stage 2
Level 2. The Pre-Socratics: Shamanic Roots and the Orphic Tradition
Focus on understanding the Pre-Socratics as practitioners of ecstatic cults (iatromanteis).
📖 8 cards reading✦ 4 question◷ ~20 min
Stage tree
Reading
Orpheus and Orphism: The Birth of Esoteric Anthropology
Reading
Greek Shamanism: Myth or Reality?
Question
Test: Orphics and Shamans
Reading
Empedocles of Akragas: Philosopher, Magician, and God
Reading
Magical Control Over Nature in Empedocles
Question
Knowledge Check: Empedoclean Magic
Reading
Parmenides: Journey to the Goddess
Reading
Incubation and Ecstatic Practices
Question
Test: Parmenides and Incubation
Reading
Heraclitus of Ephesus: The Dark Oracle of the Logos
Reading
The Pythagorean Roots of the Pre-Socratics
Question
Final Test: The Presocratics