Thyrathen: The Lost Bibliothēkē

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How Alchemy Became Music in a Byzantine Manuscript
First translation of a lost manuscript that changes everything we know about Byzantine science and knowledge.
Aug 31 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
Astrology at the Byzantine Court
The Lost Astrological Manual of a Byzantine Court Poet and the Open Practice of “Occult” Science in Twelfth-Century Constantinople
Aug 6 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
How to Hex Like a Hellene-Part 2
Greek Magic after Byzantium: A Field Guide
Jul 27 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
How to Hex Like a Byzantine – Part 1
Popular religion, curses, and binding spells from the Byzantine Empire to the 21st Century
Jul 13 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
By the Circuit of the Sun and the Horn of the Moon
Gyllou: the she-demon with hairy heels and eyes of flame
Jun 15 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
Binding spells and exorcising demons
Two Byzantine spells in their first translation
Apr 27 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
New Translation of Horapollon’s Hieroglyphica with Commentary & Notes
Why this translation was needed: Excerpts, Preface, TOC & juicy footnotes.
Mar 28 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
Can you solve a Graeco-Egyptian Alchemical Riddle?
Some (more) evidence for Late Antique and Byzantine spiritual alchemy
Mar 20 • 
Dr. Sasha Chaitow
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