Ab Immemorabili
The Most Ancient Anamnetic Order of Trikala
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Ab Immemorabili - From Time Beyond Memory
Ancient wisdom meets modern minds in this philosophical exploration podcast from The Most Ancient Anamnetic Order of Trikala. Join hosts Drake and Holly as they journey through the hidden patterns connecting consciousness, transformation, and timeless truth.
Created for both MAAOoT students and acolytes walking the path of the pillars and curious seekers exploring life's deeper questions, each episode offers layers of insight accessible to all. For those within the Order, these conversations illuminate and expand upon your transformational journey, providing additional context, stories, and perspectives that complement your studies. For those simply curious about philosophy and consciousness, this podcast serves as an invitation to explore humanity's greatest wisdom traditions.
Drake brings scholarly depth and historical perspective, whilst Holly grounds these ancient insights in practical, lived experience. Together they weave insights from East and West - from Greek Stoics to Buddhist masters, from Egyptian mysteries to forgotten Olmec wisdom - examining how these traditions speak to our contemporary search for meaning and transformation.
Ab Immemorabili isn't about learning new information - it's about remembering what you've always known. Through engaging conversations, thought experiments, and storytelling, we explore the paradoxes of consciousness, the nature of transformation, and the universal patterns that appear across all wisdom traditions.
Whether you're an Order student deepening your understanding, a serious seeker, or simply someone sensing there's more to existence than meets the eye, this podcast offers fresh perspectives on humanity's deepest questions. No prior philosophical background required - just an open mind and a willingness to question.
The wisdom you seek has always been within you. You're not learning it. You're remembering it.
New episodes released regularly, and now to the public generally.
Contact: [email protected] | www.maaoot.org
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Recent Episodes
199 - Negative Capability - Keats and the Power of Uncertainty
What if the most important skill for our uncertain age was articulated by a twenty-two-year-old poet in a casual letter about a pantomime? In this episode, Drake and Holly explore John Keats' concept…
198 - The Golden Mean - Aristotle's Guide to Modern Balance
What does it actually mean to live a balanced life, and why is the ancient answer so much harder than the modern one? In this episode, Drake and Holly explore Aristotle's doctrine of the mean from…
197 - Karma Yoga - Action Without Attachment in Daily Work
Title Ab Immemorabili: Episode 197 - Karma Yoga: Action Without Attachment in Daily Work --- Description How can you give something everything you have while simultaneously not caring whether it…
196 - The Beginner's Mind - Zen Wisdom for Constant Learning
What if everything you know is actually preventing you from learning? Holly takes the leed in this exploration of shoshin, the Zen concept of beginner's mind that Shunryu Suzuki brought from Japan to…
195 - Memento Mori - How Death Awareness Transforms Life
What did the Stoics, the Buddhists, and the ancient Mexicans all know about death that we've forgotten? Drake and Holly explore humanity's oldest spiritual practice: the conscious contemplation of…
194 - The Hermetic Tradition - Egypt's Gift to Western Esotericism
In this episode of Ab Immemorabili, Drake and Holly explore the Hermetic tradition and its extraordinary influence on Western civilisation. They begin with Cosimo de Medici's deathbed decision in…
193: The Birth of Philosophy - When Humanity Rejected the Gods
What did humanity lose when it traded gods for logic? Drake and Holly explore one of the most revolutionary moments in human history: the birth of philosophy itself. Around 585 BCE in Miletus, Thales…
192: Sacred Geometry - Why Certain Shapes Appear in Every Tradition
Why do identical geometric patterns appear in cultures that never had contact with each other? Drake and Holly explore the mysterious universality of sacred geometry, from Egyptian pyramids to…
BONUS - The Primary Texts
What if you could sit with Plato's Republic, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, or the Bhagavad Gita line by line, with a brilliant guide walking you through every argument? In this special bonus…
191: The Dao That Can Be Spoken - Language and the Ineffable
If the true Dao cannot be spoken, why did Lao-tzu write 5,000 words about it? Drake and Holly dive deep into philosophy's greatest paradox - how mystics across all traditions use language to point…
190: Gilgamesh's Failure - The Teaching Hidden in Defeat
Why does humanity's oldest story end with the hero losing everything—and what wisdom lies hidden in that defeat? Drake and Holly explore the Epic of Gilgamesh, the 4,000-year-old tale where the…
189: The Vedic Fire Altar - Consciousness as Sacred Architecture
What if consciousness could be rebuilt brick by brick through sacred geometry? Drake and Holly explore the Agnicayana ritual - humanity's oldest continuously performed ceremony where ancient India…
188: Eleusinian Mysteries - What Happened in Ancient Greece's Secret Rites
How did ancient Greeks keep the ultimate secret for 2,000 years—and why did breaking it mean death? Drake and Holly explore the Eleusinian Mysteries, antiquity's most profound spiritual tradition…
187: The Olmec Enigma - The Mother Culture's Forgotten Wisdom
What if the most influential civilisation in the Americas is also the most mysterious? Drake and Holly explore the Olmec civilisation - the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica whose colossal stone heads…
186: Lost Libraries - What Burned in Alexandria and Why It Matters
What if humanity's greatest tragedy wasn't a single fire, but a slow forgetting that continues today? Drake and Holly explore the burning of the Library of Alexandria - not as one catastrophic event,…
185: The Egyptian Book of the Dead - A Manual for Living
What if the most famous ancient text about death was never about dying at all? Drake and Holly uncover the profound mistranslation that's hidden the Egyptian Book of the Dead's true purpose for…
184: The Emerald Tablet - Decoding "As Above, So Below"
What if reality operates on just one principle, endlessly reflected? What if you are both the mirror and what it reflects? Drake and Holly decode the thirteen cryptic lines of the Emerald Tablet,…
183: The Cave You're Already In - Plato's Allegory for Modern Times
What if your entire reality is just shadows on a wall? What if your news feed is Plato's Cave? Drake and Holly explore Plato's timeless Cave allegory and its startling relevance to our digital age.…
182: Wu Wei - The Art of Effortless Action in a Forcing World
How do you accomplish everything by doing nothing? Why does water defeat rock every single time? Drake and Holly explore the ancient Daoist principle of wu wei - effortless action that achieves more…
181: The Oracle's Paradox - When Not Knowing Makes You Wise
How can someone who knows nothing be declared the wisest person alive? Drake and Holly unpack the paradox that birthed Western philosophy: the Oracle at Delphi declaring Socrates wisest precisely…
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Ab Immemorabili has published 27 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Education, Philosophy.
Ab Immemorabili is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 28m.
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