Chicken Philosophy: The Divine Pymander
In which we read "The Divine Pymander" and the rest of Westcott's "Collectanea Hermetica."
18 episodes
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fortnightly cadence
English language
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Episodes
Reading the feed…
In which we read "The Divine Pymander" and the rest of Westcott's "Collectanea Hermetica."
Reading the feed…
In which Gwydion earns BT's respect, and Pymander reads The Pymander.
In which Gwydion accurately intuits the linguistic connection between Pawri (as in Hori Hai) and Parthey (as in Gustav).
in which Edward finally finishes reading the passionately obnoxious preface to this particular translation
in which BT is pleasantly surprised
in which the twist is Gwydion hymns Himself real nice
ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΟΎΝ ΝΑ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΌΛΟΙ ΝΙΚΗΤΈΣ ("they can't all be winners")
Tryin' to separate the wheat from the chaff, but all there is today is chaff.
In which, surprisingly, Chapter 4 of The Divine Pymander doesn’t suck.
Chapter Five: 55% wheat, 45% chaff, also introducing "Hooo-Heee" (but no blowfish)
In which BT walks a fine line
It's the one with all the Björk
Chocolate Milk & Meditation
In which the 15 are named, and The Pymander redeems itself (mostly).
In which Hermes is irritating. (r/confidentlyincorrect)
Tat's revenge
In which BT finishes reading The Divine Pymander.
In which we learn what Tat is short for (and not much else)
In which the flower feels the need to explain that some of its petals are weird.
