What is Arcadia ultimately? In which dimensions does it extend, beyond literature, poetry, opera, and landscape? Is it, on a symbolic level, an endless quest that touches the limits of utopia or perhaps a proposal for the future, encompassing the timeless Mystery of an inner transformation?

The evocative symbolism of this archetypical region, located at the heart's center, presents itself as a delicate thread between the past and the future. To find its origin, we must delve into ancient times, into the common roots of science and spirit, into the prehistoric ties between the Matriarchal Era of prehistory and the roots of Orphic-Dionysian religion.

The first volume of the History and Philosophy of the Arcadian Ideal, titled Seeking Arcadia, is the result of a spiritual journey, but also a resonance of an ancient place. It begins with the first Initiatory Tragedy of the Arcadians in Kos, continues with the influence of archetypical Arcadia in Alexandria, and concludes with the unknown tradition of Arcadism in Rome.

In this study, with remarkable simplicity and clarity, Yiannis Spyropoulos maps the unexplored areas of human consciousness, connecting the deeper meaning of this idea with the historical continuity of a vast movement, upon which European Culture was founded.