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Three Milan editors, who have spent much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult, decide to have a little fun. Their plan encompasses the secrets of the solar system, Satanic initiation rites, and Brazilian voodoo. A terrific joke--until people begin to disappear.
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The original teacher of this magic was an Egyptian sage named Hermes Trismegistus. His teachings, called "Hermetics," were only taught verbally or in very cryptic writings. In 1908, three Hermetic students wrote these teachings in a book called The Kybalion. Yet this book was still difficult to understand because of its archaic and confusing language. Here, Doreen Virtue presents a clearly edited version of The Kybalion, written in understandable...
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In The Lost Keys of Masonry (1923), Hall examines the ethical training required of a Freemason, and the character traits a Mason must "build" within himself. Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians (1937) explores the roots of Freemasonry in the initiatory temple rites of Pharaonic Egypt; and Masonic Orders of Fraternity (1950) chronicles the reemergence of Freemasonry in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It surveys the lives of Masonry's...
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Hermes Trismegistus, "thrice-great Hermes," emerged from the amalgamation of the wisdom gods Hermes and Thoth and is one of the most enigmatic figures of intellectual history. Since antiquity, the legendary "wise Egyptian" has been considered the creator of several mystical and magical writings on such topics as alchemy, astrology, medicine, and the transcendence of God. Philosophers of the Renaissance celebrated Hermes Trismegistus as the founder...
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"All the pioneers of science, from Copernicus to Newton via Galileo, were inspired by Hermeticism. Men such as Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Bacon, Kepler, Tycho Brahe--even Shakespeare--owed much of their achievements to basically occult beliefs--the hermetica. In this fascinating study, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince go in search of the Hermetic origins of modern science and prove that not everything is as its seems and that over the past...
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Hermes – the fascinating, mercurial messenger of the gods, eloquent revealer of hidden wisdom, and guardian of occult knowledge has played a central role in the development of esotericism in the West. Drawing upon many rare books and manuscripts, this highly illustrated work explores the question of where Hermes Trismegistus came from, how he came to be a patron of the esoteric traditions, and how the figure of Hermes has remained lively and inspiring...
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Echoes from the gnosis volume 2
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Clement of Alexandria tells us that the whole of the religious philosophy-that is, the wisdom, discipline and multifarious arts and sciences-of the Egyptian priesthood was contained in the Books of Hermes, that is of Thoth. These Books, he informs us further, were classified under forty-two heads and divided into a number of groups according to the various septs or divisions of the priests.
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"This book uses symbols and myths to illuminate the hidden mysteries and spiritual truths of the tarot. It takes readers on magical journeys through the tarot, through the lens of mythology, folklore, Kabbalah, Joseph Campbell-style mythography, and more. Readers interested in esoteric spirituality and history, as well as art and divination will find much food for thought in these pages. This book is suitable for tarot masters but accessible to newcomers,...
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The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a mythical figure believed to be a contemporary of Moses. This new translation offers a text both readable and accurate and includes an extensive introduction.
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Rosicrucian library volume 7
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Originally published in 1929 by the Rosicrucian Press, "Here, for the first time, is a simple system whereby anyone may determine the fortunate and unfortunate daily, monthly and yearly periods of his life, thereby knowing when to do and when not to do anything that has an important bearing upon the progress of his career or the attainment of self-mastery. No other reference books, almanacs, or charts are necessary there are no complicated mathematical...
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The speaker is an author and scholar specializing in Gnosticism and Jungian psychology and a bishop of the Ecclesia Gnostica Church in Hollywood, California. The seminar was presented as a part of the Olcott School of Theosophy held at the Theosophical Society in America in Wheaton, Illinois.
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