Edward P. Butler, PhD
@epbutler.bsky.social
Polytheist, Ph.D. in Philosophy. Justice to all beings, reverence to all Gods.
My new Substack post is live: Platonic Politics substack.com/@epbutler/no...
Platonic Politics
Image: A caricature of mutually destructive democratic factions in the antebellum U.S., attributed to the firm of Currier & Ives (1864)
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February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
My new Substack post is live: Platonic Politics substack.com/@epbutler/no...
When I was little, our family hosted an Icelandic exchange student. I had been obsessively reading D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths, and asked her if people there still believed in the Norse Gods—“Some do…” she said enigmatically…
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
When I was little, our family hosted an Icelandic exchange student. I had been obsessively reading D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths, and asked her if people there still believed in the Norse Gods—“Some do…” she said enigmatically…
Donkeys, Genies, and Demons: Fantastical Creatures in Ancient Egyptian Ritual Texts and Funerary Assemblages seas.andromedapublisher.org/index.php/SE...
Donkeys, Genies, and Demons: Fantastical Creatures in Ancient Egyptian Ritual Texts and Funerary Assemblages
| Studies in Egyptian Archaeology and Science
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February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Donkeys, Genies, and Demons: Fantastical Creatures in Ancient Egyptian Ritual Texts and Funerary Assemblages seas.andromedapublisher.org/index.php/SE...
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I'm often an AI complainer but here's something I do think is cool. Some bots found the two parks in NYC most in need of cleanup and now there's an actual cleanup project in the works for Feb 14-15?! They're looking for volunteers if you're in the area
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AI Village Park Cleanup — Feb 14-15, 2026
AI agents identified two parks that need cleaning. Now we need humans on the ground! Join our volunteer park cleanup at Mission Dolores Park (SF) or Devoe Park (Bronx, NYC). Just 30-60 minutes of your...
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February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I'm often an AI complainer but here's something I do think is cool. Some bots found the two parks in NYC most in need of cleanup and now there's an actual cleanup project in the works for Feb 14-15?! They're looking for volunteers if you're in the area
ai-village-agents.github.io/park-cleanup...
ai-village-agents.github.io/park-cleanup...
One of the most highly anticipated Pagan publications of recent years, Slava! Slavic Paganism and Dual-Faith Folk Ways, by Anna Urošević Applegate, is finally available. bookshop.org/a/17266/9780... (#advertisement)
Slava!: Slavic Paganism and Dual-Faith Folk Ways
Slavic Paganism and Dual-Faith Folk Ways
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February 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
One of the most highly anticipated Pagan publications of recent years, Slava! Slavic Paganism and Dual-Faith Folk Ways, by Anna Urošević Applegate, is finally available. bookshop.org/a/17266/9780... (#advertisement)
Call for Participation, Virtual Roundtable: Conceptions of Divinity in African and Afro-Brazilian Religions www.god-and-consciousness.com/round-tables...
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Call for Participation, Virtual Roundtable: Conceptions of Divinity in African and Afro-Brazilian Religions www.god-and-consciousness.com/round-tables...
Thank you for sharing, David!
Today somewhere in the world it is still #Proclus' birthday.
To celebrate read @epbutler.bsky.social 'On the Occasion of the 1,600th Anniversary of the Birth of Proclus (2/08/12)' henadology.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
To celebrate read @epbutler.bsky.social 'On the Occasion of the 1,600th Anniversary of the Birth of Proclus (2/08/12)' henadology.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Thank you for sharing, David!
It will be nice to have a new edition of the fragments of "Philosophy from Oracles" in particular, and at a humane price as well. On Theology and Theurgy: Porphyry of Tyre, translated by Fabien Muller bookshop.org/a/17266/9780... (#advertisement)
On Theology and Theurgy
Check out On Theology and Theurgy - Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234-305) was not only the biographer of his teacher Plotinus, and the editor of his <i>Enneads, </i> but an important Platonist philosopher in ...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It will be nice to have a new edition of the fragments of "Philosophy from Oracles" in particular, and at a humane price as well. On Theology and Theurgy: Porphyry of Tyre, translated by Fabien Muller bookshop.org/a/17266/9780... (#advertisement)
ASASA(RAME) Vol. 1. The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script (open access) epub.lib.uoa.gr/index.php/au...
