“The problem with Perennialism” – Moshe IDEL ▶️

Moshe Idel discusses the Perennialism of Carl Jung, Henry Corbin and Mircea Eliade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrqp4FpxAhs Seekers of Unity are an educational project and community exploring the intersection of philosophy and mysticism across traditions, east and west, ancient and contemporary, in the hopes of creating a more intimate world together. RELATED CONTENT:

“Theosophy and Kabbalah in Romania (1900-1947)” – Moshe IDEL ▶️

Theosophical Appropriations: Kabbalah, Western Esotericism and the Transformation of Traditions. Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation And The Goldstein-Goren International Center For Jewish Thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnCRs9_SrwA In cooperation with the Israeli Network for the Academic Study of Western Esotericism (INASWE) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer-Sheva) 16-18/12/2013 Organized by Boaz Huss and Julie Chajes, RELATED…

Psychedelics, Unio Mystica, and the Divine Feminine with Moshe Idel | Seekers of Unity ▶️

Moshe Idel, considered the world’s leading scholar of Jewish mysticism by many, joins us in conversation to discuss his unique relationship to the texts of Jewish mysticism, his psychedelics experiences and the role of mystical experiences in the study of mysticism, Jewish Mysticism’s relationship to other mystical traditions, ‘Unio Mystica’ in Judaism and the techniques…

How the Demiurge Became the Devil: Earth Diver Myth – Radiana PIŢ

It is said in Romanian folklore that the Devil is God's brother, a primordial being named Nefârtat who retrieved the mud for the creation of the Earth from Saturday's Water, the cosmic ocean. How did he evolve from an Earth-Diver demiurge into a trickster archetype and later a personification of generic evil? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfIPws-TDkU 🎬 Chapters00:00…

Exile, Hooliganism, and Norman Manea’s “The Hooligan’s Return” – Carla BARICZ

Los Angeles Review of Books, February 2, 2014 “What is a hooligan? A rootless, nonaligned, nondefined vagabond? An exile? Or is it what the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language says it is:‘The name of an Irish family in South East London conspicuous for ruffianism’?”  — Norman Manea, The Hooligan’s Return THIS PAST YEAR marked the…

“Traços gnósticos na modernidade filosófica e literária: Camus, Cioran, Bloom” – Rodrigo Inácio R. Sá Menezes (Átopos Editorial 2023)

"Nossas fontes gnósticas, por mais distantes que pareçam, não cessam de inspirar nossa literatura. Menos de uma maneira direta (poucos escritores conhecem esse período de nossa história reservado aos eruditos) que de uma maneira inconsciente. Não falo de uma referência histórica, mas de uma impregnação da sensibilidade por toda uma corrente de pensamento cuja emergência…

“Sobre hooligans e democratas, então e agora” – Rodrigo MENEZES

O que é um hooligan? Muito antes de ser associado a torcidas organizadas e torcedores fanáticos de futebol, o termo apareceu pela primeira, vez em língua inglesa, ao final do século 19, sem relação com a cultura do esporte mais popular do planeta. Segundo Clarence Rook (1862-1915), autor de Hooligan Nights (1899), “As noites hooligans”…

“Mihail Sebastian’s Journal: The Fascist Years (1935-1944)” – Radu IOANID

On 29 May 1945, as he rushed to cross a street in downtown Bucharest, thirty-eight-year-old Mihail Sebastian, a press officer at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was hit and killed by a truck. As it happened, Sebastian was late to an appointment at Dalles Hall where he was to teach a class about Honoré…

“Perceptia de sine in spiritualitatea interbelica” – Gabriela RAVARU (GOUDENHOOFT)

CAP. 1. TREPTE ŞI CAPCANE ALE PERCEPŢIEI SPIRITUALITĂŢII ROMÂNEŞTI INTERBELICE 1.1. OBIECTUL CERCETĂRII1.2. PERCEPŢIE POSTEVENIMENŢIALĂ1.3. PERCEPŢIE SINCRONĂ CAP. 2. JOC ŞI ILUZIE: IMAGINEA DE SINE 2.1. TÂNĂRA GENERAŢIE ŞI PERCEPŢIA LUMII INTERBELICE2.2. MENTORII CAP. 3. MOTIVE ARHETIPALE ROMÂNEŞTI; MOŞTENIREA BLESTEMATĂ 3.1. IPOTEZE DE LUCRU3.2. MIRCEA ELIADE ŞI FENOMENOLOGIA ARHETIPURILOR ROMÂNEŞTI3.3. EMIL CIORAN ŞI MOŞTENIREA BLESTEMATĂ3.4.…

“Mas, Cioran, atman ou anatman? Eis a questão” – Rodrigo MENEZES

“Na história há dois fenômenos que representam para mim o ponto mais elevado: a metafísica indiana e a música alemã. […] Se houvesse um processo, no qual o homem fosse acusado, poderia se defender com esses dois fenômenos. Pessoalmente, através da metafísica indiana consegui penetrar mais profundamente nos problemas filosóficos, e, com a música alemã,…