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The Nazi argument doesn't make sense either. Because everyone knows that in war zones extremist groups tend to rise. We've seen the same thing with Is...

Maybe Russia should start by real free elections at home to see how long the current regime would last In the figures I've seen the Russian majority, ...

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Consider this, according to Advaita all is Brahman and we are Brahman, according at least to a school we are God that forgot whom he is. Where is this...

It's like The Emperor's New Clothes.

Thanks that looks like an interesting book, since you are so familiarized with the subject it seemed an easy task for you to give a comparison. The Ad...

For someone who only knows Advaita Vedanta from youtube videos, what exactly is the similarity with Platonism, besides being paths of self knowledge? ...

Most famous Platonists were vegetarians even when they performed sacrifices as a necessary evil. There were alternatives, like cakes baked with the sh...

BTW regarding Theurgy just read on Wikipedia that Iamblichus emphasized sacrifices. If this is true and these were real animal sacrifices then it stan...

No, to be honest I was talking about any kind of magic, it's just that Theurgy is too close to a religious practice and is difficult to draw a line. A...

Regarding magic, it is important to notice it was considered a low and punishable practice by pagans. You can get a sense of this in Apuleius The Gold...

What about memory beyond the sensible world? Assuming the soul has an existence prior to incarnating or in between incarnations.

They are both paths of self knowledge, there are also significant differences in their doctrines, at least as far as my current understanding of both ...

Did anyone say it is unsettling? To some extent it might be counter intuitive. During the Principate period things were seen the other way around. You...

If you don't mind, I needed confirmation. When you hear "cry wolf" for too long you may not believe when the wolf finaly arrives ;) Curious enough, ev...

It seems you created a topic for these words elsewhere and someone confirmed sunaph? as a loanword from Greek. If you have evidence hora has the same ...

Last time I checked we were discussing the alleged "Greek origin" of the Sanskrit word hora mentioned at the start, not Greek influence on Indian astr...

Have it as you like. Regarding the origin of the word hora can't find any reference to what you and your illustrated sources are saying only that the ...

Hi first of all congratulations for such an interesting thread and information shared. Without having read everything in detail just two points: 1- Di...

If the Freemasonry existed in Roman times and had the same scope as today one would assume that it would be involved for instance in restoring the Rom...

There is no doubt that many well positioned people in many countries, in particular in politics, are known Freemasons. But regarding masonry always ex...

Organizations that kept secret their rituals and teachings may appear strange today under the influence of the bias created by Christianity but they w...

Depends, we know the medieval society was an aristocratic one and the guilds were made of professional classes in which the nobility would not be invo...

Thank you. I was aware that Freemasonry evolved from the medieval masons guilds but tend to look at them as different things. The oldest lodge known a...

Although Masons claim Freemasonry exists since ancient Egypt is there any record or mention to them in antiquity or the Middle Ages?

Seneca was only briefly a vegetarian before becoming a Stoic, it seems he didn't want to be confused with some groups. Didn't know Musonius was vegeta...

Hope there is no problem in arriving late at the debate but the two philosophies are considerably different and seem to agree only that virtue is the ...