Announcing my new Latin only podcast, De Arte et Mysteriis, which serves to provide brief explanations of concepts and texts in the history of western esotericism in simple, comprehensible Latin. Most Latin resources on YouTube focus on either classical or Biblical authors – Cicero, Vergil, Catullus, Caesar, and St. Jerome – and as much as I love all those channels, they inspired me to put together a series of my own, but directed toward the kinds of materials that I am reading in my research every day.
My goal is to focus on brief episodes that would help students build up their “comprehensible input” with simple Latin discussions centered on the works of Medieval and Renaissance magicians, astrologers, alchemists, and philosophers. Here, we’ll read and discuss brief excerpts of Latin found in magical texts, grimoires, and philosophical treatises – from Picatrix to Ficino, and Agrippa to Kircher – and we’ll attempt to do so entirely in Latin.
The Modern Hermeticist 