Hermeticism

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The Hermetic tradition, steeped in esoteric wisdom and ancient philosophy, has long captivated seekers with its mystical teachings. Yet, despite the profound influence of Hermeticism, those who delve into its practices encounter a notable scarcity of one key element: prayers. The Corpus Hermeticum and the Asclepius together contain only two prayers and two hymns, leaving…

“Most scholars now agree that the traditional wisdom of the Egyptian priests and their knowledge of Egyptian myth were among the elements that made up the Hermetica…“ Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2004), Geraldine Pinch The Hermetica, a collection of Greek texts attributed to…

The Hermetic Perfect Discourse (Logos Teleios), though originally penned in Greek, is best known today through its Latin translation, the Asclepius. The Greek version was relatively popular, as it was quoted by notable figures such as Lactantius and Stobaeus. The Latin translation gained recognition among Augustine and later Latin authors, and from around the ninth…

“Who else could give living creatures a soul, but the one God? Therefore God is one. It is quite ridiculous that you acknowledge the cosmos to be everlasting, the sun to be one, the moon to be one, and the divine nature to be one, yet you think God to be one of a series?…

“He, being all things, is the One and being one, is all things. The totality of everything is one and is in One. There is no second here, for both are one.“ Corpus Hermeticum The Hermetica, a collection of philosophical and theological texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, offers profound insights into ancient wisdom and spirituality….

The Corpus Hermeticum and the Asclepius are two key texts of Hermeticism, an ancient philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Both works are central to the understanding of Hermeticism and have had a profound impact on Western esoteric traditions, including alchemy, astrology, and magic. But what are their differences,…

Many religions or spiritual traditions see God as either fully immanent (“the totality of the cosmos is God”) or fully transcendental (“God exists outside of the Cosmos”). Hermeticism does not choose between these two, but says that God is both. This is a difficult concept for our rational minds to grasp, so even among followers…

Poimandres then said, ‘The truth is: light and life is God and Father, whence Man is begotten. If, therefore, you realise yourself as being from life and light and that you have been made out of them, you will return to life.’‘But tell me further, how I shall return to life, my Nous? For God…

In the Hermetica there is a lot of mention about gods. Are they worthy of worship, and are we encouraged to worship them? Is this an expected thing or can you choose to worship the gods or not? And should we create and worship statues? The hermetic texts were written by and for Greco-Egyptian priests…