Claire Hall on Firmicus Maternus
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
April 5, 202337m 18s
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Show Notes
Firmicus Maternus, a fairly prominent fourth-century intellectual from Sicily, wrote two works which survive: one is our earliest-surviving manual of astrological practice in Latin, and it shows a full-blooded belief in astral determinism, and the second is a rabid Christian polemic against traditional religious practices. Discuss.