Book – EPUB/MOBI M. David Litwa - Hermetica I: The Corpus Hermeticum, Asclepius, and Nag Hammadi Hermetica Ordered as a Path of Initiation

[Milton]

The Hermetic corpus is a spiritual and intellectual treasure stemming from ancient Egyptian sages who could write and think in Greek. Since the Renaissance, this corpus has appeared in an order that does not fit the path of spiritual initiation suggested by the corpus itself. The present edition reorders the corpus—including the Latin Asclepius and the Nag Hammadi Hermetica—into four progressing parts: introductory tractates, general discourses, detailed discourses, and revelatory discourses. A short spiritual commentary follows each tractate. The book is written for all lovers of the Hermetica, but in particular for those who are willing, in some sense, to join the way of immortality.

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[Sethah]

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[Fluxus]

Link works grand. Thank you. I wonder if, after realizing that the O.T.O. was not my Path (after far too many years) Blue Lodge Masonry would permit me to use The Corpus Hermeticum as my VSL (Volume of Sacred Law). I consider myself Christian (but not in “their“ sense of the Word). While I can gleam gems from this or that part of The Bible there are very few texts indeed where every single line, every word, every letter, every punctuation and every silence between each of these Speaks to me as does The Corpus. The closest that comes to it are the Works of Thomas Taylor, Iamblichus, Proclus and Plotinus. The Hermetic texts have been to me more powerful an initiation than any I have experienced within O.T.O. or A∴A∴ or perhaps it is more accurate to say that it is what unlocked the Mysteries which those initiations planted within me... but also all those initiations which occurred in the Temple of The World which is to say in day to day life.

“A true initiation never ends“ - Robert Anton Wilson

 

[HoldAll]

Link works grand. Thank you. I wonder if, after realizing that the O.T.O. was not my Path (after far too many years) Blue Lodge Masonry would permit me to use The Corpus Hermeticum as my VSL (Volume of Sacred Law). I consider myself Christian (but not in “their“ sense of the Word). While I can gleam gems from this or that part of The Bible there are very few texts indeed where every single line, every word, every letter, every punctuation and every silence between each of these Speaks to me as does The Corpus. The closest that comes to it are the Works of Thomas Taylor, Iamblichus, Proclus and Plotinus. The Hermetic texts have been to me more powerful an initiation than any I have experienced within O.T.O. or A∴A∴ or perhaps it is more accurate to say that it is what unlocked the Mysteries which those initiations planted within me... but also all those initiations which occurred in the Temple of The World which is to say in day to day life.

“A true initiation never ends“ - Robert Anton Wilson

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[Fluxus]

Thank you. I am new here and not used to these types of online communities. No ill intent. I will be more wary. Take care.