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Hermes as origin Father in the dome of Sienna 2 THE HERMETIC LINK FROM SECRET TRADITION TO MODERN THOUGHT JACOB SLAVENBURG 3 Published in 2012 by Ibis Press An imprint of Nicolas-Hays, Inc. P. O. Box 540206 Lake Worth, FL 33454–0206 www.ibispress.net Distributed to the trade by Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC 65 Parker St. • Ste. 7 Newburyport, MA 01950 www.redwheelweiser.com Copyright © 2012 by Jacob Slavenburg Originally published in Dutch in 2003 as De Hermetische Schakel Translated into English by Greteke Lans Final editing by Kyle L. Proudfoot Ibis Press editor Laurel W. Trufant, Ph.D. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Nicolas-Hays, Inc. Reviewers may quote brief passages. ISBN 978–089254–167–6 4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Slavenburg, Jacob. [Hermetische Schakel. English] The hermetic link : from secret tradition to modern thought / Jacob Slavenburg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0-89254–167–6 1. Hermetism--History. I. Title. BF1611.S6313 2012 135'.4509--dc23 2012005651 Book design and production by Studio 31 www.studio31.com Printed in the United States of America 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction Prolog: An Early Adventure PART I: THE SECRET OF HERMES CHAPTER 1. THE ETERNAL FIELDS OF REED AND THE EYE OF HORUS The Miraculous Thoth The Transition Legends The Book of Thoth Station of Departure—Egypt CHAPTER 2. HERMES—A PHALLIC DEITY Phallic Pillars The Cow Thief Messenger of the Gods 6 Guide of Souls CHAPTER 3. AN EGYPTIAN HERMES OR A GRECIAN THOTH? The Thrice-Great Hermes Colored Markers Hermes—Greek or Egyptian? CHAPTER 4. UNITY IN DIVERSITY A Special Encounter The Temple of the Cosmos Cosmology CHAPTER 5. HERMES AND ASTROLOGY The Ensouled Cosmos The Horos Skopos, Observer of Time The Song of the Thunder A Priest of Hermes The Liber Hermetis Trismegisti The Degrees of Life CHAPTER 6. HERMES AND THE HEALING ARTS 7 Imhotep-Asclepius About the Divine Sympathy Hermes as Therapist Recipe Books Hermes and the Letter Sympatheia Ode to the Peony The Religious Experience of Doctor Thessalos CHAPTER 7. THE RING OF HERMES Antique Fashion Trend Hermes as a Magician Greek Magical Papyri Hermes Dolls Magical Love Spells The Power of Vowels CHAPTER 8. THE EMERALD TABLET The Lapis Philosophorum Hermes as Alchemist 8 Secret Teachings A Cave at Hebron Why I Am Called Hermes Trismegistus CHAPTER 9. ALL IS ONE Hermes in Amsterdam A Talk in the Temple God Is All-Complete in the Fertility of Either Sex The Cosmic Chain Humanity Is a Great Miracle CHAPTER 10. THE HERMETIC BODY The Corpus Hermeticum Greek Herdsman or Egyptian Gnosis? The Gnostic Hermetica City of Many Streams An Introduction to Alexandria A Universal School of Wisdom CHAPTER 11. A DIVINE REVELATION 9 The Cause of Everything God Is in Each Atom The Manifold Cosmos Where Heaven Fell in Love with Earth God's Grandchild Consciousness versus Godlessness CHAPTER 12. HERMETIC INSTRUCTIONS Why Evil? The Liberating Insight A Cauldron Filled with Consciousness Death Does Not Exist The Immeasurable All-Consciousness The Bottomless Reservoir of the All-Soul Forgetfulness CHAPTER 13. A SECRET DOCTRINE Reincarnation and Karma Purification 10