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Hermetically comes from Hermes, Mercury. Gnosis is a hermetic tradition. We are from the tradition of Hermes, Mercury. When you work with Hermes Mercury, your vessel must be perfectly sealed. “Hermetically sealed” refers to our [[Yesod]] or [[2nd Chakra]] and sphere. Hermetically sealed means we let no energy escape. We retain our inner creative froces, our sexual energy, the forces of Yesod, the foundation, so that that energy can be used to build our temple from the solid stone in our root <ref>[http://gnosticteachings.org/courses/alchemy/3142-mercury-hermes.html Mercury Hermes]</ref>. | Hermetically comes from Hermes, Mercury. Gnosis is a hermetic tradition. We are from the tradition of Hermes, Mercury. When you work with Hermes Mercury, your vessel must be perfectly sealed. “Hermetically sealed” refers to our [[Yesod]] or [[2nd Chakra]] and sphere. Hermetically sealed means we let no energy escape. We retain our inner creative froces, our sexual energy, the forces of Yesod, the foundation, so that that energy can be used to build our temple from the solid stone in our root <ref>[http://gnosticteachings.org/courses/alchemy/3142-mercury-hermes.html Mercury Hermes]</ref>. | ||
==Hermes | ==Hermes Trismegistus== | ||
Hermes Trismegistus is the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism. He may be a representation of the syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. In Hellenistic Egypt, the Greeks recognised the congruence of their god Hermes with Thoth. Subsequently the two gods were worshipped as one in what had been the Temple of Thoth in Khemnu, which the Greeks called Hermopolis. Hermetic philosophy rationalized and systematized religious cult practices and offered the adept a method of personal ascension from the constraints of physical being, which has led to confusion of Hermeticism with Gnosticism, which was developing contemporaneously. | |||
As a divine source of wisdom, Hermes Trismegistus was credited with tens of thousands of writings of high standing, reputed to be of immense antiquity. [[Plato]]'s Timaeus and Critias state that in the temple of Neith at Sais, there were secret halls containing historical records which had been kept for 9,000 years. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus Hermes Trismegistus]</ref> | |||
In Hellenistic Egypt, the Greeks recognised the congruence of their god Hermes with Thoth.Subsequently the two gods were worshipped as one in what had been the Temple of Thoth in Khemnu, which the Greeks called Hermopolis. | |||
==Hermeticism== | ==Hermeticism== | ||