Seeking Recommendation Recommendation for practicing hermeticism ?

[Wumeiniang]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask y’all if u have any recommendation regarding how to start practicing hermeticism ?

I personally started to read Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon.

 

[Atra]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask y’all if u have any recommendation regarding how to start practicing hermeticism ?

I personally started to read Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon.

I am rather partial to Mr Bardon! With that, I'd only connect his work to hermeticism through the work of the elements and unity consciousness or merging with the divine / Godhead. Fun fact: the German title of Bardon's first book when translated to English reads: "The Path to the True Adept". If you are interested in classical hermeticism, there a other preferred titles to gain an understanding.

 

[akenu]

You should check Corpus Hermeticum

 

[Atra]

You should check Corpus Hermeticum

Is that the same Akenu from VSociety?

 

[akenu]

Is that the same Akenu from VSociety?

Yup, that's me. I doubt there would be any copycats

 

[stalkinghyena]

I agree that the CH is fundamental and essential to the practice of Hermeticism, but just to get an started I would also point to the Emerald Tablet for basic contemplation of principles. I personally prefer Sir Isaac Newton's translation for ease, though there are much older versions with variations.

Variation is a key word to understand as Hermeticism broadly could be thought of an umbrella term for perspectives across the centuries, not all of which add up to a single over-arching philosophy of agreement when you start getting into the weeds. Bardon is just one modern perspective, or an individual outcome of ages of interpretation, misinterpretation and outright invention.

The Kybalion is also useful, but like Bardon it is the product of modern esotericists for modern readers. Again, just to get started.

 

[HoldAll]

For a solid scholarly discussion:

Book – PDF - Wouter J. Hanegraaff - Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination

Amazon overview: In Egypt during the first centuries CE, men and women would meet discreetly in their homes, in temple sanctuaries, or insolitary places to learn a powerful practice of spiritual liberation. They thought of themselves as followers of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary master of...

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