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"A.D. 1618, Republic of Poland, the Bastion of Western Civilization" (1980s)
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Then and Now: Chogha Zanbil is a ancient Elamite city built around 1250 BC in Khuzestan Province of Iran. Considered to be the best preserved example of an stepped pyramidal monument, it was the first Iranian site inscribed on the World Heritage List nearly half a century ago.

Thoth from Ancient Egyptian papyri in the Cairo Egyptian Museum

Amethyst cat amulet from the Ptolemaic Period (300 - 30 BC).

The Persian Connection is the culmination of years of research into & the development of the Axial-age revolution. If you love this show & want more like it, subscribe to t.me/Pagan_Revivalism

: Table of Contents :

○ Foundations ○
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:00 Tl;Dr
0:04:43 What is Axiality

○ Patient Zero ○
0:17:09 Zoroaster & Rigveda
0:24:33 The Great Inversion
0:42:37 The 3 Sects

○ East to West ○
0:56:20 Persian Empire
1:03:50 Christianity & Gnosticism
1:14:39 Greek Philosophy
2:20:44 Judaism & Islam
2:40:20 Mithraism & Manichaeism
2:46:07 Orphism

○ West to East ○
2:55:09 Fall of Vedism
3:00:03 Buddhism & the Hindu-synthesis
(*note the old Gods Indra, Varuna & Agni were replaced with the new axial "gods" Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva)
3:10:55 Confucius, Wu, Li & Dao-dejing

○ Convergence ○
3:19:30 Tying it Together

○ Overcoming Axiality ○
3:28:36 Extinguish the Flame

○ Post-Salutation Supplemental hypothesis - Magi-Medjay Connection ○
3:39:28 Medjay & Atenism
4:07:30 A New Sun & psalms
4:18:06 Final Thoughts

We wuz reptilians an shiet