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Here's your host, Dr. Jack Logan.

Welcome to the ancient tradition.

I'm your host, Jack Logan.

It's great to have you along for today's episode.

Today we're going to continue our discussion on the

fourth pillar of creation, the Council of the Gods. In our last episode, we established that

divine councils were a common feature of all major ancient cultures. We find them all over in the ancient

world. The ancients taught that a civil

government existed in the heavens, a government that was headed by a divine monarch. They taught that

this monarch, the high god, reigned as a celestial king from the summit of his mountain home

on a throne dais. But he didn't act alone.

The ancients taught that the high god presided his supreme authority over a council, a council of

gods, a council who made proposals, assigned responsibilities, delegated over important decisions

and voted and then bound themselves by oath

to the decisions that were made in that assembly. If you are a first time listener or you haven't

had a chance to listen to our last episode, I highly recommend giving it a listen. It'll give you

some really important background. Unlike a lot of podcasts, which primarily produce standalone episodes,

this podcast is progressive, which means that each episode builds upon the previous episode.

So when you get a chance, be sure to catch up on the episodes you've missed,

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