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  • Ptolemaic Alexandria

    Ptolemaic Alexandria
    Sep 5 2024
    This presentation explores the classic city of ancient wisdom based upon P. M. Fraser's three volume study. Ptolemaic Alexandria is the true philosophic milestone in Western civilization.

    This is a special presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on July 31, 1982.

    Episode transcript – https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/2935

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    1 h et 49 min
  • Roman Alexandria: Augustus to Hypatia

    Roman Alexandria: Augustus to Hypatia
    Aug 25 2024
    This sequel to the presentation on Ptolemaic Alexandria covers over four centuries of history. Neoplatonism, Christianity, Judaism, the cult of Serapis, and revivals of ancient Egyptian Mystery Schools abounded in this classic city. Philo, Ammonius Saccas, Plotinus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and scores of other exotic spirits populate the cityscape.

    This is a special presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on March 12, 1983.

    Episode transcript – https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/2872

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    1 h et 43 min
  • Constantine - End of the Age

    Constantine - End of the Age
    Aug 23 2024
    This is the fourteenth presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on September 30, 1982.

    Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/142

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    1 h et 26 min
  • Marcus Aurelius and Plotinus - Roman Stoicism and Alexandrian Esotericism

    Marcus Aurelius and Plotinus - Roman Stoicism and Alexandrian Esotericism
    Aug 22 2024
    This is the thirteenth presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on September 23, 1982.

    Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/141

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    1 h et 22 min
  • Hermes Trismegistus and Hypatia - The Mystical Philosophy of Alexandria

    Hermes Trismegistus and Hypatia - The Mystical Philosophy of Alexandria
    Aug 21 2024
    This is the twelfth presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on September 16, 1982.

    Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/140

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    1 h et 26 min
  • Origen and Clement - Alexandrian Christianity

    Origen and Clement - Alexandrian Christianity
    Aug 20 2024
    This is the eleventh presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on September 9, 1982.

    Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/138

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    1 h et 47 min
  • Trajan and Hadrian - The Pax Romanum at its Greatest Extent

    Trajan and Hadrian - The Pax Romanum at its Greatest Extent
    Aug 19 2024
    This is the tenth presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on September 2, 1982.

    Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/137

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    1 h et 21 min
  • Tacitus and Plutarch - Histories, Annals, Germanica, and the Reigns of Nero and the Other Caesars

    Tacitus and Plutarch - Histories, Annals, Germanica, and the Reigns of Nero and the Other Caesars
    Aug 18 2024
    This is the ninth presentation in a series of fourteen about Alexandria and Rome. This presentation was delivered by Roger Weir on August 26, 1982.

    Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/136

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    1 h et 35 min