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(Not religious btw , but at the same time , all hail Hermes the God of Wisdom! and the hermetic truths, some say that maybe Abraham learned and formed his mysticism from Hermes, and from whence the Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were born (and twisted from the "Hermetic truths") anyways... whatever I say, I just like reading)
Sounds worth reading, always meant to read up on the roots of todays religions.(Not religious btw , but at the same time , all hail Hermes the God of Wisdom! and the hermetic truths, some say that maybe Abraham learned and formed his mysticism from Hermes, and from whence the Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were born (and twisted from the "Hermetic truths") anyways... whatever I say, I just like reading)
Hermes, hermeticism, etc also obsessed with hiding information knowledge and with ciphers and keys etc..
If you want to read about Hermes,
Corpus Hermetica = Hermes Trismegistus
Kybalion
Emerald tablet = Hermes Trismegistus
The lemegeton of solomon= King Solomon
Sacred magic of abramelin the Mage - Abraham
the tree of life, by israel regardie
The art and meaning of magic- israel regardie
key of the mysteries (and also) transcendental magic- Eliphas Levi
Higher Worlds rudollph stiener
studies in occultism- H Blavatsky
Isis unveiled - helena Blavatsky.
Kaballah Unveiled- Macgregor matthers
magick in theory and practice - aleister crowley
the equinox (4) aleisster crowley
the teachings + work of an initiate- (and also) the mystical Qabalah- dion fortune
On animal magnetism, Anton mesmer (crazy sob!!)
etheric vision and what it reveals + ancient and modern initiation +rossicrucian mysteries + teachings of an initiate all by max heindel
Happy reading...