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==Hermes Trismegistus== | ==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.This last account of how Hermes Trismegistus received the appellation "Trismegistus," meaning "Thrice Great," is derived from statements in the The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, that he knows the three parts of the wisdom of the whole universe. The three parts of the wisdom are alchemy, astrology, and theurgy (divine workings of the Universe). | 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.This last account of how Hermes Trismegistus received the appellation "Trismegistus," meaning "Thrice Great," is derived from statements in the The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, that he knows the three parts of the wisdom of the whole universe. The three parts of the wisdom are alchemy, astrology, and theurgy (divine workings of the Universe). | ||
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> | 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> | ||
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==Hermaphrodite== | ==Hermaphrodite== | ||
Through the perfect union of the two forces, as an example of the [[Gender Principle]] with Adam and Eve in the waters of sex with chastity, the pillar of the hermai is perfected and made into the image of God through the hierogamic union of the inner [[Christos-Sophia]]. This is represented in Alchemy of unified polarities. In this term of hermaphrodite we see Mercury | Through the perfect union of the two forces, as an example of the [[Gender Principle]] with Adam and Eve in the waters of sex with chastity, the pillar of the hermai is perfected and made into the image of God through the hierogamic union of the inner [[Christos-Sophia]]. This is represented in Alchemy of unified polarities. In this term of hermaphrodite we see [[Mercury (Hermes)]] uniting with the goddess of love. Her name is Venus or Aphrodite. When Hermes and Aphrodite unite they form [[Hermaphrodite]], the perfect balance of unified male and female principle. A hermaphrodite really, truly has nothing to do with what people currently think that it is. The mystical understanding of a hermaphrodite, is the etymology of the word comes from the union between Mercury and Venus (hermes-aphrodite), and is the hierogamic union of a god and goddess, a perfected being, the perfect balance and union between masculine and feminine, united as one. When we enter the sexual act, we mimic that process in varying degrees of [[Consciousness]]. We enter into a sacred temple, the union of polarities to form a unity. Because we are ignorant and subjected to the [[Sexual Misery]] programming on the earth, but we corrupt it with our lust, jealousy, pride, arrogance, with animal desire - the [[Houses of Ego]]. When we think with the [[Negative Ego]] mind and allow the [[Imposter Spirit]] to dwell inside of us, we do not have a clean, pure temple; our inner temple has been made into a brothel. | ||
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