Hermeticism
Americannoun
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the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
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adherence to the ideas expressed in Hermetic writings.
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the occult sciences, especially alchemy.
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Origin of Hermeticism
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And the central idea of the manifestos—that through the application of magic and alchemy we might learn that we are a microcosm of the divine—helped to shape, along with Hermeticism, the occult imagination.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2016
His studies of Sufism and Western Hermeticism lend a mystical-spiritual dimension, with countercultural leanings, to the artists’ cultivation of nature.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2011
Degrees of Hermeticism are three, religious, philosophical, physical, 840-l.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
Religious realization of Hermeticism is the foundation of the true Empire and—, 840-l.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
Physical realization of Hermeticism is the discovery of the creative law, 841-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
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