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Paul reviews  (broadcast 9-12-2011) Paul discusses the family resemblances between the ancient esoteric poem by Parmenides, a pre-Socratic philosopher as discussed by Vishwa Adluri in his recently released Parmenides, Plato and Mortal Philosophy (Continuum) (click on title for more information) and some of the ideas developed by  Indian Tantric philosopher Abhinavagupta in his famous work the Paramarthasara [The Essence of Highest Reality] as revealed by  the great Indian Pandit, Swami Lakshmanjoo.  Click on Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara (The Essence of the Highest Reality) for more information.