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Numinous Threads is a higher learning platform for research and development on philosophy as a point of contact between multiple disciplines with its impact on social progress. Numinous Threads is an educational research platform on philosophy as a point of contact between multiple disciplines and branches of knowledge to develop innovative projects with an impact on meaningful social progress in the global world.

20/05/2025

Join us (FREE) for a rare and specialised Philosophy Talks ☕️✨ online lecture and discussion on the topic of ‘The Eikōs Logos in Plato’s Timaeus: The Analogy between the Microcosmic Human and the Macrocosmic Universe' by Dr. Anna Markopoulou, moderated by Alexandros Pagidas Lysios.

🗓 Saturday, 31 May 2025
⏰ 5-6:30PM (London time)
💻 Zoom

Abstract:
The aim of this lecture is to highlight the analogies between the microcosmic human and the macrocosmic universe. As we shall see, this is also the ultimate goal of Plato in this work, which belongs to the final period of his literary production. A second goal is to show that the entirety of the Timaeus is permeated by the principles of Pythagorean philosophy. It is precisely within this framework that the method of the Eikōs Logos (the likely account), which Plato employs, is situated—in order to reveal the analogies between the microcosmic human and the macrocosmic universe.

According to the Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus, the method of the Eikōs Logos is a Pythagorean mode of teaching, consisting in the use of mathematical or geometrical figures as images through which the human soul is prompted to recollect the corresponding intelligible paradigms that compose the divine world of Ideas.

I will also emphasize how Plato’s use of the Eikōs Logos brings to light the profound connection between Platonic philosophy and both Pythagorean philosophy and Orphic theology. Specifically, we will see that, according to the Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus, Plato draws inspiration from Pythagorean and Orphic sources in the formulation of his philosophy.

Furthermore, I will analyze Plato’s narrative in the Timaeus based on its division into two parts:
• In the first part, the Demiurge gives form to the immortal part of the universe, which is invisible.
• In the second part of the Timaeus’ account, the Demiurge addresses the younger gods—that is, the gods of the cosmos—and tells them that, in order for his immortal creation to be perfected, it must be completed with the creation of the mortal part of the visible universe.

I will conclude my lecture by highlighting Plato’s account of how a true education (paideia) is cultivated—namely, through the learning of the proper function of the virtues, which, in my view, constitute the philosophical foundation of the entire Platonic corpus.

Hosts:
Adina Bezerita
Chris Cas
Stephen Rego
Sebastian F. Moro Tornese

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20/04/2025

Join us (FREE) for a special Philosophy Talks ☕️✨ online lecture and discussion on the topic of ‘The Fall of Epistēmē: How Science Lost Its Soul’ by Dr. Konstantinos G. Papageorgiou, moderated by Alexandros Pagidas Lysios.

🗓 Sunday, 27 April 2025
⏰ 5-6PM (London time)
💻 Zoom

Lecturer Bio:
Dr. Konstantinos G. Papageorgiou was born in Athens, Greece, and holds a PhD in Epistemology and Ethics from the University of Athens. His scholarly pursuits center on the multifaceted nature of knowledge, advocating for a unified approach to both understanding and advancing scientific inquiry. Academic Profile: www.constantinpapageorge.com

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18/03/2025

Join us (free) for Philosophy Talks ☕️✨ to discuss 'Daimon and Destiny'.

🗓 Sunday, 30 March 2025
⏰ 5-6PM (London time)
💻 Zoom

Recommended readings:
▸ Plato's 'Symposium'
▸ Plutarch's 'On the Sign of Socrates'
▸ Adina Bezerita 'The Influence of the Daimōn in Ancient Philosophy upon Contemporary Psychology' (http://www.ircep.eu/index.php/home/article/view/70)

Moderators:
Adina Bezerita
Sebastian F. Moro Tornese
Chris Cas

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12/02/2025

Join us (free) for Philosophy Talks ☕️✨ on the topic of 'Philosophy and Leadership'.

🗓 Sunday, 23 February 2025
⏰ 5-6PM (London time)
💻 Zoom

Recommended readings:
▸ Plato's 'Republic', Book V (note Plato's friend Archytas, a political leader and military general as the inspiration for the 'philosopher king')
▸ Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics' (on 'the great-souled man', NE. 1123-1125)
▸ Plutarch's 'To an Uneducated Ruler'

Moderators:
Adina Bezerita
Chris Cas
Sebastian F. Moro Tornese
Stephen Rego

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02/02/2025

Join us at Numinous Threads for Jonathan Edelmann's online lecture on 'Yoga and Virtue in Indian and European Scholastic Philosophy'.

Lecturer Bio:
Jonathan Edelmann, DPhil, a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion, has published widely on issues related to philosophy and theology in Sanskrit, and the theoretical issues involved in comparing and contrasting concepts from different traditions. Edelmann serves as Chair of the Dharma Academy of North America, and he is the manager of Scholar Path Consulting, LLC.

Registration link: https://shorturl.at/ZRNjh

12/01/2025

Join us at Numinous Threads in association with The Fintry Trust Events for Prof. Danielle A. Layne's online lecture on 'The Platonic Hieros Gamos of the Demiurgic Father and the Khoratic Mother'.

