Hermeticism: The Ancient Wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus

The legendary figure of Hermes Trismegistus (Hermes Thrice Great) is the inspiration for the spiritual teachings known as Hermeticism. He is a syncretism (joining) of the Greek deity Hermes, the winged messenger of the Gods, and his Egyptian counterpart, the Ibis-headed moon god Thoth.  The Way of Hermes involved altered states of consciousness in which practitioners went through a training regime that involved luminous visions, spiritual rebirth, cosmic consciousness, and union with the divine beauty of universal goodness and truth to attain the salvational knowledge known as gnosis.👑 Become a Patron⁠⁠⁠Access exclusive material and deeper studies⁠⁠⁠—Support the work☕⁠⁠⁠ Buy a coffee⁠⁠⁠💸 ⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠👕 ⁠⁠⁠Official Merch⁠⁠⁠—For deeper study📜 ⁠⁠⁠Full transcript⁠⁠⁠📚 ⁠⁠⁠Personal library⁠⁠⁠💡 ⁠⁠⁠eBooks⁠⁠⁠🎨 ⁠⁠⁠Artwork archive⁠⁠⁠Stay connected📨 ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠✍️ ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠—Elsewhere🐦 ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠📷 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠📘 ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠━━━━━━━━━━━━━📚 Recommended Reading▶ The Way of Hermes https://amzn.to/3RKuaaa▶ The Asclepiushttps://amzn.to/3JLYIGv▶ Hermeticahttps://amzn.to/3X8g4Ad▶ The Greek Magical Papyri https://amzn.to/3JOLs3K▶ The Egyptian Hermeshttps://amzn.to/3l6Lgm7▶ The Arabic Hermeshttps://amzn.to/3jFQQM4▶ Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imaginationhttps://amzn.to/3HHOyEe🎧 Prefer Audiobooks? Get a 30-day Audible Plus FREE trial: ▶ https://amzn.to/332zPzN━━━━━━━━━━━━━⌛ Timestamps0:00 Introduction3:43 Renaissance of Hermeticism9:33 Technical and Religio-philosophical Hermetica11:38 Where to start?15:53 Gnosis18:36 Hermeticism and Gnosticism21:40 Eusebeia22:50 The Hermetic Universe: Ogdoad, Ennead, the One25:20 The Three Worlds: God, Cosmos, Man28:03 The Three Faculties: Logos, Gnosis, Nous29:08 Corpus Hermeticum: Introduction30:48 The Vision of Poimandres (Nous)37:05 Corpus Hermeticum: Hermes and Tat43:05 The Discourse on the Ogdoad and Ennead46:22 Writing as Healing or Poison (Pharmakon)48:24 The Illusion of Death50:30 Man as a Divine Being