The “Hermetic” in the Hermetic Order

Renaissance Hermeticism (more precisely Hermetic Platonism) as advanced by Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499), provides an interpretive key through which the Order’s methods of Initiation, practice of meditation, and discipline of silence can be understood.  This framework is not an adjunct to our practice; it is one of the fundamental philosophical and ethical keys through which theContinue reading “The “Hermetic” in the Hermetic Order”

The Magic of the Order

The need to join a healthy, functioning Temple, so that you are exposed to the transformative magic of the Order, is the most important thing to take away from this discourse.  The Order has always used group ceremonial for a reason. It might take many years to find such a Temple, for all sorts ofContinue reading “The Magic of the Order”