# The Pseudo-Dionysios, the Esoteric, and (Christian) Mysticism

An episode of [Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1295957854), 22 Dec 2024, 1 h 06 min.

Audio: https://media.shwep.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20221302/SHWEP-Episode-198-The-Esoteric-and-Mystical-Pseudo-Dionysios.mp3

We turn to the questions: What is ‘mystical’ in the Corpus Dionysiacum? What is esoteric? The answers we come up with involve pretty much every aspect of the western esoteric traditions, and, after all the initiatory liturgy, esoteric scriptural hermeneutics, and theandric activity are cleared away, there remains the ascent to ‘the ray of the divine shadow’.

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