Dan Attrell

Livestream with Esoterica

In case you missed it, here's the livestream discussing our recent book: "Invisibilia Dei: A Collection of Hermetic, Mystical, and Anti-Magical Works by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa"!

16 - Medieval Mysticism, pt. 2

Hey folks,

Here's the final installment of the class on Medieval Mysticism, this time focusing on women's mysticism in particular, and on the various branches of Jewish mysticism in the Middle Ages. I hope you enjoyed the class as much as I enjoyed putting it together. It's now finally time for me to move on to more public facing content,...

15 - Medieval Mysticism, pt. 1

Hey friends,

We're starting to approach the end of our course on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages. This is our penultimate lecture and it is focused on medieval mysticism and mystical philosophy.

Next lecture will also focus on mysticism, but we'll be looking at women's mysticism in particular, with a brief foray into Jewish mys...

Shamanism, Theurgy, and Astral Magic [Interview w/ Michael Ofek]

Hey friends! Here's a second interview with astrologer and astral magician Michael Ofek, this time on the intersections of Shamanism, Theurgy, and Astral Magic.

14 - Medieval Magic and the Clerical Necromantic Underground

Hey friends, here's part fourteen of my class on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time focusing on Medieval Magic and the Clerical Necromantic Underworld. Next up: Mysticism.

13 - Heresy in the Late Middle Ages: Lollards and Hussites

Hey everyone, here's part thirteen of my series on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time focusing on the Lollards and the Hussites. Next up: Medieval Magic.

12 - The Crises of the 14th Century

Hey everyone, here's part twelve of the course on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time focusing on the persecution of the Templar, the Great Famine, the Black Death, the Avignon Papacy, and the Lollard movement. Next up: Medieval Magic.

Just a note that I've also enabled the new feature here that links audio content to Spotify, ...

11 - Medieval Philosophy pt. 2: Philosophy in the Latin West

10 - Scholasticism and Medieval Philosophy

Hey folks, here's part ten of my lecture series on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time on medieval education, scholasticism, and medieval philosophy. Next up: more on Latin philosophy specifically, and then moving on to the many crises of the 14th century (the Avignon Papacy, the disbanding of the Templar, the Great Famine, the Plagu...

9 - The Franciscan Spirituals

Hey friends. Here's the ninth installment of my series on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time focusing on the more radical subsection of the Franciscan order, the so-called 'Spirituals' on account of their devotion to absolute, radical (and arguably 'heretical') poverty. Next up we're going to look at medieval education, scholasticis...

8 - Inquisition

Hey everyone,

Here's part eight of my Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages lecture series, this time focusing on the role of the inquisition in the suppression of heresy.

7 - Rise of the Mendicant Orders: Franciscans and Dominicans

Hey folks, here's part seven of the Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages lecture series, this time on the rise of the mendicant orders, that is, the orders of preaching friars who would serve to counter heretical poverty movements by taking up apostolic poverty on behalf of the church. These same friars would later come to fill the ranks of the ...

6 - Waldensians, Cathars, and Heretical Poverty

Hey friends, here's the sixth installment of my series on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time focused on the various 'heretical poverty movements' that exploded onto the scene in the wake of the Gregorian reforms. Here we take a look at the Waldensians, the Cathars, and how we can think of these groups as part of one singular, overar...

5 - The Church Militant and Apocalyptic Expectations (Joachim of Fiore)

Hi folks, here's the fifth installment of my lecture series on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time on the Crusades, and on the apocalyptic ecumenical ideas of Joachim of Fiore which arose near the end of the 12th century and set the stage for various developments in the 13th. Next up: Waldensians, Cathars, and Heretical Poverty Movem...

4 - The First Heresies of the High Middle Ages; Monastic Reform, Spiritual Warfare, and the Church Militant

Hi friends, here is part four of my class on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages. The first half is on the first group of heretics to burn in the High Middle Ages, that is, the Orleans Heresy of the early 11th century. The second half is on the rise of Monasticism, Spiritual Warfare, and the Church Militant.

Note: The audio is a bit garbl...

