Edward Butler

Polytheist, Ph.D. in Philosophy. Justice to all beings, reverence to all Gods.

[Edward Butler @EPButler]

Polytheistic Platonism: Collected Essays (2026). US orders from Kindred Star Books https://t.co/xbTGF2aWHX; UK and elsewhere from The Prometheus Trust https://t.co/6wNu8VEoyt

[Manuscripts & Inscriptions Digitization Foundation @midf_org]

2,000 manuscripts. Live. Free. Searchable now live on the #MIDF platform.

More in progress.

This is what India's knowledge infrastructure looks like,
- https://t.co/1RQXcPLlB2

#MIDF #IndianHeritage #Manuscripts #PMO @GyanBharatamMoC @gssjodhpur

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The stuff of the gods: The material aspects of religion in ancient Greece (open access) https://t.co/ZBm3CoLR7j

[Outis @Outisemoi]

A lecture by Professor Michael Griffin for the Temenos Academy on 23rd February 2026 in London. Introduced by Tim Addey.

https://t.co/Iq0piuRkNR

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@DanielAJones93 @_bonaventurian Stoics carried out a far-reaching synthesis of elements of Pre-Socratic thought and formulated a powerful hermeneutics, one needs to appreciate the force of that school, though of course the Platonists did have the last word.

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@DanielAJones93 @_bonaventurian I'm broad minded enough to say that there's room for a Stoic viewpoint that isn't entirely reducible to the Platonic incorporation of it.

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@_bonaventurian @DanielAJones93 In his later work, Deleuze became in my opinion one of the great modern Stoics.

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@_bonaventurian @DanielAJones93 Ironically, the very first thing that piqued my interest in Proclus were some brief remarks by Deleuze in Difference and Repetition.

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History of Watkins Books https://t.co/mRc5tU2tS4

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I can hardly express how proud it makes me to see my book at London's historic Watkins Books. https://t.co/QYeoNOahhQ

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@DanielAJones93 Ancient materialisms, like Stoicism and Epicureanism, were much richer than contemporary reductive materialism. Of course, contemporary "Stoics" show little interest in Stoic physics, despite the importance ancient Stoics ascribed to it. Stoic logic was also very insightful.

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@DanielAJones93 Of course, with the requisite subtlety one can go quite far with Stoicism. It wouldn't have been as successful as it was for centuries if it had been as doltish as most of its contemporary advocates.

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@DanielAJones93 Blood-and-soil types are basically Euhemerists, as far as I can tell.

[Athanasius @Athanasius_45]

A wall-painting of a reclining female figure, possibly a naiad. From the Villa Arianna in Pompeii. British Museum.

ἀλλά, φίλος, φθέγγου τι νέον δενδρώδεσι Νύμφαις
παίγνιον, ἀντῳδὸν Πανὶ κρέκων κέλαδον
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but sing, my dear, some new poem for the Nymphs
of the woods, weave a song answering the music of Pan
Greek Anthology 7.196

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Brazil's First Federal Indigenous University Joins Growing Global Movement https://t.co/NocpcZQSyH

[Heliotroph☀️🍇 @Heliotrophy]

Iamblichus, 1500 years ago, explicitly telling us that yes it is possible to reconstruct damaged traditions:

"For all these reasons, then, let us call upon the gods as our leaders, entrust both ourselves and our discourse to them, and follow wherever they may lead. We should not be deterred by the fact that this school has long been neglected; that it has been hidden beneath estranged teachings and certain secret symbols; that it has been overshadowed by many false and spurious writings; and that it has been obstructed by many other difficulties of the same kind. The will of the gods is enough for us, and with it one can endure difficulties even more perplexing than these."

- Book 1 of On the Pythagorean Life; Literally the first thing he says in the book that he gave his students to read first of all.

I highly advise you to save this quote for future use when arguing with those guys who say "but your line of transmission is broken bro, just become a sufi bro"

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Call for Proposals: New Perspectives on Ancient Greek Religion book series (@EdinburghUP) https://t.co/61575Tnaai

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How Voodoo overcame suppression and became a democratic force in the West African nation of Benin https://t.co/fhdscg0ajZ

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Hymn to Thetis as Demiurge https://t.co/nc386pTZxs