hermetics

The hermetics derived their art expressly from kings, Hermes, Geber, and the patriarchs of alchemy were represented as kings.

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

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 Isabel Florence Hapgood

The others, the mages, the theosophists, the cabalists, the spiritists, the hermetics, the Rosicrucians, remind me, when they are not mere thieves, of children playing and scuffling in a cellar.

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace

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 Smith Ely Jelliffe

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

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace