hermetics

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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

To replace the first by the second and, according to the demands of nature, not forcibly, is the one great aim that the hermetics follow.

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

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 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

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 Jelliffe, Smith Ely