hermetic
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He read about the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the 19th-century occult group that counted Crowley, W.B.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2018
On top of the history of jewelry, he has studied alchemy, the Hermetic sciences, and medieval astrology.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2016
Though her fellow historians view Yates’ 1964 book Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition as her greatest achievement, it is Yates’ book on memory that has proved to be her most popular work by far.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2015
Nonetheless, it does locate some legitimate and poignant correspondences between modern positive thinking and ancient Hermetic philosophy.
From Time • Oct. 24, 2013
So it was with the Hermetic Teachings of the Gnostics and Early Christians, which were lost at the time of Constantine, whose iron hand smothered philosophy with the blanket of theology.
From Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect by Atkinson, William Walker
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