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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Polytheism in Greek Philosophy
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In Gaia's Workshop: Hephaestus and Ecology
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In Gaia's Workshop: Hephaestus and Ecology
Continuing my ongoing reflections on Hephaestus (which began here and continued here and here) I wish to look at another passage from the Timaeus commentary where Proclus discusses Him.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In Gaia's Workshop: Hephaestus and Ecology
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ICHRRF welcomes Sanjaya Sarpong-Kumankumah as Director of Outreach for African Traditional Religions www.ichrrf.org/home/publica...
ICHRRF - PR_11-24-2025
The ICHRRF Executive Committee today welcomed Sanjaya Sarpong-Kumankumah as its newest member. He will be assisting the Executive team in its various outreach programs in Africa with traditional Afric...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
ICHRRF welcomes Sanjaya Sarpong-Kumankumah as Director of Outreach for African Traditional Religions www.ichrrf.org/home/publica...
CFA for the upcoming International Society for Neoplatonic Studies conference in Leuven, Belgium, June 3-6, 2026 isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
Call for Abstracts for the June ISNS conference in Leuven
Dear ISNS Colleagues, Attached you will find the final list of panels to be held at the ISNS conference in Leuven, Belgium, June 3-6, 2026. Please send abstracts (no more than a page in lengt…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
CFA for the upcoming International Society for Neoplatonic Studies conference in Leuven, Belgium, June 3-6, 2026 isnswebsite.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/c...
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The Minoan Tarot
Step into the Mysteries of Ancient Crete
Ancient Minoan culture meets modern Tarot in this striking 86-card deck and guidebook. Drawing on the art and symbolism of a civilization that thrived two mill...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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La polis y los dioses. El lugar de la religión en la filosofía política de Aristóteles bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicacione...
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Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos. Con referato y de acceso libre y gratuito
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
La polis y los dioses. El lugar de la religión en la filosofía política de Aristóteles bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicacione...
I’m heartbroken to learn of the tragic death of my friend and colleague, known to the polytheist revivalist community as Theanos Thrax. Please help and share. Fundraiser by Idalia Thrax: Help Idalia and Son Rebuild After Tragic Fire gofund.me/5eff49de0
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I’m heartbroken to learn of the tragic death of my friend and colleague, known to the polytheist revivalist community as Theanos Thrax. Please help and share. Fundraiser by Idalia Thrax: Help Idalia and Son Rebuild After Tragic Fire gofund.me/5eff49de0
The Secret Vocation: Imagination, Beauty, and the Elenchus
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The Secret Vocation: Imagination, Beauty, and the Elenchus
The Ladder: Journeys in Platonic Mysticism, Episode 10
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November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Secret Vocation: Imagination, Beauty, and the Elenchus
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Lifting the Sky: The Cosmic Program on the ˁAin Samiya Goblet anetoday.org/ain-samiya-g...
Lifting the Sky: The Cosmic Program on the ˁAin Samiya Goblet - The Ancient Near East Today
The ˁAin Samiya goblet is small enough to sit in the palm of a hand — barely eight centimeters tall — yet its imagery reaches for the architecture of the cosmos.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Lifting the Sky: The Cosmic Program on the ˁAin Samiya Goblet anetoday.org/ain-samiya-g...
Born into Brujeria: A Mayan Sorcerer’s Experience in a Transgressive Tradition
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Born into Brujeria: A Mayan Sorcerer’s Experience in a Transgressive Tradition
First-Hand Knowledge of the Hidden World of Guatemalan Folk Magic and Its Evolution from Secrecy to Modern Practice
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Born into Brujeria: A Mayan Sorcerer’s Experience in a Transgressive Tradition
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Philosopher-Led Project on AI and Evolving Norms of Inquiry dailynous.com/2025/11/12/p...
Philosopher-Led Project on AI and Evolving Norms of Inquiry - Daily Nous
How is the development and use of artificial intelligence changing the norms of inquiry and knowledge production across different disciplines? That's the question to be taken up by Eamon Duede, assist...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Philosopher-Led Project on AI and Evolving Norms of Inquiry dailynous.com/2025/11/12/p...
Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival publicdomainreview.org/essay/roma-l...
Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival
In 1899, Charles Godfrey Leland published Aradia, “the gospel of the witches”, containing a goddess-orientated creation and saviour narrative, purported to descend from an ancient, hermetic tradition ...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival publicdomainreview.org/essay/roma-l...
Materia Philosophiae: Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy (open access) brill.com/display/titl...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Materia Philosophiae: Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy (open access) brill.com/display/titl...
Plato and the Ideas: A Very Complicated Story brill.com/display/titl...
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Plato and the Ideas: A Very Complicated Story brill.com/display/titl...
Hymn to Isis in Middle Egyptian youtu.be/5pCO0_zmAMU
Hymn to Isis in Middle Egyptian
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November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hymn to Isis in Middle Egyptian youtu.be/5pCO0_zmAMU
“There are only a few hundred initial roots across the Algonquian languages … In this post, we explore the diverse expressions and underlying concept of the common root sound tk-.” abenakionline.com/f/knowing-ou...
Knowing Our Roots, tk-
There are only a few hundred initial roots across the Algonquian languages. Because of this limited number, each root carries a broad range of thematic meanings. In this post, we explore the diverse e...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“There are only a few hundred initial roots across the Algonquian languages … In this post, we explore the diverse expressions and underlying concept of the common root sound tk-.” abenakionline.com/f/knowing-ou...
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Elenchus Against Ontology
Jam Sessions on Negation, Part 2
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November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My latest, in collaboration with Palinode Productions: Elenchus Against Ontology open.substack.com/pub/palinode...
"What moves me most is not their grief but their calm response: ‘Let’s change the ritual order and try again.’ Not scientific logic nor denial but acceptance, a willingness to continue creation within uncertainty." Izanami — Creation and Loss open.substack.com/pub/toukyo/p...
Izanami — Creation and Loss
Women of the Divine — A Priestess’s View of the Goddesses in Shinto
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November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"What moves me most is not their grief but their calm response: ‘Let’s change the ritual order and try again.’ Not scientific logic nor denial but acceptance, a willingness to continue creation within uncertainty." Izanami — Creation and Loss open.substack.com/pub/toukyo/p...
“I think of Matsuri as driving a stake into the flow of time. The space—ma (間)—that lies between those stakes is everyday life…” When the Kami Moves: Voices from Matsuri
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When the Kami Moves
Voices from Matsuri
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October 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“I think of Matsuri as driving a stake into the flow of time. The space—ma (間)—that lies between those stakes is everyday life…” When the Kami Moves: Voices from Matsuri
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Euripides' The Bakkhai at Goldstein Theater, Flushing NY (Oct 30-Nov 9) kupferbergcenter.org/event/bakkhai/
The Bakkhai - Kupferberg Center for the Arts
The Bakkhai is Euripides most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single rui...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Euripides' The Bakkhai at Goldstein Theater, Flushing NY (Oct 30-Nov 9) kupferbergcenter.org/event/bakkhai/
Thought as Music (1): Sappho polymorph.blog/early-greek-...
Thought as Music (1): Sappho – polymorph
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October 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thought as Music (1): Sappho polymorph.blog/early-greek-...
Some Remarks from the African Traditional Religions Working Group
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Some Remarks from the African Traditional Religions Working Group
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October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Some Remarks from the African Traditional Religions Working Group
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