Archaeology – Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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“Searching for the Secret of the Black Virgin,” by Jean Donohue, SRC, from the “The Sacred Feminine” issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. In this podcast, Soror Donohue takes listeners on a personal journey of discovery while searching for the meaning of the Black Virgin, the ubiquitous Christian icon with ancient Egyptian roots. Running Time: 21:36 […]
“Just Beneath the Surface: A Report on the Transdisciplinary Fume Research at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi” by Elisa Cuttjonn, SRC In addition to all of the ancient traditions surrounding the Oracle at Delphi, modern science has recently verified the geological and chemical bases of this revered site. This reading of Soror Cuttjonn’s study leads […]
“Michelangelo’s Piazza del Campidoglio” David M. Aguilera, FRC, PhD, ABPP, from the “Mystical Italy” issue of the Rosicrucian Digest Michelangelo’s magnificent design for the Piazza del Campidoglio on Rome’s Capitoline Hill was only completed in the 1940s. Its stately curvilinear lines with twelve points suggest the astrological influence of Marsilio Ficino, among other references. In this […]
“Domina Rectina’s Library: Herculaneum’s Villa of the Papyri” — by Benefactor Taciturnus, FRC, from the “Mystical Italy” issue of the Rosicrucian Digest The Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, buried on 79 CE like Pompeii by the explosive eruption of Mount Vesuvius, contains the only intact ancient Library from the ancient Greco-Roman world. The fascinating story […]
“Piercing Truths: Pythagoras, Western Civilization, and Hope”–Steven Armstrong, FRC, from the “Mystical Italy” issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. Civilizations do not just happen; they are created by those whose place it is to grow them, and when a civilization comes to an impasse, to pierce through to a new path. In this podcast, RCUI Instructor […]
The Rosicrucian Utopia Claudio Mazzucco, FRC Grand Master of the Italian Grand Lodge In this podcast, which is a reading of his presentation at the AMORC World Convention in San Jose, Grand Master Claudio Mazzucco of the Italain Grand Lodge traces the path of Universal evolution from the Big Bang to the achievement of Cosmic […]
On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC in America in 1915, Grand Master Julie Scott leads a tour of historic and beautiful Rosicrucian Park. Running Time: 13:40 | 31.3 MB Podcast Copyright © 2015 Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. All Rights Reserved. Posted by Rosicrucian Park @ 10/01/2015
Rosicrucian initiatic journeys to Egypt began in 1929 with Imperator H. Spencer Lewis leading the first group. These extraordinary pilgrimages continue until today. Seventy-five Rosicrucians from throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe accompanied H. Spencer Lewis on that first initiatic journey. The principal destination was Egypt, however on the way to and from […]
This podcast features an article from the December 2010 Mithraic Mysteries issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. Between the end of the first century CE and the last part of the fourth century, a mystery religion called Mithraism was extremely popular among soldiers, merchants, and civil administrators in the Roman Empire. Today more than four hundred […]
This podcast features an article from the December 2010 Mithraic Mysteries issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. One of the pioneering esoteric scholars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, G.R.S. Mead (1863–1933) brought wider attention to many ancient materials, including this ritual which some scholars dismiss, and others cautiously believe retains some Mithraic elements. […]
This podcast features an article from the December 2010 Mithraic Mysteries issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. Who was Mithras and what are the Mithraic Mysteries? There was little written about the Mithraic Mysteries. It is only through the inferences drawn from the cave or cave-like Mithraea, the generally present Tauroctony scene and other images, the […]
This podcast features an article from the 2010 No. 1 Isis issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. The Isis Mysteries in the Roman Empire are traced by the author in this timeline. The Isis Mysteries were the most widespread mystery school of antiquity, and the Temple of Isis at Philae was the last major pre-Christian shrine […]
This podcast features an article from the 2010 No. 1 Isis issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. The image of the Veil of Isis has persisted through the centuries from ancient Egyptian Saïs—where Athena and Isis were identified as one—to the present day. Originally, a symbol of wisdom, initiation, and the Mysteries, it has successively become […]
