Agrippa’s first book of occult philosophy mostly drew upon the influences of neo-Platonism and a bit from Hermetism, but very little from Judeo-Christian tradition. In the second chapter Agrippa mentions philosophers who inspired his work: Virgil, Apuleius, Zamolxis, Zoroaster, Abbaris the Hyperborean, Charmondas, Damigeron, Eudoxus, Hermippus, Mercurius Tresmegistus [Trismegistus], Porphyrius [Porphyry], Iamblicus [Iamblichus], Plotinus, Proclus, …
Giordano Bruno’s death was a very tragic event in Europe’s history. Before Bruno’s death, several hermetists had made very serious efforts to convince Vatican to accept Corpus Hermeticum as a part of Christian teachings. The Croatian humanist and philosopher Frane Petrić (1529 -1597) tried to convince the Pope Clement VIII to include hermetism into the …
From my enochian diary ADUORPT 6-10 December 2018 According to my experience Aduorpt is a female. (update – the spirit from this painting does not look like her, but some of her ministers are like that). She rules over the third part of TEX. Her region is Crete. She has 7632 ministers under her rule. …
Yes, there were times when people cursed the angels. In Christianity, there are many saints, but only a few angels, and only those who appear by name in the Bible. One of the reasons for that is that people cursed them. Well, let’s see how it happened. In the 8th century, believers began to worship …
In his early alchemical works, Bolos Democritus of Mendes, around 200 AD. ex. n. e., says that sulfur should be mixed with a beam so that bronze acts like gold, that the wine is of the best quality if one quarter evaporates during cooking and if it is used after four years, and how gold …
Picco della Mirandola (1463-1499) was, among other things, an alchemist and by all accounts a successful one, because in his book De Auro he stated: “A friend of mine, who is still alive, created gold and silver before my eyes, and himself I saw how I did it.”
Zosimus (lived in Alexandria about 300) combined Hermetic theosophy with alchemical practical aims and left behind a 28-volume encyclopedia which he dedicated to his sister Theosebia. The idea of salvation is the backbone of Zosimo’s alchemy. It contains elements of Egyptian magic, Greek philosophy, Neoplatonism, Babylonian astrology, pagan mythology and Christian theology. According to Zosimus, …
Numerous ancient philosophers and poets who were initiated into the order of Eleusinian, Orphic or some other mystery, although they were under oath of silence, found ways to express some secret elements in their literary and philosophical works, without removing the seal of secrecy from them . One such example is Plato’s famous allusion to …
Certain neo-gnostic New Age teachings based on belief in UFOs have essentially the darkest idea of the Demiurge as the master of the Archons, Anunnaki, Reptoids and their human slaves on Earth. The old Christian Gnostics generally had a negative, but still far more subtle view of the Demiurge than is shown by some new …
Some of the early Christian theologicians tramsformed Hermes Trismegistus into Devil, while some others accepted him as a benevolent spirit with many Christian values. Clement from Alexandria (about 150–about 215) shows the deepest respect to Hermes comparing his Logos with Christ’s Logos. Lactancius (250-320) writes that Hermes Trismegistus was Egyptian prophet who lived not long …
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Over just a few hundred years of their rule over Egypt, Christians somehow managed to destroy all Egyptian temples, annihilate Hellenic tradition, suppress pagan cults and close all schools of mysticism. The cult of Hermes Trismegistus also went underground and Hermetic priests and masters were forced to hide to survive. Even though it seemed like …
OK, De Cyrano Bergerac (1619-1655) was famous for his long nose and great adventures, but it is less known that he, as a Hermetist, was also the master of the language of the birds. If you look at his face, he really does have some bird-like features in it. Once Cyrano Bergerac saw a wonderful …
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