A Demonological History of the World
By Dr. Zac Porcu
A Demonological History of the World
By Dr. Zac Porcu
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Trace the arc from the fall of the ancient gods and the complexities of paga traditions to the ride of Christendom with Dr. Zac Porcu.
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$120 USD
6 weeks, 12 hours
Live classes are on Tuesdays from 6-8 PM ET, starting September 15th through October 20th, 2026.
The early Church Fathers believed that the pagan gods were real—but if that’s true, how do we understand the history of the world? Join Dr. Zac Porcu—author of Journey to Reality and the Host of the Roots of Everything podcast—in his most ambitious historical project to date. Drawing on his doctoral work on patristic demonology and rooted in his wide-ranging historical knowledge, Dr. Zac presents a tour de force retelling of human history from the garden of Eden to the modern-day worship of AI. You will learn the deep causes of the major events of history, the occult “conspiracy” at the heart of Western culture, and—most importantly—practical advice for how to survive our new era of re-enchantment.
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- Our Older Cousins
- Introduction: what this course is and isn’t trying to do.
- The firstborn: Enoch and the Fall of the Watchers
- Christ the Logos vs. the Dark Logos:
- Eden, Prometheus, The Tower of Babel
- The Pagan Conspiracy
- The early church: Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and the reality of the pagan deities
- Astrology used to work!
- Commonalities across pagan religions
- The mythic creation accounts as demonic propaganda
- Magic and Demonology
- How thin is a demon?
- Origen and the corporeality of spirits
- Asclepius and the science of idol-making
- What is “magic”?
- Rise and Fall of Christendom
- Pagan era and slavery to the demons
- Matthew: magi and the restoration of the heavenly order
- Christ dethrones the Olympians: the rise of Christendom.
- The Faustian dream and the rise of the West
- The Myth of Science
- Lewis and the Sorcerer-Scientist
- Occult interests of the scientific revolution
- The Machine and the New Age [Spengler, Mumfort]
- American religion and the return of spirits
- Techno-Paganism and the religions of the future
- Science-fiction and the myth of transhumanism
- The worship of AI and Ancient Aliens theory
- Paulkingsnorth and modern-day idols in your pocket
- Survival tips for the age of re-enchantment
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Dr. Zac Porcu
Zachary Porcu is the author of Journey to Reality and the host of the podcast The Roots of EverythingZachary earned his PhD in Church History at the Catholic University of America under the direction of Robin Darling Young. He holds additional degrees in Philosophy, Classics, and Interdisciplinary Humanities and has taught Greek, Latin, history, philosophy, and theology at private schools and universities on both the East and West coasts.Zachary is a catechist at St. Andrew's Orthodox Church in Riverside, an editor at St. Vladimir Seminary Press, and a lecturer at St. Athanasius College.
