“The Planets and Stars in the Orphic Hymns” with Sara Mastros.
Orphic Hymns are one of the most important collections of sacred poetry from ancient Greece. In this lecture, we’ll discuss the history of the hymns, including their translations in English, and then focus in on 8 hymns; that the stars, and those for the planets. We’ll talk about how they’ve been used in astrological magic, and what they can teach us about Orphic ideas of the heavens.