This podcast features an article by Soror Julie Sanchez-Parodi from the 2009 No. 2 issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. In this podcast the esoteric link between the symbolism of the bee in ancient Western Asian and Greek culture, and the Eleusinian Mysteries is explained. Running Time: 30:03 | 27.7 MB Podcast Copyright © 2010 Rosicrucian […]
This podcast features an article from the 2009 Digest No. 2. Dr. George Mylonas (1898-1988) was a Greek archaeologist and scholar renowned worldwide for his expertise, erudition, and wit. In this excerpt from his work Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, he discusses what we can know about these ancient Mysteries. Text (c) 1961 Princeton University Press, […]
This podcast features an article from the 2009 No. 2 Digest. The article’s original manuscript was written in Athens in Greek by Frater Nicholas P. Kephalas after a comprehensive study of the few remaining sources of information which have survived. Running Time: 27:19 | 25 MB Podcast Copyright © 2009 Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. All Rights […]
In the early twentieth century Roman crews were excavating for a new railway station when they came across a small vaulted basilica, about fifty feet underground. Notwithstanding its diminutive size (thirty by thirty-six feet), the find was extraordinary. Built sometime between the first century BCE and the first century CE, its walls are adorned with stucco […]
In this selection from the December 2008 Rosicrucian Digest on Delphi, Grand Master Julie Scott introduces listeners to the Mysteries of Delphi. Few traditions in the history of the world have exercised greater influence in their time or inspired more intrigue throughout the ages than Delphi. Running Time: 10:25 | 14.3 MB Podcast Copyright © 2008 […]
The discourse is entitled “The Am Dwat,” written and presented by Debby Barrett. Running Time: 33:28 | 31 MB Podcast Copyright © 2008 Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. All Rights Reserved. Posted by Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum @ 10/01/2008
From the inner chamber of the Great Pyramid in Egypt come these Rosicrucian vowel sound intonations that stir our inner nature. Recorded by Edward Lee in the Great Pyramid in 1972. Running Time: 16:53 | 15.4 MB Podcast Copyright © 2008 Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. All Rights Reserved. Posted by Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum @ 4/01/2008
This Pod Cast is written and presented by Julie Sanchez-Parodi, Research Assistant at the Rosicrucian Research Library. The talk was first presented at the Focus the Nation Event held in Rosicrucian Park on January 31, 2008. The Mystical Bee explores, from ancient to modern times, the mystic symbolism of the bee in esoteric and religious […]
In this podcast, Grand Master Julie Scott presents some cultural perspectives regarding Sacred Space and invites us to consider our sacred spaces. Running Time: 16:18 | 7.46 MB Podcast Copyright © 2008 Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. All Rights Reserved. Posted by Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum @ 1/01/2008
Dr. Jasmine Day was born in 1972 in Perth, Australia, and received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from The University of Western Australia in 2002. A book based on her thesis, The Mummy’s Curse: Mummymania in the English-speaking World, was published by Routledge in August 2006. She combines a general knowledge of Egyptology (especially funerary […]
The Step Pyramid marked the beginning of the Pyramid Age, a time in Egypt’s history distinguished by monumental progression and building ingenuity. While many have admired its physical structure and integrity, others have sought to understand its meaning. The Step Pyramid was built for the king and to serve the king, but how has been […]
Gender roles of various societies and cultures have always been a topic of fascination and the role of women in ancient Egypt is no exception. Much of the information gathered here came from our museum publication Women of the Nile, with essays by Dr. Emily Teeter, Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff, Dr. Gay Robins, and Cathleen Keller. Running […]
Cleopatra VII is one of the most fascinating personalities of all time and has become immortalized in art, film and literature. This podcast considers the extraordinary true story of her life, from her youth in the palace at Alexandria through her death at the side of Marc Antony. Running Time: 15:08 | 14.5 MBPodcast Copyright […]
This is part two of Steven Armstrong’s Mystic Symbolism podcast recording. Symbolism can be defined as the investing of outward things or actions with an inner meaning, most often for the expression of religious or mystical ideas. Symbolism has a far greater presence in history and even contemporary culture than most realize. More than an […]