Hypochondria and Epiphany: The Strange Case of Ælius Aristides
Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)
October 13, 201935m 3s
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Show Notes
We examine one of the strangest records of personal religious experience and divine epiphany from antiquity, the Hieroi Logoi of Ælius Aristides. Come for the incubation, dream-initiations, and miraculous powers, stay for the interminable descriptions of dyspepsia.