/lit/ - Literature

Is Daoism the Hermeticism of the East? Anonymous Sun Jul 25 03:27:34 2021 No.18716726 [View]
File: 484 KB, 678x381, 1618697055344.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>both lend themselves easily to syncretism
>both place great importance alchemy, magic, and astrology; interactions between mirco and macrocosmos
>the Dao and Nous are nonsuperficially similar
>both the most life-affirming yet least moralizing of their religious/philosophical neighbors (Hermeticism as compared to Gnosticism and Orthodox Judaism/Christianity/Islam and Daoism compared to Buddhism and Confucianism)
>founded by incredibly long living legendary wizards described as being contempary with famous people (Hermes-Moses Laozi-Confucius), being gods, being living representatives of the Nous/Tao, etc.
Daoism is literally just an Eastern Hermeticism with a mircocosmic focus.

Advanced search
Text to find
Subject [?]Search by post subject. Leave empty for any.
Username [?]Search for user name. Leave empty for any user name.
Tripcode [?]Search for tripcode. Leave empty for any.
Email [?]Search by email. Leave empty for any.
Filename [?]Search by image filename. Leave empty for any.
From Date [?]Enter what date to start searching from. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
To Date [?]Enter what date to start searching until. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
Image hash
Search in	All Posts OPs Only
Deleted posts	Show all posts Show only deleted posts Only show non-deleted posts
Internal posts	Show all posts Show only internal posts Show only archived posts
Order	New posts first Old posts first
Capcode	All Posts Only by Users Only by Mods Only by Admins Only by Developers
Results	Posts Threads
Action	[ Simple ]

Navigation
View posts	[+24]	[+48]	[+96]

/lit/ - Literature

Search: