Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-01-30
Books mentioned on The Psychedelic Origins Of Western Civilisation - Brian Muraresku - #276
Brian Muraresku is a lawyer and an author. The Mysteries of the ancient world are just getting stranger and stranger.
Chris Williamson discussed Meditations by Aurelius Marcus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a collection of personal journals and philosophical notes written by the Roman emperor, offering timeless reflections on Stoic philosophy, self-discipline, and mortality.
Discussed“copies of marcus aurelius's meditations and paperback were sold out at the beginning of 2020.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Immortality Key
“you remained uh psychedelically uninitiated throughout the writing of your book”
Plugged Immortality Key
“so the first chapter of my book is called identity crisis and it talks a lot about this”
“i mean what if it in addition to our faith traditions in addition to the bible the new testament what if in addition to all that these ancient philosophers and mystics had ideas that weren't that distinct from christian mystics and some of these heretical sex like the gnostics or some of the very mainstream followers of jesus”