hermetics

Example Sentences

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The hermetics often urge retirement, prayer and meditation, as prerequisites for the work; it is treated of still more in the hieroglyphic pictures themselves.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

I have studied hermetic science!" exclaimed Coictier, "and I affirm—" The fiery archdeacon did not allow him to finish: "And I have studied medicine, astrology, and hermetics.

From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Other inscriptions were written, in accordance with the fashion of the hermetics, in great numbers on the walls; some traced with ink, others engraved with a metal point.

From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Only, most of the hermetics now deny medical and divine virtues to the famous stone.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

The writings of Albertus Magnus, Arnaud de Villeneuve, and Raymond Lully were in the hands of the hermetics.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene