🏛️ Pythagorean Philosophy

Explorations of the mystical-mathematical worldview of Pythagoras and his followers, who believed number and harmony governed all reality.

Sacred Geometry

by Robert Lawlor • 1982

Before the zero, there was Unity. A philosopher's guide to the geometric architecture of reality.

4.11

345

🕉️ Sacred Geometry 📏 Proportional Harmony 📐 Pythagoreanism

Sacred Geometry 92%

Before the zero, there was Unity. A philosopher's guide to the geometric architecture of reality.

by Robert Lawlor 1982

4.11

345 ratings

🕉️ Sacred Geometry 📏 Proportional Harmony 📐 Pythagoreanism

Are Numbers Real?

by Brian Clegg • 2016

Invented to count goats, numbers now predict black holes. A history of math's grip on reality.

3.57

288

📜 History Of Mathematics 📐 Popular Mathematics 🔢 History Of Numbers

Are Numbers Real? 90%

Invented to count goats, numbers now predict black holes. A history of math's grip on reality.

by Brian Clegg 2016

3.57

288 ratings

📜 History Of Mathematics 📐 Popular Mathematics 🔢 History Of Numbers

A Beautiful Question

by Frank Wilczek • 2015

From Pythagoras to quantum theory, a Nobel laureate shows beauty was always the compass of physics.

3.87

2k+

🧠 Theoretical Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🔄 Symmetry In Nature

A Beautiful Question 90%

From Pythagoras to quantum theory, a Nobel laureate shows beauty was always the compass of physics.

by Frank Wilczek 2015

3.87

2k+ ratings

🧠 Theoretical Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🔄 Symmetry In Nature

Hyperreality

by Mike Hockney • 2012

Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.

4.61

🔢 Mathematical Platonism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness

Hyperreality 90%

Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.

by Mike Hockney 2012

4.61

56 ratings

🔢 Mathematical Platonism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

by Mike Hockney • 2012

The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.

4.46

🌌 Mathematical Platonism 🧠 Panpsychism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy

The Last Man Who Knew Everything Summary

The Last Man Who Knew Everything 90%

The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.

by Mike Hockney 2012

4.46

90 ratings

🌌 Mathematical Platonism 🧠 Panpsychism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy

Math for Mystics

by Renna Shesso • 2007

The ancient math that cast spells and built temples, retooled for modern intuition and ritual.

3.68

145

📐 Sacred Geometry 🔢 Number Mysticism 🌀 Esoteric Math

Math for Mystics 90%

The ancient math that cast spells and built temples, retooled for modern intuition and ritual.

by Renna Shesso 2007

3.68

145 ratings

📐 Sacred Geometry 🔢 Number Mysticism 🌀 Esoteric Math

Numerology and the Divine Triangle

by Faith Javane • 1979

Map your life onto a right triangle and watch the next 27 years come into view.

4.29

547

🔢 Numerology 📐 Pythagorean Wisdom 🕯️ Western Esotericism

Numerology and the Divine Triangle Summary

Numerology and the Divine Triangle 90%

Map your life onto a right triangle and watch the next 27 years come into view.

by Faith Javane 1979

4.29

547 ratings

🔢 Numerology 📐 Pythagorean Wisdom 🕯️ Western Esotericism

A Beginner's Guide to Numerology

by Joy Woodward • 2019

Your birth date and name already hold your life's pattern. A beginner's method for reading it.

4.15

430

🧮 Pythagorean Numerology 🔢 Numerology Basics 🗺️ Personality Systems

A Beginner's Guide to Numerology Summary

A Beginner's Guide to Numerology 90%

Your birth date and name already hold your life's pattern. A beginner's method for reading it.

by Joy Woodward 2019

4.15

430 ratings

🧮 Pythagorean Numerology 🔢 Numerology Basics 🗺️ Personality Systems

A New History of Western Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2007

Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.

4.22

520

🏛️ History Of Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy 🔮 Metaphysics

A New History of Western Philosophy Summary

A New History of Western Philosophy 89%

Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.

by Anthony Kenny 2007

4.22

520 ratings

🏛️ History Of Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy 🔮 Metaphysics

Ancient Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2004

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

3.95

580

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics

Ancient Philosophy 89%

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

by Anthony Kenny 2004

3.95

580 ratings

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics

Ancient Philosophy

by Julia Annas • 2001

Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.

