The Sufi Dhul Nun al-Misri is a very interesting figure. His full name was Abu’l Faiz Thauban ibn Ibrahim al-Misri (c.791/796-c.860 CE). He was born at Akhmim (Ikhmim) in Upper Egypt. He was also described as an Alchemist and a Hermetist. Akhmim came later to be known as Panopolis. The same city another famous hermetist…

Their is much debate, without clear evidence to any of the hypotheses, about who “the Sābians” of the Quran were. The word “Sābian” in Arabic (Sābi’a/ as-Sabi’ūn) translates to “pagan” in English. The Sābians of Harrān who existed from the seventh century up until the late-eleventh or the early-twelfth century were, essentially, a star-worshipping group…

Angels are never mentioned in the hermetic texts. The original Greek term just means “messenger”, and was a title of several gods. Contrary to the term “angel”, the term ‘demon” is often found in the hermetic texts. But what are these demons and are they similar to demons and devils in Christianity, Judaism or Islam?…

The hermetic texts were written 2000 years ago or more. We know that they were written by different authors using recurring characters like Hermes Trismegistus and his students Tat and Asclepius to impart timeless wisdom to the readers. We wondered if it was possible to write a modern hermetic text in line with the ancient…

When reading the Hermetic texts, one can get the vibe that Man – or humanity – is evil, but when the Hermetic texts use terms like “evil” it is more as a way of saying “material and not God” rather than being actually malevolent. In this article we explore the “evilness” of Man in the…

The Way of Hermes or “Hermeticism” can be understood as the religious, spiritual, philosophical, and magical movement or milieu (if not quite a tradition properly, and not exactly a centralized or standardized thing) initiated by Hellenistic (or Hellenically-conversant) Egyptian priests operating in a Hellenistic context and attributed to the mythological figure Hermēs Trismegistos, which produced…