Throwback to mentioning Pythagoras in our episode "Cults, Crackers, and Cornflakes" - we are releasing a whole episode on (potentially?) our favorite "semi-divine" mathematician. There is a lot more mysticism and suspicion around Pythagoras than just the famous "Pythagorean Theorem" (and there are debates if that was even his!). A callback to a lost fifteen page paper from her Mathematics Degree days and the re-found sources to prove it, Allison discusses with Meghan the mysteries around Pythagoras, his beliefs, and his famous "cult-like" school and rules. Enjoy and happy listening!

Recorded Remotely and Edited by Allison Varca and Meghan Pavlovsky. Music Credits to Michael Vontas.

Sources:

https://classicalwisdom.com/philosophy/cult-of-pythagoras/

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/pythagoras-504.php

https://askastrologer.com/pythagoras-numero.html#:~:text=Pythagoras%20believed%20that%20every%20planet,represented%20this%20sound%20using%20numbers.&text=Pythagoras%20assigned%20a%20particular%20number,and%2022%20as%20master%20numbers.

https://numerologist.com/numerology/pythagorean-numerology-what-is-it/

https://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/pythag/pythag.html

http://personal.kent.edu/~rmuhamma/Philosophy/PhiloHistory/pythagoras.htm

http://www.deepspirits.com/ancient-sages/pythagoras/

James Luchte - Wandering Souls: The Doctrine of Transmigration in Pythagorean Philosophy

https://www.equip.org/article/mystery-religion-what-were-the-mystery-religions/

http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub401/entry-6206.html