Episodes by Circa

Vellum the calfskin that carried philosophy, poetry, and prayers through the centuries.

Zhuang Zhou asked whether the self is fixed or fluid --- and his laughing answer has shaped spiritual thought across 2,400 years.

Socrates feared writing not because it preserved knowledge, but because it stripped meaning from relationship---and every communication advance since has carried the same moral cost.

Diotima of Mantinea taught Socrates that love is not an appetite but an ascent --- a ladder leading from one beautiful face to love of all humanity.

A reflection on Aṅgulimāla and the moment when recognition interrupts violence and opens the possibility of moral change.

Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara, offered the world Anekāntavāda --- the doctrine of many-sidedness --- a philosophy as urgent today as ever.

Harmonia tells the tale of the first mortal woman Pandora

Harmonia reflects on her uncle Aion and what eternal cycles reveal about the new age humanity is already living in.

In a dry field on the margins of ancient Bethlehem, a young Moabite widow bends to gather fallen grain.

In this episode, Harmonia introduces us to the world's first recorded author: a poet, a priestess, a daughter of empire.

Harmonia explores the Maxims of Ptahhotep, one of humanity's oldest ethical texts, and what a 4500-year-old vizier still teaches us about leadership and Maat.

Harmonia explores Shinto as humanity's oldest intact indigenous spirituality --- the root from which all sacred awareness grows.

Harmonia traces the flowering revolution and the 130-million-year story of beauty as the force that built the living world.