The History of Magic 101: A Mysterious Past of the Esoteric

Welcome to the History of Magic 101: A Mysterious Past of the Esoteric. In this course, we will learn about the Ancient past of the Mystery Traditions from the Neolithic period to the Fertile Crescent.

This is part one of a longer series course in the History of Magic.

This course is designed as a basic college-level survey of ancient Magic from an anthropological angle.  This course covers the much of the language used to discuss ancient magic so that you can confidently speak to anthropologists and historians of magic in the subject. A complete overview of art, culture, and rituals of magic from the Neolithic to the Fertile Crescent.

Each significant time period of magic history is covered in-depth, with a few stones left unturned. If there are further lectures you request from us, we will make more lectures accordingly.

The importance of each ritual is shared. In addition, we cover how you can better understand the interrelationship of ritual, behavior, symbols, and the mysteries of people’s respective time periods in a 2-hour session.

These videos were designed to be as jargon-free and clear as possible so that anyone can hop right in and enjoy the topics at hand.

This course has a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee, so you can sign up go through the entire course and still get a refund for any reason.

Sign up today so we can see you on the other side! We look forward to sharing the best of what we have to offer with you.

Course Contents: 

• The Insight Academy’s Introductory Classes

• Defining ‘Magic’

• On the matter of Entheogens

• Introduction to Animism: Basics of Animism in Early Societies

• Why early societies were Animistic

• Animism in the Neolithic Period

• Antediluvian Magic

• Animism in the ‘Post-Deluge’ Periods

• The Magic of Ancient Egypt

• The Magic of Ancient Mesopotamia & Babylonia

• Zoroastrianism: The First Monotheism

• Magic Throughout the Fertile Crescent

What will students learn in your course?

• Learn the history of Magic in a fun and exciting way

• See the connections between old and modern approaches to magic

• Create a more meaningful understanding of magical practices done today

• Understand anthropologically the significance of magical thinking in developmental society

What are the requirements or prerequisites for taking your course?

• An open mind

• An Open heart

• (Optional) A notebook and pen to write your thoughts after the lecture

Who is this course for?

• Historians interested in the practice of magic in neolithic eras

• Anthropologists who are interested in the influence of magical thinking throughout the development of history