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13 maggio 2019
Latin, The European Language
The European Union is a gigantic unfinished project, a job half done, left at the mercy of the banks and with little attention to its citizens. If you don’t believe it, just try to move out. In my fair experience of international relocations, I have been resident in four different European countries and have encountered […]
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21 aprile 2019
Metamorphoses by Ovid: The Fall
Metamorphoses by Ovid. I, 113-150: The Fall I, 113-124 “Dē aetāte argenteā” Postquam Sāturnō tenebrōsa in Tartara missō sub Iove mundus erat, subiit argentea prōlēs aurō dēterior, fulvō pretiōsior aere. Iuppiter antīquī contraxit tempora vēris, perque hiemēs aestusque et inaequālīs autumnōs et breve vēr spatiīs exēgit quattuor annum. Tum prīmum siccīs āēr fervōribus ustus canduit, […]
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4 marzo 2019
The correct execution of Rituals is the basis of our Tradition
The white linen dress on the skin. Scent of incense while the sacred flame burns on the lararium. Powerful invocation formulas on an ancient melody. Aware of the uniqueness of this precise moment and of its eternity, I feel the presence of the divine. A shiver runs through my back. Those who have had the […]
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31 gennaio 2019
Metamorphoses by Ovid: The Golden Age
Metamorphoses by Ovid. I, 76-112: Human beings and the Golden Age I, 76-88 “Dē genere hūmānō” Sanctius hīs animal mentisque capācius altae dēerat adhūc et quod domināri in cētera posset: natus homo est, sīve hunc dīvīnō sēmine fēcit ille opifex rērum, mundī meliōris orīgo, sīve recens tellus sēducta nūper ab altō aethere cognātī retinēbat sēmina […]
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15 gennaio 2019
The Metamorphoses by Ovid: The Formation of The Cosmos
The Metamorphoses by Ovid. I, 20-75: The formation of the cosmos I, 21-75 “The formation of the cosmos” 21. Hanc deus et melior lītem nātūra dirēmit; nam caelō terrās et terrīs abscidit undās et liquidum spissō secrēvit ab āere caelum; quae postquam ēvolvit caecōque exēmit acervō, 25. dissociāta locis concordi pāce ligāvit. Īgnea convexī vīs et […]
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27 novembre 2018
A Travel toward Neoplatonic Mysticism: Gemistus Plethon (XV)
In the fifteenth century we Italians were divided into more than a dozen states, often at war with each other, each with its own history and customs, but the same root. Perhaps thanks to this common root the spirit of our ancient classical tradition re-emerged, giving rise to a cultural movement that forever changed the […]
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26 novembre 2018
The Metamorphoses by Ovid: The Chaos
I, 1-4 “Introduction” In nova fert animus mūtātās dīcere formās corpora: dī, coeptīs (nam vōs mūtāstis et illās) adspīrāte meīs prīmāque ab orīgine mundī ad mea perpetuum dēdūcite tempora carmen. Translation(*) My soul inclines to speak of the transformation of forms into new bodies: o Gods, please assist my enterprise (in fact you have also […]
Archè
12 ottobre 2018
Se l’universo è un ologramma connesso Platone aveva già visto tutto
A seguito e completamento dell’articolo del filosofo Giandomenico Casalino sulla “visione” come sapere che si conquista alla fine di un ciclo, come è il momento storico che stiamo vivendo, pubblichiamo qui di seguito un’interessante approfondimento sulla teoria olografica della realtà, tratto dai materiale informativo messo a disposizione dei lettori sul sito dell’associazione Cosmic egg. E’ […]
Archè
8 ottobre 2018
La Visione, Sapere assoluto che si conquista alla fine del Ciclo di civiltà
“Opinione? Ciò è remoto dal perfetto. Visione, è questa del perfetto” (Canone Buddhista) Cos’è la Visione se non il fine ed il significato, la vita medesima del visionario? E che cos’è il visionario se non colui che vede poiché non guarda, e vede il contenuto a cui colui che guarda mai giungerà? Ecco il pensiero […]
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8 maggio 2018
The sources of the Roman Private Ritual
INTRODUCTION It is possible to individuate two intertwined, but distinct, dimensions in the religious conception of Cult in Ancient Rome, the Public Cult, linked to the welfare of the Roman State, and Private or Domestic Cult. This presentation aims to briefly illustrate the ancient sources of the contemporary Roman Private Cult, showing its most […]
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25 aprile 2018
For the first time in Rome the European Congress of Ethnic Religions
A great four-day event, with the participation of delegations from fifteen European countries and a representation from the US, culminated in an intense and luminous common ritual on the sacred hill of the Palatine on the 2771st anniversary of Rome foundation, the “Dies Natali”. So it was the sixteenth Congress of the ECER – European […]
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24 aprile 2018
A Travel toward Neoplatonic Mysticism. Proclus (XIV)
An exhibition, a statue, Proclus. In a dark winter Sunday of wind and rain I decide to visit a modern art exhibition in a museum close by my house. I cross the main entrance, I pay the ticket and go into the hall without having a good idea of what to expect. Around me, there […]
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6 marzo 2018
A Travel toward Neoplatonic Mysticism. Iamblicus (XIII)
Iamblichus’ Theurgy According to the Platonic philosophy, the condition for the birth of a person is the encounter of a soul with a body. What is the relationship of the soul with the material world? Does it bind completely to the body after having crossed the seven planetary spheres? Or does a part of the […]
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20 dicembre 2017
A Travel toward Neoplatonic Mysticism. The Theurgy (XII)
“I have studied more than you”: this is, in a nutshell, the recurring point of today’s disputes over Religio. I have seen it a thousand times in a thousand ways, in the academic sphere, between associations, among people. However, we should note that this characteristic is present only today, as it is not evident that […]
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4 marzo 2018
Il Congresso Europeo delle Religioni Etniche a Roma, 19/22 aprile (English v.)
Le sedicesime Assise dell’ECER (European Congress of Ethnic Religions) si terranno a Roma dal 18 al 22 aprile 2018. Lo ha deciso il Board dell’Ecer che ha deliberato che tutta l’organizzazione venisse delegata al M.T.R. e al suo presidente Daniele Liotta. La coincidenza dell’evento con il 2771° Anniversario della Fondazione di Roma (MMDCCLXXI aUc) è […]
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