/lit/ - Literature

What are good books concerning the Hermetic philosophy? I already have Copenhavens Hermetica. Just don't recommend the Kybalion, that's not Hermetic.

Cringe larp thread

>>13712462
There aren't many and a lot of the ones that exist are in French. Your best bet is probably Hymns of Hermes by GRS Mead

>>13712462
>>13712633
this guy knows.

I recommend Manly P hall's lectures on Hermeticism; I found them very engrossing and capable of explaining the diverse currents religious around Hermeticism at the time; I find it very important for an organic understanding of how Hermeticism, neoplatonism and gnosticism influenced each other. I also find his focus on ancient Hermetic philosophy as very thorough, without new age bullshit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7_dTQusePs&list=PLsspQdRcxv0Bi4s1lUH3hRkfXXKA8AzxW

Welcome Moon and Star,

>>13712462
Thrice-Greatest Hermes
The Egyptian Hermes

>>13712462
>>13712674
The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus and Quest for Hermes Trismegistus too

GNOSTIC GANG REPORTING IN

Stop Being Gnostic.

>>13712756
There's a ecclesia gnostica church near me

>>13712469
>>13712782
Agnostic gang reporting

>>13712670
>tfw attained K&C of HGA and achieved CHIM

>>13712788
APOPHATIC APHERESIS

>>13712832
And people say the being of being is complicated...

>>13712462
Hermetica II by David Litwa. It was meant to be a spiritual successor of Copenhaver's work and the scholarship is just as good.

Do any of you do rituals and if so what is the theory behind your actions?

>>13712832
wheres this from? reminds me of plotinus a lot.

>>13712783
going to a gnostic church is cringe. gnosticism itself is interesting though

>>13712428

gimme the breadpill on that swedenborgianism

>>13712832

saucebook?

>>13715145
There's a lot of stuff on Swedenborg and his influence on Kant in the book I'm currently reading (Prometheus and Atlas). You might want to check out the chapter on Kant.

Manly P. hall - worthy or hack?

>>13715325
both desu, he is a worthy hack

>>13715325
retard cult leader but not a terrible scholar

>>13715325
Depends on what you are after. He is not the end all be all, but hes a lovely lecturer to listen to. Spend time with the primary sources, come to your own conclusions, and then check him out.

>>13715325
I had a good chuckle when the pentagon declassified a bunch of the stuff they found in Bin Laden's compound and Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages was in his bookshelf.

>>13712782
why?

>>13716150
Osama bin Redpilled, may Allah exalt him

>>13712428
>Swedenborgianism
redpill me pls

>>13716172
Generally anything modern (18th 19th century) up until Rudolf Steiner is culty hogwash. Blavatsky and Leadbetter knew some shit but they were fucking creepy.

>>13715325
He's a good entry point to learn a rough taxonomy of the esoteric, but don't let your youtube feed become a mess of his talks.

>>13716200
>when you find out that the theosophical society under annie besant literally tried to fabricate a messiah figure
they really are a creepy bunch. the way that plan backfired on them is proof that the universe has a sense of humor

>>13716225
Shit I had no idea, yeah theosophy and any other explicitly Luciferian systems tend to be very off at best.

(blavatskian) theosophy is dogshit but still not as bad as golden dawn

>>13716236
>Shit I had no idea
dood, you've never heard of Krishnamurti? they basically adopted him as a child and tried to raise him into their very own "world messiah" figure. he ditched them in the end and argued against any and all spiritual teachings, became a very radical sort of iconoclast which is pretty hilarious

>>13716297
This sounds like it could make a good black comedy.

>>13716172
Bohme is better

>>13716150
He was also a gamer. ألإنسان الكامل حقاً
https://technology.inquirer.net/68738/osama-gamer-list-bin-ladens-video-games-hard-drive

>>13716707
whoa based

>>13716159
Read Plotinus's "Against the Gnostics"

>>13716297
lol how can one man be so based? I knew UG associated with them but I didn't know they were trying to groom him into a Messiah

>>13716297
Yeah, and Leadbeater was sodomising Krishnamurti, the "Coming Christ" of Theosophy!

>>13716726
Leadbeater said "the Coming had gone wrong" after Krishnamurti renounced the Order of the Star. Fun fact: Charles Leadbeater was also a child molester.

>>13716726
not UG, the other krishnamurti

>>13716726
groom him indeed

>>13716707
>But unbeknown to many, Bin Laden also appeared to have a penchant for virtual gaming and pop culture, as his trove was filled with video games, movies, viral YouTube videos and anime.
>A bunch of bootleg copies—or emulators for PC—were found on his files including “Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time,” “New Super Mario Bros,” “Metroid Prime Hunters” and “Yoshi’s Island DS.”
>Bin Laden also owned printed copies of “Animal Crossing,

>>13712811
How is it done anon? Im too much of a busy brainlet to organize a system out of Crowley's writings.

>>13713588
>>13715145
It's Thomas Taylor surmizing and quoting Damascius' "Problems and Solutions". Specifically from Taylor's 'Additional Notes' in his: Proclus - Theology of Plato (Prometheus Trust).

The Gnostic Scriptures by Bentley Layton is the definitive Nag Hammadi+ collection.
The other books like Gnostic Bible and "Nag Hammadi Library" are corrupted.

>>13716932
>Yoshi's Island

surprisingly good taste

>>13716200
>Rudolf Steiner
What are your thoughts on anthroposophy and Waldorf education?

>>13712888
Thanks for this

Bump

>>13712462
>Just don't recommend the Kybalion, that's not Hermetic.
But is a modern simplification, saying is not Hermetic makes no sense.

>>13715325
Worth. One of the best. You could check out also his total opposite. Pic related.

>>13719562
Fine, McHermeticism.

>>13712633
Not him but I'm french and interested. Could you name some of those books please ?

>>13721050
stuff by Antoine Faivre, André-Jean Festugière, Jean-Pierre Mahé, probably loads more I can't recall. Theres a fair bit of German work as well but the only name I know is Reitzenstein.

>>13721129
thanks a lot Anon.

>>13712428
>>13713771

>>13719572
That quote is 100% true. I approve

>>13712428
Could someone please tell me what kind of style, technique, or period OPs image is?

>>13712428
>Paracelsianism, Boehmeian Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Illuminism, Swedenborgianism, Mesmerism, as well as the more recent branches of the esoteric tree (Golden Dawn, Traditionalism, Blavatskian Theosophy, e.t.c.).
Absolute garbage.

>>13717934
I need to look more into both of those, I've only read essays and excerpts he's done on other topics.

There's a guy, Dennis Klocek who is very into both of those things along with biodynamic agriculture, I'm learning more through his talks/courses that I've found and pirated. So far I like everything I hear, enough that if I have kids one day there's a good chance I'd send them to a Waldorf school.

A lot of the ideas and techniques that I've found via Steiner and Klocek are really helpful, I wish I knew about this when I was 14 - 20, angsty and immature af and unable to get any kind of grip on myself.

>>13723401
https://archive.org/details/cabalaspiegelder00cust/page/n39

an alchemical text with basis in cabala

>>13723401
Check out the Taschen Alchemy and Mysticism book. Lots of great illustrations -- only problem is size is small.

Lots of major esoteric figures mixed art with their writings.

A modern example is David Chaim Smith, a kabbalist. (Check out this awesome vid of him: https://youtu.be/QBJlZgObDAI )

Bump

HGA poster here

Actually attained through kaos/iot. The baptist head is a pretty illuminating look at a similar experience.