Ancient Esoteric Wisdom, Soul Flight & Lost Consciousness Techniques | Earl Fontainelle | Mind Meld 413

Summary

In this episode, Earl Fontainelle discusses the fascinating intersection of ancient religious and philosophical thought, particularly focusing on the ideas surrounding the soul and non-human intelligence. He delves into the practices of pre-Socratic healer-seers and their experiences with soul flight. The conversation also touches on hermetic and platonic concepts of rebirth and immortality.

Key takeaways

• 1Earl Fontainelle: Esoteric scholar and host of the Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast
• 2Pre-Socratic healer-seers: Known for practices involving soul flight and communion with divine beings.
• 3Hermeticism: A philosophical system from ancient Greece, claiming enlightenment through a relationship with the divine.
• 4Platonic rebirth: Concept that emphasizes the transformation into an immortal consciousness.
• 5Non-human intelligence: Ancient accounts describe interactions with gods, goddesses, and daimones.

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Transcript excerpt

we have every reason to think that they were habitually engaging in communing with non-human persons to gain knowledge, right? Sure. For example, with the Pythagoreans or with Empedocles or Parmenides, these are these sort of pre-Plateau type philosophers. And this is just a standard thing in ancient culture, by which I mean Greco-Roman culture. This shouldn't surprise us. Uh, it was, for some people, it was a daily occurrence. Even if it didn't happen during waking time, it would at least happen in dreams, you know. Now, what kind of knowledge were they gaining? Well, welcome back to the transmission, my fellow glorious sentient sacks of Stardust. There is no way around it. When you dive into the spirituality and philosophy of the ancient world, it is soaked in beings, prophecies, O-B-E's, N-D-E's, gods, goddesses, daimons, and I guess I'll say non-ordinary states of consciousness. Uh, and we riff on all of the above in this mind melt. And as woo-woo or out there as that may sound, these people who wrote this stuff went on to shape Western thought and philosophy, and eventually the scientific method, you know, Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras, Parmenides, they all had esoteric doctrines, practices, or knowledge that still leaves us just frothingly curious, in my case, and at the very least, scratching her heads. But to stretch the shit out of that metaphor, there are levels, my friends, when it comes to esoteric head-scratching, and Earl Fontenelle is an absolute S-tier pro-level esoteric head-scratcher. He's a classicist and religious scholar and PhD haver who specializes in the Greco-Roman and Hellenistic flavors of the esoteric, you know, Hermeticism, Platonism, all the stuff that just really gets my wonder dander up. His show, The Secret History of Western Esotericism, Schwepp, it's been massive for me. ...

Excerpt from Third Eye Drops, Oct 25, 2024. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.