This thread is for the discussion of texts related to Hermetism, Neoplatonism (in its mystic manifestations), Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Cabala, Angel Magic, Alchemy, Paracelsianism, Boehmeian Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Illuminism, Swedenborgianism, Mesmerism, as well as the more recent branches of the esoteric tree (Golden Dawn, Traditionalism, Blavatskian Theosophy, e.t.c.).
Recommend books, ask for recommendations, post nice excerpts, ask burning questions, e.t.c.
I read a Hermetic maxim yesterday that got me thinking:
>God is unchanging good, humanity is changing evil.
Why no hindu occultism?
feel free
Does the paranormal count? Currently reading Jason Reza Jorjani’s Prometheus and Atlas. It’s highly interesting
What’s the source of that image?
GNOSTIC GANG REPORTING IN
you might be interested in this based on what i’ve read so far and on his interviews with Thinking Allowed, he’s very gnostic/dualist (but not Cartesian dualism which he is against)
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Athanasius Kircher's Œdipus Ægyptiacus.