Alright, so I'm beginning to merge most of the posts from my old domain here to this domain, as it has become the primary, and corresponds to my YouTube Channel. While doing this, I plan to take the time and go through each post, and hopefully make some improvements. This was my first post and in a way corresponds to one of the first videos I posted to YouTube, which is here: Now, let's get into it. First Step Getting started on a new spiritual journey is probably one of the most difficult things you can do if you're being sincere about it. ...

The Immortal Gods Chapter II - On the Gods and the World "That a God is immutable, without Generation, eternal, incorporeal, and has no Subsistence in Place." “And such are the requisites for an auditor of the gods. But the necessary discourses proceed as follows: the essences of the gods are neither generated; for eternal natures are without generation; and those beings are eternal who possess a first power, and are naturally void of passivity. Nor are their essences composed from bodies; for even the powers of bodies are incorporeal: nor are they comprehended in place; for this is the property of bodies: ...

Finding the Divine in MythsChapter III- On the Gods and the World“Concerning Fables, that these are divine, and on what Account they are so.”“On what account then the ancients, neglecting such discourses as these, employed fables, is a question not unworthy our investigation. And this indeed is the first utility arising from fables, that they excite us to inquiry, and do not suffer our cogitative power to remain in indolent rest. It will not be difficult therefore to show that fables are divine, from those by whom they are employed: for they are used by poets agitated by divinity, by ...

I originally wrote this series of blog posts when I was working off of WordPress and since I have now finally gotten my blog set back up, I decided I would revisit these posts and expand upon them. So I will be slowly revisiting these posts and republishing them. However, before we can begin to discuss the popular work of Sallustius, On the Gods and the World, it is necessary to have somewhat of an idea of who Sallustius was. Sallustius was born to a Roman family in Gaul and was removed from Gaul by Constantius II. When Julian became the ...