3 - Augustine, Manicheanism, and the Early Middle Ages

Hey folks, here is part three of my lectures on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time featuring the Manichaeans, St. Augustine's involvement with them, followed by a chronological romp through the Early Middle Ages to get us up to the High Middle Ages where most of the action for this course takes place. Hope you are all enjoying your...

2 - Heresy in the Patristic Age - Gnosticism, Arianism, Docetism, etc.

Hey folks, here's part two of my course on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages, this time focusing in on some of the earliest heresies in Christian history, namely, Gnosticism, Arianism, Modalism, Docetism, Pelagianism, etc.

1 - Introduction to Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages

Hey friends, I hope you're enjoying the summer.

Here, as promised, is the first installment of my recent lecture series on Heresy and Crisis in the Middle Ages. In terms of chronology, it more or less picks up where the course on Greek and Roman religion left off. Please let me know what you think. More on the way!

On Intelligences, Spirits, and Angels

The Cabala or The Secret Mysteries of Ceremonial Magic (Pt. 2): On Intelligences, Spirits, and Angels, adapted from Francis Barrett's The Magus (1801).

You can read the full text here: https://archive.org/details/b22006795/page/32/mode/2...

11 - Judaism and Christianity

Alright folks, here's the final installment in the intro series on Ancient Greek and Roman Religion, this time on Second Temple Period Judaism and Early Christianity. The next course I will edit will probably be on medieval heresies, so it will likely pick up right where this series left off. But first, I need to turn back to YouTube for a bit.....

10 - Magic, Esotericism, and Astrology

Hey again friends. Here's the penultimate part of my class on Ancient Greek and Roman Religion, this time taking a detour into a brief overview of ancient magic, esotericism, and astrology. Next week we'll be wrapping up with a lecture on Judaism and Christianity then moving back to a different project (probably something video related). I have ...

9 - Mystery Cults: Isis and Mithras

Greetings friends. Here is part 9 of my intro to Ancient Greek and Roman Religion course, this time on the mysteries of Isis and Mithras. Next up: Astrology and Magic, and then Judaism and Christianity which will be the last lecture in the series. Hope you're enjoying the series!

8 - Mystery Cults: Eleusis, Attis and Cybele, Orpheus and Dionysus

Hello again friends! I hope you're all enjoying the return of spring as much as I am. Here's part 8 of my lecture series on Ancient Greek and Roman religion, this time on Mystery Cults. Next week we'll be continuing this discussion with the cult of Isis and Mithras - that is to say, cults that were more prominent in Rome during the 1-3rd centuri...

7 - Imperial Syncretism

Hello friends! Here's part 7 of my class on Ancient Greek and Roman Religion, this time focusing on the role of syncretism in Hellenistic and Roman imperialism. Next up: we begin our in-depth exploration of the mystery cults, starting with Eleusis.

6 - Sacred Spaces; Ruler Cults

Hello everyone. Hope you're having a pleasant Easter weekend. Here's part 6 - On Sacred Spaces and On Ruler Cults. Next on the chopping block is Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Syncretism, so stay tuned for that as it will set the stage for our exploration of all the different mystery cults.

5 - Illness, Death, Burial, and the Afterlife; Sacred Times

Hi friends, here is part 5 of my intro course on Ancient Greek and Roman Religion, this time on Illness, Death, Burial and the Afterlife, and then on Festivals and Sacred Times. Love you all, hope you're enjoying the lectures. Next up is Temples and Ruler Cults.

4 - Omens, Auguries, Auspices, and Oracles

Here's part 4 of my overview of Greek and Roman Religion, on Omens, Auguries, Auspices, and Oracles, recorded last October. 

3 - Sacrifice, Priests, and Prayers

Here's part 3 of my recent course on Greco-Roman religion: Sacrifice, Priests, and Prayers. Next up we'll look at "Omens, Auguries, Auspices, Oracles, and Divination."

2 - Archaic Roman Religion

As promised, here's part 2 of my series on Greek and Roman Religion! Much more to come.

I'm back!

Hey folks,

I'm back - I think - or at least I have some content for you recorded from over the last six months that I'm going to start the long and arduous process of editing down and publishing here on Patreon as a collection of audio files. Eventually I may put them on YouTube (potentially with visual accompaniment), but for now I will s...