Hermes Trismegistus (Gr The thrice great Hermes the Egyptian. The mythical personage after whom the Hermetic philosophy was named. In Egypt the God Thoth or Thot. A generic name of many ancient Greek writers on philosophy and Alchemy. Hermes Trismegistus
Hermeticism professes a lineage from a prisca theologia, an ancient theology underlying all religions. Historians believe that the origins of the Hermetic school of thought go back to Hellenistic Egypt, around 400-100 BCE.
The Caduceus (from Greek kērúkeion "herald's wand, or staff is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and Hermes Trismegistus in Greco-Egyptian mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of H
Marsilio Ficino (born October 19, 1433, in Figline, republic of Florence, Italy; died October 1, 1499, in Careggi, near Florence) was an Italian philosopher, theologian, doctor, musician and linguist whose translations and commentaries on the writings of
Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 BC c. 495 BC) was an Ionian Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the spiritual movement called Pythagoreanism. As a mystic he made influential contributions to philosophy and religion, while he is also
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–94) is one of the best-known philosophers of the Renaissance: his Oration on the Dignity of Man is better known than any other philosophical text of the fifteenth century. Pico was also remarkably original—indeed, idios
Matter had begun to differentiate, but had not yet assumed form. Father-Mother is a compound term which means primordial Substance or Spirit-matter. When from Homogeneity it begins through differentiation to fall into Heterogeneity, it becomes positive a
In strict accuracy—to avoid confusion and mis-conception—the term “Matter” ought to be applied to the aggregate of objects of possible perception, and “Substance” to noumena; for inasmuch as the phenomena of our plane are the creation of the perceiving Eg
Anna Bonus Kingsford was, to say the least, an extraordinary woman a mystic, a poet, a feminist, and a scientist as well, she was one of the first women in England to become a medical doctor, although she had to go to Paris to earn her degree. She was kno
After his graduation, Reichenbach, travelled over France and Germany investigating the construction and commercial exploitation of ironworks. He began establishing ironworks in Villengen [7]and Baden, worked for the iron hammer works in Hausach in Baden w
UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION Neoplatonists would have called themselves students of Plato. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky would have called Neoplatonists Theosophists. From The Keys to Theosophy she states The name Theosophy dates from the third centu
Alchemy is a science which seeks to convert one species of metal into another, namely base metals into noble metals, especially gold. The Philosopher’s Stone is the legendary substance needed for this process and one of the two key things sought after by