3.64

853

🏛️ Ancient Ethics 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🌿 Virtue Ethics

Ancient Philosophy 89%

Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.

by Julia Annas 2001

3.64

853 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Ethics 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🌿 Virtue Ethics

The Complete Book of Numerology

by David A. Phillips • 2005

Your birth date on a 3x3 grid, decoded: hidden strengths, true self, and a 9-year life cycle.

4.05

1k+

🧮 Pythagorean Numerology 📘 Numerology Guides 🔢 Personality Typology

The Complete Book of Numerology 89%

Your birth date on a 3x3 grid, decoded: hidden strengths, true self, and a 9-year life cycle.

by David A. Phillips 2005

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧮 Pythagorean Numerology 📘 Numerology Guides 🔢 Personality Typology

Timaeus

by Plato

A living cosmos, a craftsman god, time as forever's copy, Atlantis the proof of power's fall.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 🎯 Teleological Cosmology 🌍 Creation Myths

Timaeus 89%

A living cosmos, a craftsman god, time as forever's copy, Atlantis the proof of power's fall.

by Plato

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 🎯 Teleological Cosmology 🌍 Creation Myths

Physics and Philosophy

by Werner Heisenberg • 1958

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Physics and Philosophy 89%

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

by Werner Heisenberg 1958

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Corpus Hermeticum

by Hermes Trismegistus

A divine being unpacks the cosmos, the soul's torments, and the key to becoming divine before death.

4.17

693

🕯️ Hermetic Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Wisdom 🕊️ Mystical Theology

Corpus Hermeticum 89%

A divine being unpacks the cosmos, the soul's torments, and the key to becoming divine before death.

by Hermes Trismegistus

4.17

693 ratings

🕯️ Hermetic Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Wisdom 🕊️ Mystical Theology

The Hidden Geometry of Life

by Karen L. French • 2012

The cosmos is written in geometry. Three shapes frame reality; one spiral drives its motion.

3.67

🧱 Sacred Geometry 🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🔬 Metaphysical Science

The Hidden Geometry of Life 89%

The cosmos is written in geometry. Three shapes frame reality; one spiral drives its motion.

by Karen L. French 2012

3.67

55 ratings

🧱 Sacred Geometry 🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🔬 Metaphysical Science

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

by Albert Pike • 1871

Freemasonry's symbols carry an ancient philosophy of power and freedom that the Mysteries taught.

4.14

1k+

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 🧱 Masonic Tradition 📜 Western Esotericism

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Summary

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 89%

Freemasonry's symbols carry an ancient philosophy of power and freedom that the Mysteries taught.

by Albert Pike 1871

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 🧱 Masonic Tradition 📜 Western Esotericism

The First Scientist

by Carlo Rovelli • 2005

26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.

4.06

2k+

🏛️ Pre-Socratic Thought 🌌 Early Cosmology 🔬 Scientific Naturalism

The First Scientist 89%

26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.

by Carlo Rovelli 2005

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Pre-Socratic Thought 🌌 Early Cosmology 🔬 Scientific Naturalism

Aristotle

by John Sellars • 2023

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

3.95

232

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning

Aristotle 89%

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

by John Sellars 2023

3.95

232 ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning

Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers • 2002

Real mathematics does not compute. It builds worlds where objects are defined by their behavior.

3.86

2k+

📐 Pure Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 🌌 Mathematical Abstraction

Mathematics 89%

Real mathematics does not compute. It builds worlds where objects are defined by their behavior.

by Timothy Gowers 2002

3.86

2k+ ratings

📐 Pure Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 🌌 Mathematical Abstraction

Stoicism

by John Sellars • 2006

Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.

4.12

457

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🏺 Classical Studies

Stoicism 89%

Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.

by John Sellars 2006

4.12

457 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🏺 Classical Studies

The Secret Doctrine

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1888

Humanity predates mammals. A hidden history of distinct humanities shaped by planetary spirits.

3.93

2k+

🕉️ Modern Theosophy 🌟 Western Esotericism 🌌 Occult Cosmology

The Secret Doctrine 89%

Humanity predates mammals. A hidden history of distinct humanities shaped by planetary spirits.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1888

3.93

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Modern Theosophy 🌟 Western Esotericism 🌌 Occult Cosmology

The Mind of God

by Paul C.W. Davies • 1992

The universe's rational order is the fingerprint of a cosmic mind, a physicist argues.