🗓 Saturday, 1 February 2025
⏰ 5-6:15PM (UK time)
💻 Zoom

Abstract:
From within the Platonic tradition to 'become like God' (Tht. 176b) has often been associated with, at best, the possibility of Demiurgic mimesis or, in less optimistic tenors, the seeming demand that philosophers escape or 'flee' from the sensible, embodied world. This latter option, nevertheless, seems contradictory to the spirit of Plato's Timaeus insofar as the 'sensible living thing' is explicitly divinized, i.e. this world is already divine, already like the Intelligible Living Being insofar as it is both the product and progeny of a Demiurgic Father as well as a Khoratic Mother. Consequently, it is the contention of this talk to explore this divine coupling or hieros gamos which unites seemingly opposing principles, i.e. knowledge and ignorance, reason and madness, the divine masculine and feminine powers constitutive of the soul's theosis.

Registration link: https://thefintrytrust.org.uk/events/platonic-hieros-gamos

07/01/2025

Join us (free) for Philosophy Talks ☕️✨ on the topic of 'Harmony of the Spheres'.

🗓 Sunday, 26 January 2025
⏰ 5-6PM (London time)
💻 Zoom

Recommended readings:
▸ 'Hearing the Harmony of the Spheres in Late Antiquity' by Dominic O'Meara
▸ 'Music and the Return of the Soul in Proclus’ by Sebastian F. Moro Tornese

Moderators:
Adina Bezerita
Sebastian F. Moro Tornese
Stephen Rego
Chris Cas

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31/12/2024

Thomas Taylor (15 May 1758 – 1 November 1835) was an English Platonist and translator of the complete works of Plato, Aristotle and the Orphic fragments. Born in London, he was devotedly self-taught in the study of classics. After working six years as a bank clerk, he was appointed Secretary of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, the precursor of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), in which capacity he made friends with wealthy patrons who sponsored his many translations. He remains widely unknown both in academia and to the public, however his intellectual legacy is incalculable.

Join us online at Fintry Trust Events to learn more about Thomas Taylor and his remarkable influence.

🎟 Further details and registration link: https://thefintrytrust.org.uk/events/thomas-taylor

24/12/2024

Join us for Ronnie Pontiac's online lecture on 'The Metaphysical Roots of America', Saturday, 18 January 2025, at 5PM (UK time).

Abstract:
New research allows a fresh look at John Winthrop the Younger (1606-1676), alchemist and Rosicrucian enthusiast, who helped establish the state of Connecticut (1636). His father, John Wintrop (1588-1649) was the first governor and a leading figure in the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691). The Younger openly practiced alchemy and astrology while living with his father. We’ll consider the pietist Rosicrucian communities that immigrated to America from Germany: a president of Yale who advocated adding Kabbalah studies to college curriculum, and a Civil War general who translated the Parisian magus Eliphas Levi for 'The Platonist' journal, published on the frontier at the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881).

Registration link: https://shorturl.at/Zn9sy

20/12/2024

Numinous Threads is pleased to launch a monthly (free) online 'Philosophy Talks' ☕️✨ series to explore the relevance of ancient philosophy across disciplines today. We welcome participation in in-depth and broader discussions on various subjects throughout the series. This is a live forum to expand our understandings on past, present and future topics in philosophy with its implications in multiple fields of thought and applications in the real-world.

Moderators:
Adina Bezerita
Sebastian F. Moro Tornese
Stephen Rego
Chris Cas

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15/11/2024

Join us for Sebastian F. Moro Tornese, PhD, online lecture on 'Neoplatonic Musical Metaphysics: The Voice of the World-Soul', Saturday, 7 December 2024, at 5PM (UK time).

Abstract:
This lecture explores the Neoplatonic conception of the cosmos as a living, musical order shaped by the Demiurge in Plato’s Timaeus and expressed through the harmony of the World-Soul. This cosmological vision presents music as both metaphysical and theurgical, extending beyond therapeutic and educational functions to a deeper, symbolic role in re-enacting the cosmic harmony and its source. By listening to the “voice” of the World-Soul, we may attune ourselves to its structure and thus integrate the soul’s potentialities in alignment with cosmic order. Employing sound and music as theurgic vehicles and articulating this experience through musica speculativa, the soul’s contemplative capacity encounters the harmony of the cosmos, and emotions such as wonder, love, and longing support the development of higher virtues. Music’s presence across all levels of the Neoplatonic hierarchy reveals its power to connect, elevate, and harmonize, fostering a theurgic activation of sympathy with the cosmos as a “happy god” (Tim.34b8-9), and mirroring within the human soul the Demiurge’s “musical” creative activity.

Lecturer Bio:
Sebastian F. Moro Tornese holds a Ph.D. from the University of London (Royal Holloway) in Neoplatonic philosophy of music, focusing on Proclus’ views on cosmic harmony. He pursued postdoctoral projects at Pompeu Fabra University, where he taught aesthetics, and at the University of Barcelona, teaching rhetoric. He is a Research Associate of the Hellenic Institute, RHUL.

Registration link: https://shorturl.at/t80tS

22/10/2024

LABRC Alchemy Conference in Oxford. Adina Bezerita will speak on 'Aurum Philosophicum as Technology of the Self: Introducing Khora AI'. Details below. ⬇️💫

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