Dr. Marco Pasi and I discuss the book, Hermes Explains: Thirty Questions About Western Esotericism. This episode is a mini-history lesson that covers several different subjects. Marco begins by giving some background about Hermes, why esotericism is confusing to try to explain to people, and also why it's an important area of study. We then go on to talk about one of the essays by Dr. Henrik Bodgan, titled "Is it true that secret societies are trying to control the world?" that discusses secret societies, and the Illuminati, in particular. 

EPISODE NOTES:

Website HHP Centre: https://www.amsterdamhermetica.nl/ 

Website ESSWE: https://www.esswe.org/

The Corpus Hermeticum: https://hermetic.com/texts/hermetica/index

Hermes in the Academy (pdf): https://www.academia.edu/43196454/Hermes_in_the_Academy

Zanoni by Edward  Bulwer Lytton: http://www.moup.org/Files/Edward_Bulwer_Lytton-Zanoni.pdf

Wiki page about Abbot Barruel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Barruel

Wiki page about Adam Weishaupt/ Bavarian Illuminati: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt

Wiki page about the Dreyfus Affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair

Marco Pasi on Academia.edu: https://uva.academia.edu/MarcoPasi

Henrik Bodgan on Academia.edu: https://gu-se.academia.edu/HenrikBogdan/Papers