Claudius Ptolemy's guest appearances

Claudius Ptolemy

Historical Astronomy

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

Tycho Brahe

Chris Brennan

Omar Khayyam

Roger Penrose

Robert Wilson

Isaac Newton

Peter Adamson

Carl Sagan

Jason BeDuhn

Ibn Al-Haytham

Justin Rogers

Fred Hoyle

Esoteric Reading

Kip Thorne

Michael Williams

OwlTail

We discuss Claudius Ptolemy (no relation), synthesiser of Hellenistic astronomy/astrology to the mediæval world and beyond, and his two great works, the Almagest and the Tetrabiblos. Come for the naturalistic account of astral causation, stay for the planetary talismans.

We discuss Claudius Ptolemy (no relation), synthesiser of Hellenistic astronomy/astrology to the mediæval world and beyond, and his two great works, the <em>Almagest</em> and the <em>Tetrabiblos</em>. Come for the naturalistic account of astral causation, stay for the planetary talismans.

Claudius Ptolemy and the Tetrabiblos

Early Astronomy - Claudius Ptolemy - The Geocentric Universe

Early Astronomy - Claudius Ptolemy - The Almagest