Author: Mark Stavish Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781537538365 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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The Liturgy of Hermes is a foundational practice for students of classical and modern Hermeticism. Designed to bring its practitioner into contact with the inspirational forces behind both ancient and modern practices, The Liturgy of Hermes can be performed by anyone regardless of their level of experience in hermetic practices. This edition is the premier red letter edition and has been edited and fully corrected for ease of use by those who wish to be known as 'a child of Hermes'.
Author: G. R. S. Mead Publisher: Weiser Books ISBN: 9781578633593 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 94
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These writings are attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, an ancient Egyptian sage, the founder of all arts and sciences, both mundane and spiritual. Rather than being an actual person, Hermes is the Egyptian personification of the "Gnostic Revealer." Hymns of Hermes examines Hermetic ecstatic hymns, which are songs of a poetic nature used to describe the Gnosis of Hermetic attainment--the ecstatic personal experience of the divine.
Author: G. R. S. Mead Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag ISBN: 3849674819 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 468
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This is the edition including all three books. The so-called Hermetic writings have been known to Christian writers for many centuries. The early church Fathers (Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria) quote them in defense of Christianity. Stobaeus collected fragments of them. The Humanists knew and valued them. They were studied in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and in modern times have again been diligently examined by many scholars. G. R. S. Mead has issued a translation of the whole body of extant literature, with extended prolegomena, commentary, etc. There is a wide difference of opinion as to the date at which this literature was produced. Mead believes that some of the extant portions of it are at least as early as the earliest Christian writings, while von Christ assigns them to the third Christian century, and thinks that they show the influence of neo-Platonism. To affirm that they influenced New Testament usage would be hazardous, but they perhaps throw some light on the direction in which thought was moving in New Testament times.
Author: Mark Stavish Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781502405739 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 198
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Light on the Path – A Study Guide for Qabala, Alchemy, and Astrology from the Institute for Hermetic Studies is a self-paced program for the study and practice of Western esotericism. Using Hermetic Qabala as its core, individuals or groups can use this program to progressively study and apply the principles of ritual magic, practical alchemy (spagyrics and mineral) and astrology (natal, horary, and mundane). Designed as a four year course of study, each "Year" is approached in twenty-four bi-weekly sessions (for groups meeting twice a month) or can be done at your own pace. Each "Year" has two sets of twenty-five questions which can be used as quizzes or catechisms to test one's level of proficiency for review or before moving on to new material. Standard off-the-shelf sources are suggested for use through-out the course, making it easy to obtain the needed references.In addition, students are given:Instructions on How to Use this ManualArticles on studying the tarot, the essential Hermetic attitude for success, and the Path of Awakening.Suggestions for working with various schools as well as non-ritualistic approaches.A Concise Explanation of the Stages of the Path of Return – specifically written for this manual, outlining the stages of the Path and how to self-assess your progress on both an exoteric and esoteric level.Extensive Ritual Protocols to help guide groups working in a ritual setting.Some Advice to Group Leaders and Members – a summary of key points for running an effective spiritual study group – regardless of tradition or approach.Sample Ritual of Jupiter originally written and performed in the Great Hall of the Villa Saraceno, Vicenza, Italy for the Palladian Academy.Extensive monograph entitled, Introduction to Hermeticism: Its Theory and PracticeThe Liturgy of Hermes – In Praise of the Lord of Light, a ritual for solitary or group practice, used primarily as a hermetic retreat for encountering the spiritual focal point of the Hermetic traditions – the mind of Thoth-Hermes itself.
Author: Brian P. Copenhaver Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1316299481 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 615
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The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern times - this groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. Besides Ficino, the premodern story of magic also features Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Aquinas, Agrippa, Pomponazzi, Porta, Bruno, Campanella, Descartes, Boyle, Leibniz, and Newton, to name only a few of the prominent thinkers discussed in this book. Because pictures play a key role in the story of magic, this book is richly illustrated.
Author: Mark Stavish
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