Episode 158: As Above, So Below: On Plato's 'Timaeus'
In this episode of Weird Studies, we delve into the mysterious depths of Plato's Timaeus, one of the foundational texts of our civilization. In his characteristic brilliance, Plato blends cosmology and metaphysics, anatomy and politics to tell a creation story that rivals the most fantastical mythologies, yet he does it while remaining grounded in a philosophical rigor that announces a radically new way of thinking the world. Here, Phil and JF try unravel the layers of the dialogue, revealing how Plato's vision of a divinely ordered cosmos echoes through the corridors of esoteric thought from antiquity to modern times.
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REFERENCES
\n\nPlato, [Timaeus](https://hackettpublishing.com/history/history-of-science/timaeus](Donald Zeyl Edition)
\nEarl Fontenelle, The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast
\nThe Book of Thoth
\nGraham Hancock, British journalist
\nHesiod, Theogony
\nHermes Trismegistus, {Emerald Tablet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet)
\nPierre Hadot,, scholar of classical philosophy
\nEugene Wigner, \u201cThe Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences\u201d
\nJean-Pierre Vernant, The Origins of Greek Thought
\nLionel Snell, SSOTBME