Hermetic magic flowers3/21/2023 The most common such use is as a protective charm against disease and other threats to personal health, when written in a pyramidal fashion: This word is now used to denote any sort of magic, though in Hermeticism, it has very specific uses. You all are probably quite familiar with one of them: ABRACADABRA. These formulae are known as 'words of power'. They are termed spells because it is thought, if you spell something correctly according to Hermetic formulae, that the mere writing or pronunciation of that word will be magically potent. It should be stated that this very idea is the source of what we call 'spells'. This includes gods who, in Egypt, having numerous different names, all related to specific forms each god takes and, thus, different aspects of its power. Essentially, one needs to have a true name in order to perform magic at all (the true name being symbolic, or indicative, of sentience or possession of a soul), and an entity's true name must be known before it can be summoned or in other ways called-upon for magical aid. This idea is handled in some pretty interesting ways in Storm Front by Jim Butcher (and the other novels in the Dresden Files series). I'm sure that many of my readers have heard of the idea of gaining power over somebody by finding their 'true name'. If the author really was Tahuti, god of language, it stands to reason that the poem would contain numerous different meanings encoded into the wording! It's even been proposed that, when studying "The Emerald Tablet", each student receives only what knowledge he or she needs from it at that time. Don't worry if you don't know what that poem means nobody does. This is just one version of the Tablet, there being several different translations, each with different wording, though all seem to come-out to the same meanings. ( Three Books of Occult Philosophy, by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim, translated by James Freake, edited and annotated by Donald Tyson, pg 711) That which I had to say of the operation of the Sun is perfected. Therefore I am Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of world philosophy. Hence proceed wonders, which means are here. This has more strength than strength itself, for it overcomes all subtle things and penetrates every solid. Separate the Earth from the Fire, the subtle from the gross, gently and with care.Īscend from Earth to Heaven, and descend again to Earth, to unite the power of higher and lower things thus you will obtain the glory of the whole World, and the shadows will leave you. The power is strong when changed into Earth. It is the author of all perfection throughout the World. Its father is the Sun, its mother the Moon, the Wind carries it in its belly, its nurse is the Earth. What is below is like that which is above and what is above is like that which is below: to accomplish the miracle of the one thing.Īs all things were formed from one, by the thought of one, so all things are born from the one thing, by choice. It is true, without falsehood, and most certain. The single most important magical work ever written (insofar as nearly all forms of occultism are based around it and borrow from it), in fact, is a short and enigmatic poem attributed to Hermes Trismegistus entitled "Tabula Smaragdina", or "The Emerald Tablet": The Hermetic philosophy is based upon written material which he himself supposedly authored to aid in humanity's growth. The Egyptian god Tahuti (Thoth) was known to the Greeks as Hermes Trismegistus or the Thrice Great Hermes. Instead, I'm going to talk a bit about the Grecco-Egyptian tradition which spawned all of what we call magic in the West (and Middle East). I'm not going to cover the Golden Dawn in this article, though they are coming up very soon. Today, I'm going to talk a bit about Hermetic magic. Thoth: God of Magic, Language and Roleplaying Games
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