How do I get introduce to gnosticism and hermetism?
>>39637285Skip gnosticism. If you're interested in its cosmological function then check out neoplatonism which is its core philosophy. The rest of gnosticism is just dualistic fan fiction and is entirely a trap for alt-history types to mill around in berating each other with "lost scriptures". It's basically American Christian evangelism for conspiritards.Hermeticisms core texts:AsclepiusCorpus HermeticumKore KosmouConversations in the House of Life^ the above texts read like any other religious literature. You will not understand it on the first read and it takes spiritual practice and repeated exposure to really begin to grasp its depth.Technical Hermetica (using hermeticism for magic/alchemy):Book of the Keys of the Work - ZosimosLiber HermetisGreek Magical PapyriPicatrixCarmen Astrologicum^ these texts deal with the hermetic arts which are astrology, alchemy, and magic. Hermeticism has a core philosophy and theology and surrounding it is the technical hermetica which is how to practically apply that theology and philosophy.There is a lot of cross over in some of the philosophical components (such as emanation and demiurgy) between hermeticism and neoplatonism, and gnosticism built its theology using neoplatonism as the foundational principles. Good luck.
>>39637353I wouldn't say to skip Gnosticism, it's just too interesting, but put it on the back burner.In addition to this, Manly P. Hall's "Teachings of All Ages" is a solid intro.
>>39637285you don'tChrist is King
>>39640032They can exist with each other, complement each other, even.
>>39640044NoResearch Blue Eisenhower Novemberthank me later ;)
>>39637285Nag Hammadi Library and Corpus Hermeticum
>>39637285 Gnosticism is what doomed the world. They detest pleasure, friendship, and family. It’s what the secret societies believe in. From it sprang agnosticism, which clouded humanity's understanding and connection with the spiritual world. As a result, many religions, and their teachings have become twisted by it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nabAko23a_s
>>39637285emerald tablets of thoth
>>39637285Don't ask the disinfo board
>>39640074What exactly is the benefit about this phrase? I know what it does, but why boomer?
>>39640074I can't find anything about it other then this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-DEpiQMhZ8&list=PL3wkUkrO9q5cFOhoxHdLF8RX1Sml8dSID&index=1
