Hermeticism & Alchemy
The Hermetic tradition, the seven principles, the alchemical journey, and the long pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone.
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Hermeticism and Alchemy
The Western esoteric tradition has often been described as a single "long conversation" running from Hellenistic Egypt to the present day, but that figure…
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The Hermetic Tradition
A textbook survey will tell you that the Hermetic tradition is the body of thought and practice that takes its name from Hermes Trismegistus, the…
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The Alchemical Journey
Alchemy is best understood as a journey rather than a recipe. The alchemists wrote about a transformation of matter — the conversion of base metals into…
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The Seven Hermetic Principles from the Kybalion
The most widely circulated summary of the Hermetic tradition in the modern world is the Kybalion, published in 1908 by the Yogi Publication Society of…
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The Philosopher's Stone: Myth and Meaning
The philosopher's stone — the lapis philosophorum — is the most famous single symbol in the Western alchemical tradition. The alchemists attributed to it…