{"id":81,"date":"2020-09-02T02:45:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kheper.net\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2020-09-21T01:00:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T01:00:25","slug":"hermeticism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kheper.net\/topics\/hermeticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Hermeticism and Western Esotericism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Defining Hermeticism<\/p>\n
Hermeticism: a magickal\/occult definition
Western Esotericism (Hermeticism): an academic definition
Hermetic Links
Hermetic Books
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Defining Hermeticism is not easy. It is a little like trying to define religion, or art. One could say that Hermeticism is the Wisdom Tradition of the West, an esoteric tradition not necessarily limited to any one religion or mystical path, and that embraces both the theoretical and the practical. The following are two overlapping yet quite different approaches to and definitions of Hermeticism; the magickal\/occult and the academic. Of course, Hermeticism is not necessarily limited to these definitions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The diagram above is modified from a diagram on a Hermetic Fellowship page – The Opening of the Ways to the Hermetic Temple.\u00a0 The various circles represent the variety of spiritual Paths in the Western Esoteric Tradition.\u00a0 Clockwise from the top you have Theurgy,\u00a0Qabalah, Rosicrucianism,\u00a0Gnosticism, Grail Quest,\u00a0Alchemy, Wiccan and\u00a0NeoPaganism\u00a0(pentagram), and the Ancient Mystery Religions (ankh).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The following definition is from a news message on a symposium of Western Esotericism and Jewish Mysticism. Although it presents a definition of Western Esotericism (restricting hermeticism to its Renaissance phase) it can just as satisfactorally be read as a definition of Hermeticism in the broad sense<\/small><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Western Esotericism” can be understood not according to popular usage (i.e., as a near synonym of the “New Age movement”) but in the technical academic sense of the word. As such, it encompasses a complex of interrelated currents and traditions which have existed in western culture from the early modern period up to the present day, and the historical foundation of which lies in the syncretistic phenomenon known as Renaissance “hermeticism”. Accordingly, western esotericism includes the so-called “Occult Philosophy” of the Renaissance and its later developments;\u00a0Alchemy;\u00a0Paracelsianism\u00a0and Rosicrucianism;\u00a0Christian\u00a0and\u00a0post-Christian Kabbalah;\u00a0Theosophical\u00a0and Illuminist currents; and various occultist and related developments during the 19th and 20th century.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Norton’s Imperium — Enochian Magick Papers & Links<\/strong>\u00a0– Excellent information rich site – an incredible amount of material in both html and pdf format on Enochian Magick, classical magick texts, and the complete works of Frater Achad.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hermetic Fellowship Website<\/strong>\u00a0– dedicated to serving as a general resource for students and practitioners of the Western Hermetic Tradition.\u00a0 Essays on various subjects and rituals; also links etc.\u00a0 Specific resource for the Alexandrine Temple of the Hermetic Fellowship in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Dragon Rouge<\/strong>\u00a0– Swedish hermetic-occult site<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0The Western Esoteric Magical and Cabalistic Pages<\/strong>\u00a0– “This site is dedicated to scholars and practitioners of esotericism of all types, especially those surrounding the Jewish mystical practice of Cabala. I have provided resources for both parties, and hope that you find the links and personal works as diverse, relevant and important as I do.” by Brian Privik.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Hermetic Resource Site<\/strong>\u00a0– as well as some on-site (mosty) Golden Dawn essays, includes a huge list of links to quality Hermetic material (Golden Dawn, OTO, pagan,classical, and other Wesrttern esoteric) on-line<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Timeline of Esoterica<\/strong>\u00a0– a list of dates pertaining to important figures in the Western Hermetic tradition<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a01529 SURF links – magick book crowley chaos magic order water magical great books<\/strong> <\/p>\nDefining Hermeticism<\/h4>\n
Hermeticism: a magickal\/occult definition<\/h4>\n
Western Esotericism (Hermeticism): an academic definition<\/h4>\n
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“This is one of 22 link pages collected over several years and somewhat categorized as I search for prophecy and end-times information”<\/small>
a huge list of random links fetched by an automatic program according to keywords – by\u00a0Glenn Scheper.<\/p>\n