth and history. Through a Roman lens, we read of Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Hercules, Ulysses and more, coming right down to the advent of the Roman Empire. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The gods through the eyes of the earliest Romans. The Indo-European religious inheritance. Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Minerva. The precision and discipline of Roman religious practice. The ties to early Christianity. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

God chastises the world with the Flood. Only Noah and his family are spared. A breakdown of symbols and morality in the flood narrative. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Pyrrhus, Greek king and general, fights the Roman tide that threatens to wash over the entire Greek world. The Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt flourish and endure. The Maccabees revolt in Judea and start the Hasmonean dynasty of kings in Jerusalem.

Alexander the Great dies and leaves behind a fragmented world of multi-cultural states led by Greek soldiers. The Hellenistic period which follows brings western ideas in to East. More than anything, it paves the way for Eastern religions, like Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity, to infiltrate the West.

Alexander the Great at the Battle of Granicus, the Battle of Issus and at Gaugamela. Jerusalem and Gaza. The Temple of Ammon in Egypt. His horse Bucephalus. His strategos Parmenio. Darius III flees to the East. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The youth of Alexander the Great. His strange mother Olympias. His friends Ptolemy, Nearchus and others. Cleopatra , Darius III and the fall of Thebes. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Virgil writes of Aeneas and the Trojan origins of Rome. The tale is both distinctively Roman and notably Greek. Heroes such as Odysseus and Achilles are recalled, as are monsters such as Scylla and Cerberus. The relationship between Roman mythology and Greek myths. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Phillip II of Macedonia. Alexander the Great. The Sacred Band of Thebes. A brief digression on Greek sexuality. Olympias. Leuctra, Mantinea, Chaeronea. Epaminondas. Pelopidas RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Exitus and Reditus. The theology of the genealogies in the Bible. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The philosophical works of Aristotle. Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Who is rewarded by the school system? Who benefits from the regimentation? Who benefits from the system of alienation? The child who sits still. The child who is quiet. The child who keeps his hands to himself. The child who doesn’t ask to go outside. We are trained to be docile from day one.

The next step up in sophistication with regard to note-taking.

Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes and more. Over the centuries, the ancient Greeks separate Mathematics and other fields of study from philosophy. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The Aristotelian contribution to Greek Science. Defining first principles. Substance, Accidents and the nature of being. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Asking questions about your reading projects to increase retention of information. The power of handwriting. Avoiding negative input during the early stages of learning. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The blood of thy brother cries out to me from the earth! The typology of Abel and Christ. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Socrates envisions a just society in which men and women are equals, and all are suited perfectly for their station in life. But is the cost of this just society too high? Censorship, lies and eugenics in the philosophy of Plato. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

From his jail cell in Athens, Socrates makes his last argument in defense of the immortal soul. Death as separation of body and soul. The essences of Beauty, Justice and more. The perfection and purity of the soul. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Adam and Eve listen to the serpent, and suffer exile from Paradise as a consequence. Adam, Eve, the tree and the serpent prefigure Christ, Mary, the cross and Satan. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Xenophon disregards the advice of Socrates and joins the army of Cyrus the Younger. When Cyrus dies in combat against his brother, Artaxerxes, King of Persia, Xenophon and others lead ten thousand Greek soldiers on a long retreat home. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

Made from earth, and from each other, man and woman meet in Paradise. The meaning of marriage. The eschatology of Genesis. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:

The Beringia Theory. Clovis points and the extinction of the megafauna. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link: