The Emperor Initiate | Julian the Apostate

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@GnosticInformant 3 ай бұрын

Best video about Julian on the internet thus far..

@TuskKult 3 ай бұрын

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@sidu3099 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sending me here, my Guy!😙👍

@nerthus4685 3 ай бұрын

Proud to say Emperor Julian was my gateway into Western Esotericism. I believed intuitively in the triple Sun. That the earthly Sun is the creative, maintaining and destroying force of this world, effectively God localized. Above this is the celestial Sun god, from whom the astral powers proceed, the king of the gods. Above all is the divine Sun, the source of all things, equated with Brahman in the east, and Plato's Good in the west, the luminous ground of Being. I went seeking for any tradition or person who taught this. Sure enough Emperor Julian does.

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

@@nerthus4685 sounds like you are one out of Julian’s own heart.

@jameshose5043 3 ай бұрын

If only Julian’s movement had survived

@paineite 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding post. Thank you.

@YanniFotiadis 2 ай бұрын

An excellent episode. Thank you!

@Ζήνων-ζ1ι 3 ай бұрын

Masterclass of thumbnails. Great aesthetic and great info.

@Wyattinous 3 ай бұрын

It’s fascinating how we have such abundant/intimate writings from such a divisive figure at that time considering Christianities political dominance and tendency to burn heretical ideas. Julian himself is such an incredibly interesting person, not only in how he administered the empire for those 3 years, but the psychology of a man who did the opposite of what most converts at the time did, he left the newer more centralized faith he was raised in. Truly one of the most interesting emperors in Roman history, things may have been much different had he not let hubris lead him to Persia.

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

@@Wyattinous Indeed! I would love to glimpse into the parallel reality where he had survived and see what had changed.

@ikengaspirit3063 3 ай бұрын

"tendency to burn heretical ideas" you write like Christians were better than their contemporaries in preserving texts they considered controversial.

@seanclark9891 3 ай бұрын

This makes me really want to go through and read his writings.

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

@@seanclark9891 I will put together a pdf of some of his writings for the Patreon! But yes, he offers a very insightful peek into a momentous place in history.

@lazarusthegreen4089 3 ай бұрын

Your videos continually amaze me. Learning Greek now and your work has been an inspiration!

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

@@lazarusthegreen4089 thank you!

@kuningaskolassas4720 3 ай бұрын

A great leader and philosopher. May he dwell in joy and glory forever among the gods.

@AntonioBrandao 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for honouring this illustrious man with this amazing video essay.

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

thank you for being here

@WildMen4444 3 ай бұрын

Ave Divus Julianus!

@Иван-ы5ш5ы 3 ай бұрын

Reading a book by Merezhkovsky about him while studiyng in university changed my life a lot

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

He is one of those gripping figures. I will be re-reading Gibbon’s chapters on him for awhile.

@_S0me__0ne 3 ай бұрын

Wow. So much here! I'd never heard of him before.

@user98344 3 ай бұрын

I have seen a number of videos about Julian but I never before seen about his philosophical opinions and education in such a detail.

@OUTLAW1345 3 ай бұрын

Really Great video,Julian was always among my more favorite Roman Emperor

@gabegibson3468 3 ай бұрын

Incredible work, per usual. Proud of you brotha!

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

Thanks fam! 🤝🏽

@JohnSmith-tm5sh 3 ай бұрын

Dude these vids are awesome keep makin em

@skylarjon3464 3 ай бұрын

An absolutely brilliant video. Subscribed

@danawright777 3 ай бұрын

I have to admit that listening to this filled me with sadness. To think that the gods forsook Julian according to the vicissitudes of divine providence in the same sense as Christ was forsaken. I wrote a paper, which should be published soon, arguing, among other things, that Christ could be seen as one of the Neoplatonic heroes rather than as the ‘one true God.’ In this sense, he and Julian would have been companions within the hierarchical structure of divine beings rather than adversaries, as the world positioned them to be.

@Peppers_mintus 2 ай бұрын

Do send me such a paper!

@SavannahShepherd669 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@Insectoid_ 3 ай бұрын

The last hope.

@alpineflauge909 3 ай бұрын

world class content beep boop

@JulianThePhilosopher7 3 ай бұрын

If only Sallust had accepted the purple

@anaconda470 3 ай бұрын

I have the impression that the emperor was guided by his own ego by setting himself against Sassanids. Especially since it was accompanied by bad omens and prophecies.

@user98344 3 ай бұрын

I think it was mostly a political one. You see Julian wasn't very positively seen by a lot of people so a great victory against the greatest enemy of the empire would have solidified his position even further and potentially allowed him more space to enact his controversial policies.

@anaconda470 3 ай бұрын

@@user98344 Thank you. I'm aware of that. He was also a great believer. He was a practicing gods worshipper and participated in divination. The sources mention multiple warning signs he decided to ignore. That's why I blame his ego.

@user98344 3 ай бұрын

@@anaconda470 Yeah and he probably was aware of those bad omens but he decided to ignore them being blinded by power and paranoia.

@anaconda470 3 ай бұрын

@@user98344 You went very far 😅

@user98344 3 ай бұрын

@@anaconda470 What I said it went far?

@ikengaspirit3063 3 ай бұрын

Could you do a video like this on his proposed governmental reforms?.

@collinconkwright9262 3 ай бұрын

❤❤

@baconsinatra8837 3 ай бұрын

The thread of prophecy was cut

@ZoomerLogos 3 ай бұрын

Julian was very based. Trying to swim against the tide seems to result in getting a spear to the chest.

@jonyspinoza3310 3 ай бұрын

🌞

@Sokrates1985 3 ай бұрын

speaking about "the Christians" is mixing a heterogenous group into a abstract box. At Julius time the diversity must have been great. In each tradition; mansonic, hermetic philosophy included, we find aborations or fanatics of particular branches. Imagine Julian would have met esoteric, honest and kind "Christians"

@americanesoteric 3 ай бұрын

Julian* nonetheless refers to them in a general fashion (the Galileans), caveated by his own understanding that there were many sects at odds with one another. That is implied at the beginning of the video. However heterogeneous they are, they are still professing to be 'Christians.' Thus, the term applies, especially in the context that Julian was writing in. And yes, Basil of Caesarea was his friend.