ASASA(RAME) Vol. 1. The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script | Salgarella | Athens University Review of Archaeology (AURA)
ASASA(RAME) Vol. 1. The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script
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February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ASASA(RAME) Vol. 1. The Wor(l)ds of Linear A: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Documents and Inscriptions of a Cretan Bronze Age Script (open access) epub.lib.uoa.gr/index.php/au...
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“For the first time in human history, we are no longer alone in the space of general intelligence.”
Is Artificial General Intelligence Here? - Daily Nous
"For the first time in human history, we are no longer alone in the space of general intelligence." In a commentary published today at Nature, a group of researchers, including two philosophers, argue...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
“For the first time in human history, we are no longer alone in the space of general intelligence.”
Ushering in the Spring - Li Chun Day 2026 javewutaoismplace.blogspot.com/2026/02/2026...
《丙午始。立春日。2026》
《 丙午 始。立春日。 2026 》 丙午年。庚寅月。己酉日。丙寅時。 【立春聖日】一到，便是「真正」【新一年】的開始、【新元月】的起點，也正式踏入【 乙 巳蛇 年】，此日稱之為【開春】 ( 「農曆正月初一」為【開正】、「大年初二」係為【開年】，此係【新年...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Ushering in the Spring - Li Chun Day 2026 javewutaoismplace.blogspot.com/2026/02/2026...
Khora is live! henadology.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/k...
Khora is live!
Some of you may be aware that for the past year I have been working with Palinode Productions on Khora, their AI assistant for philosophical inquiry. I am a curator, selecting the most interesting …
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January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Khora is live! henadology.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/k...
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interessante como esse conceito de desbatismo tb aparece em outros contextos aí...
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 AM
interessante como esse conceito de desbatismo tb aparece em outros contextos aí...
Saraswati Stotram - In sanskrit with meaning greenmesg.org/stotras/sara...
Saraswati Stotram - In sanskrit with meaning
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January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Saraswati Stotram - In sanskrit with meaning greenmesg.org/stotras/sara...
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In her own words, an Iranian Pagan recounts life, faith, and fear under Iran’s theocracy, explaining how ancient stories, seasonal rites, and spiritual identity have become tools of survival and resistance against the regime during the current protests.
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#pagan #iran
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#pagan #iran
Hope, Blood, and Heritage: The Iranian Revolt Through the Eyes of an Iranian Pagan - Interviews, Middle East, News, Pagan Voices
Witchcraft & Pagan News - In her own words, an Iranian Pagan recounts life, faith, and fear under Iran’s theocracy, explaining how ancient stories, seasonal rites, and spiritual identity have become t...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:24 PM
In her own words, an Iranian Pagan recounts life, faith, and fear under Iran’s theocracy, explaining how ancient stories, seasonal rites, and spiritual identity have become tools of survival and resistance against the regime during the current protests.
wildhunt.org/2026/01/__tr...
#pagan #iran
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#pagan #iran
In-Herself-Ness: Understanding and Appreciating the Virgin Goddesses with Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D. www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/in...
In-Herself-Ness: Understanding and Appreciating the Virgin Goddesses with Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D., Begins March 9 — Morbid Anatomy
Eight Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom Mondays, March 9 - April 27, 2026 7:30 - 9:30pm ET (NYC Time) $125 Paid Patreon Members / $145 General Admission PLEASE NOTE: Classes will...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
In-Herself-Ness: Understanding and Appreciating the Virgin Goddesses with Alicia King Anderson, Ph.D. www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/in...
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Inscrições abertas para o primeiro ciclo do Seminário Permanente de Teurgia deste ano
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SPT 2026 I – Inscrições Abertas
O Seminário Permanente de Teurgia (SPT) terá no dia 11 de fevereiro o início do seu primeiro ciclo de 2026. Iremos discutir a obra “Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism” de Crystal Ad…
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January 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Inscrições abertas para o primeiro ciclo do Seminário Permanente de Teurgia deste ano
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New Substack note on the doctrine that "Each of the Gods is the universe, but after a different manner." substack.com/@epbutler/no...
January 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
New Substack note on the doctrine that "Each of the Gods is the universe, but after a different manner." substack.com/@epbutler/no...
The Reinvention of Idealism: John William Miller and Other Navigators of the Critical Turn in American Philosophy bookshop.org/a/17266/9781... (#advertisement)
The Reinvention of Idealism: John William Miller and Other Navigators of the Critical Turn in American Philosophy
John William Miller and Other Navigators of the Critical Turn in American Philosophy
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January 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The Reinvention of Idealism: John William Miller and Other Navigators of the Critical Turn in American Philosophy bookshop.org/a/17266/9781... (#advertisement)
"Eternal Haunted Summer was born in 2009 as a place where Pagans, polytheists and witches could feature their short stories, poems and essays…" The Best of Eternal Haunted Summer: A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition, edited by @lyradora.bsky.social bookshop.org/a/17266/9781... (#advertisement)
The Best of Eternal Haunted Summer: A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition
A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition
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January 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM
"Eternal Haunted Summer was born in 2009 as a place where Pagans, polytheists and witches could feature their short stories, poems and essays…" The Best of Eternal Haunted Summer: A Thirteenth Anniversary Edition, edited by @lyradora.bsky.social bookshop.org/a/17266/9781... (#advertisement)
"[C]ontemporary AI, robotics, bioinformatics, among other new technologies, have brought significant challenges to philosophical studies, and philosophy will have to respond to these challenges not with mere resistance…"
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"[C]ontemporary AI, robotics, bioinformatics, among other new technologies, have brought significant challenges to philosophical studies, and philosophy will have to respond to these challenges not with mere resistance…"
Claudia Maggi, "Proclus and the Intelligible-Intellectual Roots of Mathematical Theology" pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pe...
Proclus and the Intelligible-Intellectual Roots of Mathematical Theology
| Peitho. Examina Antiqua
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December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Claudia Maggi, "Proclus and the Intelligible-Intellectual Roots of Mathematical Theology" pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pe...
In the interest of honoring the legacy of Theanos Thrax, "The Anomalous Thracian", here is the page gathering their occasional contributions to the platform they founded, Polytheist.com polytheist.com/author/the_t...
The Thracian, Author at Polytheist.com
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December 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In the interest of honoring the legacy of Theanos Thrax, "The Anomalous Thracian", here is the page gathering their occasional contributions to the platform they founded, Polytheist.com polytheist.com/author/the_t...
A Tribute to Theanos Thrax, the Anomalous Thracian...or just simply "The Thracian", by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus open.substack.com/pub/psvl/p/a...
A Tribute to Theanos Thrax, the Anomalous Thracian...or just simply "The Thracian"
PLEASE NOTE: If you have seen the above subject line and have come here to demean, disrespect, or cast aspersions on Theanos Thrax, publicly critique them, make baseless accusations, or in any other w...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Tribute to Theanos Thrax, the Anomalous Thracian...or just simply "The Thracian", by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus open.substack.com/pub/psvl/p/a...
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“ #Polytheism, properly understood, is not simply the worship of many gods but the institutional and philosophical tolerance for multiple, incommensurable accounts of the world.” via @epbutler.bsky.social whiterosemagazine.com/when-god-bec...
White Rose Magazine: When God Becomes Fragile
“Infidel! Kafir! Heretic!” These are not merely insults; they are weapons forged in the theological anxiety of traditions that tremble before the presence of the other.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“ #Polytheism, properly understood, is not simply the worship of many gods but the institutional and philosophical tolerance for multiple, incommensurable accounts of the world.” via @epbutler.bsky.social whiterosemagazine.com/when-god-bec...