Ancient Near East Meets Modern West
This channel serves to showcase ancient Near Eastern philosophy, art, literature, history, mythology, religion, and contemporary expressions of Mesopotamian spirituality in the modern world.

Mythology Is Not Scripture

What is Ishtarfest?

Making a Mess of Potamia: the Easter Sunday Extravaganza

A Translation and Reading of "A Praise Poem of Shulgi" by Jake Baxter

Sumerian Stoicism Revisited

Making a Mess of Potamia: Who Was Nimrod?

The Real Tower of Babel!

The Influence of Christian Baggage on Polytheistic Worldviews: A Mesopotamian Perspective

Making a Mess of Potamia: What Does Anunnaki Mean, Exactly?

The Enuma Elish: Babylonian Cosmology or an Account of Ancient Aliens?

2024 in Two Minutes

Chaos Unleashed: Tiamat in Modern Occult Practices

Heritage Law & History in the Middle East

Modern Syncretism: Sumerian Spirituality Through the Lens of Catholicism

A Christmas Eve Reading from "The Red Shepherd"

Pazuzu: the Demonic Divine in Modern Media and History

Ptahmassu, Pazuzu, and Me

Egyptian Gods in America? Ptahmassu Nofra-Uaa & Modern Kemetic Polytheism

Queen of the Great Earth: Ereshkigal in the Greek Magical Papyri, with Sara Mastros

The Red Shepherd: Towards a New Image of Dumuzid

Contemporary Cuneiform & Reflections on Myth with Jake Baxter

What Is The Star of Inanna Tarot?

Inanna, Enḫeduanna, and You: Recommended Reading for Goddess Worshipers

Third Culture Identity & Esoteric Praxis In the West with Johann Faust