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Someone please fucking explain Hermeticism to me everything I read about it is really vague or incomprehensible

>> No.13493051

>>13493029
What are you confused about?

>> No.13493074

>>13493029
> Ancient Hermeticism
Just read the Poimandres and as much else of the ancient corpus as you can.

> Modern Hermeticism
The GD, Crowley, Anna Kingsford, etc. Just don't.

>> No.13493076

>>>>13493051
Most of it. I don't really get most of what they're talking about it and reads like some weird acid trip sometimes

>> No.13493083

>>13493074
What's modern Hermeticism like? What makes it different from ancient Hermeticism?

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>>13493029
Read this, it's a really good starting point.

>> No.13493117

>>13493109
No, it isn't, Kybalion is hot trash.

Listen to this poster: >>13493074

>> No.13493134

>>13493083
Ancient is a relatively cohesive philosophy. Modern is a hot mess. What are you reading now that confuses you?

>> No.13493143

>>13493074
Did you mean to say Hermes Trismegistus? I think you did.

>> No.13493186

>>13493029
Amazing, you figured it out. Being a hermit is all about being vague and incomprehensible.

>> No.13493472

Greek interpretation of Babylonian mystery religion via way of Egypt

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>> No.13493870

>>13493029
it's about preserving food for wartime

>> No.13493912

>>13493117
Kybalion is just a modern simplification not hot trash

>> No.13493919

>>13493186
Hermeticism has nothing to do with hermits you moron. At least read a bit before posting.

>> No.13493950

>>13493143
Are you the epitome of the Dunning Kruger effect in action ? I think you are.

>> No.13493971

>>13493029
heresy

>> No.13494014

>>13493950
Wow! The Dunning Kruger! How apt of a description! You’re a very clever lad!
That said, if someone told me they didn’t understand western philosophy I would point them to Plato.

>> No.13494141

>>13494014
I'm sure that OP knew him, if he spent any time understanding it at all. So your post wasn't "pointing" in the right direction.
That said the Corpus Hermeticum would be my recommendation for OP to read. (Just be sure to get the Copenhaver edition)

>> No.13494183

Read Garth Fowden's Egyptian Hermes for a good scholarly rundown of the CH. It's in libgen.

>> No.13494205

>>13493083
modern hermeticism is liberalism with some symbolic paint on top for flavor

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>>13494205
There is no modern hermeticism, at least less than the 1% of the total population have an actual understanding of hermeticism and less than 1% is a generous number

>> No.13494229

>>13494217
ffs kys with your pseud bullshit

>> No.13494282

>>13494229
you haven't red the book

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>>13494225
begone thoth

>> No.13494393

>>13493472
Hermeticism is Atlantean in root, not Babylonian. Hermès was a Atlantean survivor.

>> No.13494561

>>13494393
>Hermeticism is Atlantean in root

Dear God, /lit/ is retarded.

>> No.13495560

>>13494561
The Atlanteans brought civilization to the Near East. The Sphinx, for example, is an Atlantean monument.

>> No.13495621

>>13494229
This and Introduction to Magic are the only two of Evola's books that are praised highly in occult circles.

>> No.13496070

>>13495560
>>>/x/

>> No.13497359

>>13494393
It's syncretic. The Chaldeans bore the cultural foundation of "Egypt," the autochthonous natives, but the Atlanteans very quickly become fundamental to their society (particularly as Kemetic).

>> No.13498564

>>13494393
>>13494561
>>13495560
>>13496070
The Great Sphinx predates the pyramids. Checkmate.

>> No.13498567

>>13498564
Atlantis doesn't exist. Checkmate.

>> No.13498571

>>13498564
well sphinxes are natural predators