3.86

2k+

🌌 Cosmology ⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

The Mind of God 89%

The universe's rational order is the fingerprint of a cosmic mind, a physicist argues.

by Paul C.W. Davies 1992

3.86

2k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmology ⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

Philosophy Bites

by David Edmonds • 2012

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

3.69

371

Philosophy Bites 89%

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

by David Edmonds 2012

3.69

371 ratings

Why Does the World Exist?

by Jim Holt • 2011

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

3.81

7k+

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology

Why Does the World Exist? 89%

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

by Jim Holt 2011

3.81

7k+ ratings

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology

The Art of Living

by John Sellars • 2003

Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.

4.09

🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life 🏛️ Ancient Stoicism 🧘 Spiritual Exercises

The Art of Living 89%

Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.

by John Sellars 2003

4.09

75 ratings

🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life 🏛️ Ancient Stoicism 🧘 Spiritual Exercises

Number

by Tobias Dantzig • 1930

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

4.09

637

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Number 89%

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

by Tobias Dantzig 1930

4.09

637 ratings

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

On Quality

by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

3.64

387

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy

On Quality 89%

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

by Robert M. Pirsig 2021

3.64

387 ratings

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy

Corpus Hermeticum

by Hermes Trismegistus • 1998

Salvation through knowledge: the ancient dialogues that map the soul’s return to the divine.

4.12

960

📜 Hermeticism 🏛️ Hellenistic Religion 🔮 Western Esotericism

Corpus Hermeticum 89%

Salvation through knowledge: the ancient dialogues that map the soul’s return to the divine.

by Hermes Trismegistus 1998

4.12

960 ratings

📜 Hermeticism 🏛️ Hellenistic Religion 🔮 Western Esotericism

Pyrrhonism

by Adrian Kuzminski • 2008

Ancient Greece had its own Buddhism: suspending belief for tranquility, not skepticism.

4.01

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ☸️ Comparative Religion 🏺 Hellenistic Thought

Pyrrhonism 89%

Ancient Greece had its own Buddhism: suspending belief for tranquility, not skepticism.

by Adrian Kuzminski 2008

4.01

70 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ☸️ Comparative Religion 🏺 Hellenistic Thought

The Crisis of the Modern World

by René Guénon • 1927

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

4.09

2k+

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History

The Crisis of the Modern World 89%

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

by René Guénon 1927

4.09

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History

The Hermetic Tradition

by Julius Evola • 1931

The alchemists were not chemists; their metals coded a warrior path to spiritual immortality.

4.14

589

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Hermetic Philosophy ⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy

The Hermetic Tradition 88%

The alchemists were not chemists; their metals coded a warrior path to spiritual immortality.

by Julius Evola 1931

4.14

589 ratings

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Hermetic Philosophy ⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy

The Road to Reality

by Roger Penrose • 2004

Physics, equation by equation: the complete mathematical tour from arithmetic to quantum fields.

4.17

9k+

🧮 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🏛️ Platonic Mathematics

The Road to Reality 88%

Physics, equation by equation: the complete mathematical tour from arithmetic to quantum fields.

by Roger Penrose 2004

4.17

9k+ ratings

🧮 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics 🏛️ Platonic Mathematics

Isis Unveiled

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1877

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

4.05

1k+

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism

Isis Unveiled 88%

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism

Jag är Zlatan

by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

3.86

19k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy

Jag är Zlatan 88%

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

by Zlatan Ibrahimović 2011

3.86

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy

Men of Mathematics

by Eric Temple Bell • 1937

From Descartes to Cantor, the story of mathematics is one of obsession and early graves.

4.10

2k+

📐 History Of Mathematics 📖 Mathematical Biography 🧮 Popular Mathematics

Men of Mathematics 88%

From Descartes to Cantor, the story of mathematics is one of obsession and early graves.

by Eric Temple Bell 1937

4.10

2k+ ratings

📐 History Of Mathematics 📖 Mathematical Biography 🧮 Popular Mathematics

The Art of Happiness

by Epicurus

The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.

3.80

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 🌿 Simple Living 💀 Fear Of Death

The Art of Happiness 88%

The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.

by Epicurus

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 🌿 Simple Living 💀 Fear Of Death

Whose Justice? Which Rationality?

by Alasdair MacIntyre • 1988

Neutral reason is a myth. Every standard of justice carries the history of a specific tradition.

4.24

409

🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🎯 Virtue Ethics 📜 Historicism

Whose Justice? Which Rationality? Summary

Whose Justice? Which Rationality? 88%

Neutral reason is a myth. Every standard of justice carries the history of a specific tradition.

by Alasdair MacIntyre 1988

4.24

409 ratings

🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🎯 Virtue Ethics 📜 Historicism

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

by Eugenia Cheng • 2023

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

3.52

731

📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths Summary

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths 88%

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

by Eugenia Cheng 2023

3.52

731 ratings

📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

The Symbolism of Freemasonry

by Albert G. MacKey • 1994

The tools, floor plans, and acacia sprigs: how Masonry encodes its moral philosophy in symbol.

3.69

639

🧱 Masonic Studies 🏛️ Western Esotericism 🔣 Symbolic Interpretation

The Symbolism of Freemasonry 88%

The tools, floor plans, and acacia sprigs: how Masonry encodes its moral philosophy in symbol.

by Albert G. MacKey 1994

3.69

639 ratings

🧱 Masonic Studies 🏛️ Western Esotericism 🔣 Symbolic Interpretation

Metaphysics

by Aristotle

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

4.07

18k+

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy

Metaphysics 88%

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

by Aristotle

4.07

18k+ ratings

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy

The Socratic Method

by Ward Farnsworth • 2021

How to outgrow dogmatic thinking with ancient questioning tactics that reveal hidden contradictions.

4.26

1k+

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking ❓ Questioning Methods

The Socratic Method 88%

How to outgrow dogmatic thinking with ancient questioning tactics that reveal hidden contradictions.

by Ward Farnsworth 2021

4.26

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking ❓ Questioning Methods

Vector

by Robyn Arianrhod • 2024

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

4.05

163

🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics

Vector 88%

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

by Robyn Arianrhod 2024

4.05

163 ratings

🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

by Robert M. Martin • 1992

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

4.01

247

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 88%

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

by Robert M. Martin 1992

4.01

247 ratings

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes

Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1 of 2

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 2018

Modern labs trip over facts ancient priests mapped millennia ago. The manual was never wrong.

4.02

122

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion 🌟 Western Esotericism

Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1 of 2 88%

Modern labs trip over facts ancient priests mapped millennia ago. The manual was never wrong.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 2018

4.02

122 ratings

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion 🌟 Western Esotericism

Love and Math

by Edward Frenkel • 2013

Prime numbers and quantum fields share a hidden architecture. Most people never learn it exists.

3.70

4k+

Love and Math 88%

Prime numbers and quantum fields share a hidden architecture. Most people never learn it exists.

by Edward Frenkel 2013

3.70

4k+ ratings

What Can Aristotle Do For You?

by Edith Hall • 2018

From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.

3.68

2k+

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🛠️ Practical Philosophy

What Can Aristotle Do For You? 88%

From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.

by Edith Hall 2018

3.68

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🛠️ Practical Philosophy

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry

by Manly P. Hall • 2006

Freemasonry is a school of the soul. Its rites guard a method for awakening the divine within.

4.16

998

🧱 Esoteric Freemasonry 🏛️ Mystery Schools 📜 Western Esotericism

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry 88%

Freemasonry is a school of the soul. Its rites guard a method for awakening the divine within.

by Manly P. Hall 2006

4.16

998 ratings

🧱 Esoteric Freemasonry 🏛️ Mystery Schools 📜 Western Esotericism

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

by Alex Bellos • 2010

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

4.12

6k+

Alex's Adventures in Numberland 88%

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

by Alex Bellos 2010

4.12

6k+ ratings

The Hermetica

by Tim Freke • 1997

An Egyptian sage hid a complete spiritual philosophy for a later age; it's now unearthed.

4.16

2k+

🧿 Hermeticism 🏛️ Egyptian Wisdom 🦋 Spiritual Rebirth

The Hermetica 88%

An Egyptian sage hid a complete spiritual philosophy for a later age; it's now unearthed.

by Tim Freke 1997

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧿 Hermeticism 🏛️ Egyptian Wisdom 🦋 Spiritual Rebirth

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