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Hermeticism

Era · 1st–3rd century CE → Renaissance revival → presentRegion · Hellenistic Egypt → Europe → global

A Greco-Egyptian wisdom tradition attributed to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus, teaching the correspondence of macrocosm and microcosm: 'as above, so below; as within, so without.'

Core beliefs

  1. 01The All is mind; the cosmos is mental.
  2. 02Correspondence between every level of reality.
  3. 03Vibration: nothing rests; everything moves.
  4. 04Gender and polarity as universal patterns.

Practices

  • Theurgy (sacred ritual)
  • Alchemy (inner + outer)
  • Astrological correspondence
  • Contemplative ascent through the seven spheres

Key figures

  • · Hermes Trismegistus (legendary)
  • · Marsilio Ficino
  • · Giordano Bruno

Bridges to other traditions

  • 'As above, so below' ↔ holography ↔ fractal cosmology
  • Macrocosm/microcosm ↔ Adam Kadmon ↔ Purusha

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