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Book The Sanctuary of Memphis Or Hermes  Not Facsimile

Download or read book The Sanctuary of Memphis Or Hermes Not Facsimile written by E. J. (De Negre) and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rite of Memphis, with its astounding ninety-six degree system, continues to perplex Masonic students. While we might expect Calvin C. Burt, one-time "Grand Master Ad Vitem," of the Rite to bolster its claims, we are nonetheless fascinated by this all-encompassing system.

Book The Sanctuary of Memphis Or Hermes

Download or read book The Sanctuary of Memphis Or Hermes written by E. J. Marconis and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.

Book The Sanctuary of Memphis Or Hermes

Download or read book The Sanctuary of Memphis Or Hermes written by Jacques-Etienne Marconis and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Egyptian Hermes

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  • Author : Garth Fowden
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 1993-06-21
  • ISBN : 9780691024981
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book The Egyptian Hermes written by Garth Fowden and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1993-06-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. A human (according to some) who had lived about the time of Moses, but now indisputably a god, he was credited with the authorship of numerous books on magic and the supernatural, alchemy, astrology, theology, and philosophy. Until the early seventeenth century, few doubted the attribution. Even when unmasked, Hermes remained a byword for the arcane. Historians of ancient philosophy have puzzled much over the origins of his mystical teachings; but this is the first investigation of the Hermetic milieu by a social historian. Starting from the complex fusions and tensions that molded Graeco-Egyptian culture, and in particular Hermetism, during the centuries after Alexander, Garth Fowden goes on to argue that the technical and philosophical Hermetica, apparently so different, might be seen as aspects of a single "way of Hermes." This assumption that philosophy and religion, even cult, bring one eventually to the same goal was typically late antique, and guaranteed the Hermetica a far-flung readership, even among Christians. The focus and conclusion of this study is an assault on the problem of the social milieu of Hermetism.

Book Is it True what They Say about Freemasonry

Download or read book Is it True what They Say about Freemasonry written by Art DeHoyos and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Mason's response to the misinformation about their brotherhood that exists today.

Book A Secret Society History of the Civil War

Download or read book A Secret Society History of the Civil War written by Mark A. Lause and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique history of the Civil War considers the impact of nineteenth-century American secret societies on the path to as well as the course of the war. Beginning with the European secret societies that laid the groundwork for Freemasonry in the United States, Mark A. Lause analyzes how the Old World's traditions influenced various underground groups and movements in America, particularly George Lippard's Brotherhood of the Union, an American attempt to replicate the political secret societies that influenced the European revolutions of 1848. Lause traces the Brotherhood's various manifestations, the most conspicuous being the Knights of the Golden Circle (out of which developed the Ku Klux Klan), and the Confederate secret groups through which John Wilkes Booth and others attempted to undermine the Union. Lause profiles the key leaders of these organizations, with special focus on George Lippard, Hugh Forbes, and George Washington Lafayette Bickley. Antebellum secret societies ranged politically from those with progressive or even revolutionary agendas to those that pursued conservative or oppressive goals. This book shows how, in the years leading up to the Civil War, these clandestine organizations exacerbated existing sectional tensions in the United States. Lause's research indicates that the pervasive influence of secret societies may have played a part in key events such as the Freesoil movement, the beginning of the Republican party, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Lincoln's election, and the Southern secession process of 1860-1861. This exceptional study encompasses both white and African American secret society involvement, revealing the black fraternal experience in antebellum America as well as the clandestine operations that provided assistance to escaped slaves via the Underground Railroad. Unraveling these pervasive and extensive networks of power and influence, A Secret Society History of the Civil War demonstrates that antebellum secret societies played a greater role in affecting Civil War-era politics than has been previously acknowledged.

Book Hermes and Plato

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  • Author : Edouard Schuré
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Hermes and Plato written by Edouard Schuré and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hermes and Plato

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  • Publisher : Health Research Books
  • Release : 1996-09
  • ISBN : 9780787307462
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Hermes and Plato written by and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Hermes (the Mysteries of Egypt) - The Sphinx, Hermes, Isis - The Initiation - The Tests, Osiris - Death & Resurrection; the Vision of Hermes; Plato (The Mysteries of Eleusis) - Youth of Plato & the Death of Socrates; the Initiation of P.

