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Hermeticism

American  
[hur-met-uh-siz-uhm] / hɜrˈmɛt əˌsɪz əm /
Also Hermetism

noun

(sometimes lowercase)
  1. the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.

  2. adherence to the ideas expressed in Hermetic writings.

  3. the occult sciences, especially alchemy.


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Etymology

Origin of Hermeticism

First recorded in 1890–95; hermetic + -ism

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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

Philosophical realization of Hermeticism is the establishment of the   Holy Doctrine, 840-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Traces of Hermeticism and Pythagoreanism are clearly discernible, although the connecting link that bound them together has been lost to history.

From Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect by Atkinson, William Walker

Degrees of Hermeticism are three, religious, philosophical, physical, 840-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

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