Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest WhatsAppRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × Table of Contents The Heavenly Body of Hermetism Beliefs and practices that influence the world through contact with heavenly forces Historic, or Latin (Hermetism) Modern (Hermeticism) Search the Hermetic Library External References forms The Heavenly Body of Hermetism Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, floor mosaic Cathedral of Siena (1480s) Beliefs and practices that influence the world through contact with heavenly forces The terms Hermeticism and Hermetism can, like Gnosticism and Rosicrucianism, mean different things in different contexts and time periods. The term “hermetism” is used here specifically for the historical, also Latin, tradition; whereas the term “hermeticism” is used to denote the modern Victorian and Edwardian era developments typified by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and others. Historic, or Latin (Hermetism) The Sacred Texts including: The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus Corpus Hermeticum (including The Perfect Sermon, or the Asclepius) Chaldean Oracles Modern (Hermeticism) The Vault of William Wynn Westcott Search the Hermetic Library Search for “Hermeticism” resources External References select bibliography on medieval hermeticism (the latin tradition) Alt & Neumann on Hermetismus, a blog post by Wouter J Hanegraaff discussing the terminological collision around “Hermetic” and “Hermeticism” The Hermetic … what?, a brief discourse by the Librarian, John Griogair Bell, in part about the use of the term “Hermetic” at Hermetic Library and in the name of this site Last modified: 2020/11/21 16:11by John Bell