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In today's episode we conclude our six-part series on Plato and the philosophy of government by focusing in on Plato's concept of the "philosophic empire" and examining what it means for us today as we approach a "new world order" of global government. Thank you to everyone who's followed the whole series, I hope you find this a satisfying conclusion to the journ...

In today's episode we continue our series on Plato and the philosophy of government by investigating the themes associated with the Hindu concept of the Kali Yuga. The goal here is to relate these themes back to the various historical patterns we've been tracking in this series, including the rise of debt, empire, oligarchy, materialism, and secularism. As we'll see, these themes al...

In today's episode I break down a classic Manly P. Hall lecture on the topic of Atlantis. This lecture is originally titled "Atlantean Records in Greece and Egypt"; in my opinion, it is the single most informative document you can find anywhere on the topic of Atlantis. This episode is intended to pair with my previous episode, which analyzed a recent article of mine titled "At...

In today's episode, we continue our exploration of the life, times, and philosophy of Plato. Here, we examine various aspects of his teachings about Atlantis. In particular, we analyze the esoteric significance of this pre-diluvian civilization from a historical, psychological, and philosophical perspective. As usual, Manly P. Hall's writings are heavily emphasized, as are aspects of Car...

In today's episode we continue our series on the philosophy of Plato by examining his teachings concerning the World Soul and the philosophy of archetypes, which represent divine ideas or thoughts held within the Mind of God. As we will be exploring, each form in the universe exists as an extension of one of these archetypal thoughts. Of course, this includes man himself. In the latter part o...

In today's episode we continue our series on Plato. Here, we begin by considering Greece politics, life, and culture in the time of Plato. In particular, we focus on the state religion of Greece and its network of Mystery Schools, which were organized under the religious philosophy of the Orphics. We then turn our attention to the life and teachings of Plato, an initiate of the Orphic Mysteri...

In today's episode we begin a new chapter in our ongoing series on philosophy. It is titled "Plato's Vision of the Philosophic Empire" and is comprised of five parts, this present episode being the first of these five subsections. (Note: the series is now expanded to six parts). The focus of this initial section of the chapter is to establish a historical context to the period...

Today's episode brings us to the exciting conclusion of our six-part series on esoteric philosophy, the psychology of meditation, and the use of mandalas in esoteric practices. In the first two episodes of this chapter, we investigated the psychology behind meditation, mandalas, and the mystical experience. In the two episodes that followed, we analyzed Mahayana Buddhism as a case study of th...

In today's episode, we are continuing our series on the philosophy of meditation and its use of mandalas by investigating, as a case study, a mandala sacred to the Pythagoreans: the Tetractys. As we will be covering, in the simple ten dot pyramidal design of the Tetractys is concealed many of the most important teachings of esoteric philosophy. I hope you'll tune in to find out more. See...

Hey folks, In today's episode we continue our series on the philosophy and psychology of meditation. In this episode (part 4 of a 6 part series), we focus on the meaning behind two important mandalas from Esoteric Buddhism: The Diamond and Matrix Mandalas, or as they are sometimes called "The Mandala of the Two Realms". The aim of this episode is to offer an introduction and overvie...

Hey everyone, in today's episode we are continuing with our series on Mandala Design and the philosophy of meditation. This episode is part 3 in a 6-part overall series. Here we go deeper into the philosophy of meditation, prayer, and faith by discussing how these elements are conceived and practiced in Mahayana Buddhism. Of particular note is how these disciplines integrate with the Buddhist...

Hi everyone, welcome back to The Wisdom Tradition podcast. In today's episode, we will be picking up where we left off in Part 1 of our series on "Mandala Design and the Philosophy of Meditation". The particular theme of this episode is on "the occult science of visualization". Visualization exercises utilizing mandalas were an important part of the meditation disciplines...

Note: the written version of this episode can be found on my Substack. https://thewisdomtradition.substack.com/ ----------------------- Hey everyone, with today's episode I'm excited to be introducing the newest chapter in my ongoing book project titled "Philosophy: Its Origin, Purpose, and Destiny". This chapter builds off material covered in our previous articles/episodes in...

Today I'm excited to be presenting the concluding episode of our ongoing series on Pythagorean Philosophy. As with each of the earlier episodes in this series, today's show is based around a written article that you can read (for free) on my Substack/blog . The main topic of this episode is on the Golden Ratio (i.e. the Golden Section or Divine Proportion). Over the next 90+ minutes, I e...

Hey everyone, Thank you for tuning back in. After a brief pause, I'm excited to be continuing our series on Pythagorean Philosophy. Originally, I had planned this series to be four parts, but I have extended this now to five, meaning there is one additional episode coming after this one. In this current episode (part 4), we are going to be delving further into the Pythagorean principles of th...

Hey everyone, Today I have a special episode: an analysis of a classic Manly Hall lecture titled "The Feminine Factor in World Religion". Here we will be investigating the topic of the Divine Feminine, which we've already tackled in some detail in our previous series on Mahayana Buddhism and Pythagorean Philosophy. In this lecture, Manly Hall simplifies the core ideas of these doctr...

In this episode we continue our exploration of Pythagorean philosophy and its study of Divine Number. Here, we concentrate on the relationship between the  Pythagorean numbers of the Triad (3), Tetrad (4), and Pentad (5) - also known as God the Father, God the Mother, and God the Child. This series on Pythagoras is based around a corresponding series of articles that you can find on my Substack ....

With today's episode, I'm excited to begin a new series on Pythagorean philosophy. This is Part One of a Five Part series, with the latter three parts soon to follow. These episodes will be based around the article series that I'm publishing on my Substack , with the first article that this current episode is based on already published there. For more, see my website .  There you ca...

*NOTE* Embarrassingly, I had originally uploaded the wrong episode (a Manly P. Hall lecture that was sharing desktop space with my intended audio file). The actual episode (42b) is now available. My sincere apologies for the confusion I'm sure this mistake caused. I'm very proud of this episode, I hope you enjoy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Here we conclude our series on Mahayana Buddhism, focusing finally now on the specific meaning of its Messianic Prophecy of Maitreya, the Buddha-to-come. website: www.alexsachon.com article link: thewisdomtradition.substack.com Send us a text

We continue our series on Mahayana Buddhism. website: www.alexsachon.com article link: thewisdomtradition.substack.com Send us a text

I'm very excited to be presenting the newest chapter in my ongoing series, which is actually a book I'm publishing serially titled "Philosophy: Its Origin, Purpose, and Destiny." This present chapter, the sixth overall is titled "Maitreya, the Buddha to Come." It features an in-depth exploration of the philosophy of the religious philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism, focus...

In this episode we will be furthering our study of Mahayana Buddhism by analyzing one of Manly Hall's many lectures on the topic, one called "Mahamaya, Mother of the Buddha". It goes back over some of the content we covered in the previous episode, while also introducing and exploring new aspects of the philosophy. I will shortly have a new article also on the topic of Mahayana Budd...

This episode continues  our series (which will eventually be a 10 chapter book), moving our story up through time from the Aryans to the Brahmans to the Buddhists to Buddhism's second birth in the form of Mahayana Buddhism. With the Mahayana School, Buddhism comes into full  maturity as a philosophical system. By investigating its core framework of teachings, there is much we can learn. Note:...

In this episode we continue our investigation of the history, purpose, and destiny of philosophy by examining its connection to a great social reform project that first emerged out of the Atlantean priesthood. This sect of Atlantean reformists was termed "the Arya". At a remote point in history, waves of Aryan migrations proceeded out from a secluded homeland in the Himalayas to catalyze...