3 - 4 pm (CET)

Dr. Ionut Daniel Bancila

As a strategy of managing the precariousness of human life, ancient astrology often illustrated and expanded on structures of religious meaning-making (mythology, ritualization, esotericism etc.). My paper is addressing the question of how Mandaean astrology functioned in a religious setting that demonized the (influence of the) planets and which relations are there between the Mandean mythological / cosmological texts and (the practice of) Mandean astrology. This is attempted from the perspective of the resilience of literary traditions integrated in Mandean literature.

Participants can join the online Chronoi Talk by clicking on the following link:

https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=m966901b581269c9fc080968c2f9bb165

The conference room can be accessed using the following methods:

• Joining directly in your browser; simply click the link above, and look for a button with this option near the bottom of the webpage.

• Downloading the program to your computer (instructions can be found by following the meeting link)

• Using the smartphone app called “Cisco Webex Meetings."

You are welcome to enter the online conference room up to 15 minutes in advance of the start time.