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
Kabalah in active realization, the Magic of Works, is Hermeticism, 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
The legends of the "Philosopher's Stone" which would turn base metal into Gold, was an allegory relating to Hermetic Philosophy, readily understood by all students of true Hermeticism.
From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates
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