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Essays from the Frater Eisenheim Blog tagged hermeticism.
An essay on why ceremonial magic, an ancient discipline of symbol and will, still holds a place of serious study in the contemplative life of contemporary man.
Read essay →An essay on the moral responsibility of the ceremonial practitioner, poised between the humility demanded by the sacred and the discipline that guards against the vanity of power.
Read essay →An essay on the doctrine of the four elements in the Western hermetic and magical tradition, exploring its philosophical roots, its spiritual symbolism, and its meaning for the inner quest of the serious student of the occult.
Read essay →An essay on the Arbatel de Magia Veterum and its doctrine of the seven Olympic governors, read as symbols of wisdom, cosmic order and inner discipline.
Read essay →An essay on the so-called Enochian magic of John Dee and Edward Kelley, its historical context and its symbolic meaning within the Western tradition of the grimoires.
Read essay →An essay on angelic magic within the Solomonic tradition, exploring its symbolic origin, its ethics, and the place of angels as messengers between the human and the divine.
Read essay →An essay on the perennial philosophy, the invisible thread said to unite humanity's great spiritual traditions, and on the precautions this quest demands of the sincere student.
Read essay →An essay on the ancient intuition that the human soul carries a divine spark exiled in matter, and on the paths of gnosis, discernment and charity that lead to its recognition.
Read essay →An essay on gnosis as an inner and liberating knowledge, tracing its historical roots, its symbols, and its respectful dialogue with the great spiritual traditions.
Read essay →An essay on the philosophical and ethical distinctions between theurgy and goetia in ceremonial magic, and what each path reveals about the soul that walks it.
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