Book Thrice Greatest Hermes

Download or read book Thrice Greatest Hermes written by G. R. S. Mead and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hermes Trisgemistus (thrice greatest), is the legendary teacher at the core of the Hermeticism, which forms the underlying principles of many religions and esoteric disciplines. This text, written by a renowned gnostic scholar, presents pieces from the tradition, with commentaries and notes.

Book Dictionary of Gnosis   Western Esotericism  I

Download or read book Dictionary of Gnosis Western Esotericism I written by Wouter J. Hanegraaff and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in one volume, this is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the entire domain of Gnosis and Western Esotericism from the period of Late Antiquity to the present. Containing around 400 articles by over 180 international specialists, it provides critical overviews discussing the nature and historical development of all its important currents and manifestations, from Gnosticism and Hermetism to Astrology, Alchemy and Magic, from the Hermetic Tradition of the Renaissance to Rosicrucianism and Christian Theosophy, and from Freemasonry and Illuminism to 19th-century Occultism and the contemporary New Age movement. Furthermore it contains articles about the life and work of all the major personalities in the history of Gnosis and Western Esotericism, discussing their ideas, significance, and historical influence. This one volume edition is an unabridged version of the two volume edition, published in 2005.

Book Thrice greatest Hermes

Download or read book Thrice greatest Hermes written by Hermes (Trismegistus.) and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice

Download or read book Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice written by Richard Valantasis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an unprecedented collection of nearly seventy Late Antique primary religious texts. These texts--all in new English translation and many appearing in English for the first time--represent every major religious current from the late first century until the rise of Islam. Produced through the efforts of thirty-six leading scholars in the field, they constitute a comprehensive view of religious practice in Late Antiquity. Religious life and performance during this period comprised diverse, often unusual practices. Philosophical ascent, magic, legal pronouncement, hymnography, dietary and sexual restriction, and rhetoric were all part of this deeply fascinating world. Religious and political identity often intertwined, as reflected in the Roman persecution of Christians. And a fluid boundary between religion and superstition was contested in daily life. Many practices, including ascetic training, crossed religious boundaries. Others, such as "incubation" at specific temples and certain divination rites, were distinctive practices of individual groups and orders. Intrinsically interesting, the practice of religion in the Late Antique also edifies modern-day religious life. As this volume shows, the origins of the contemporary Western religious terrain can be gleaned in this period. Rabbinic Judaism flourished and spread. Christianity developed still-important theological categories and structures. And even movements that did not survive intact--such as Neoplatonism and the once-powerful Manichaean churches--continue to influence religion today. This rich sourcebook includes discussions of asceticism, religious organization, ritual, martyrdom, religion's social implications, law, and theology. Its unique emphasis on practice and its inclusion of texts translated from lesser-known languages advance the study of religious history in several directions. A strong interdisciplinary orientation will reward scholars and students of religion, theology, gender studies, classical literatures, and history. Each text is accompanied by an introduction and a bibliography for further reading and research, making the book appropriate for use in any university or seminary classroom.

Book Thrice Greatest Hermes  Volume 1

Download or read book Thrice Greatest Hermes Volume 1 written by G. R. S. Mead and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 1881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of three of G.R.S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus. Chapters include: The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature; The History of the Evolution of Opinion; Thoth the Master of Wisdom; The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult in the Greek Magic Papyri; The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature According to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt; An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Poemandres’ Cosmogony; The Myth of Man in the Mysteries; Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology; Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris, and more.

Book Thrice greatest Hermes  Prolegomena

Download or read book Thrice greatest Hermes Prolegomena written by Hermes (Trismegistus.) and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Freemasonry and Rudolf Steiner

Download or read book Freemasonry and Rudolf Steiner written by N.V.P Franklin and published by Temple Lodge Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today some six million Freemasons around the world continue to perform their rituals regularly – an enormous legacy of spiritual endeavour, kept largely in secret. In Britain alone there are over 7,000 lodges, with a quarter of a million members. What is this wealth, this appeal, and how did the philosopher and spiritual scientist Rudolf Steiner reinterpret or reconstruct Freemasonry’s time-worn legacy? Unless one is a Freemason, the masonic world, with its arcane conventions and language, remains largely unknown: an obscurity that is almost impossible to fathom. Yet understanding its traditions and style are invaluable when approaching Goethe, Mozart, Herder, Lessing and Novalis – as well as Rudolf Steiner. Steiner himself renewed the ‘Royal Art’ of Freemasonry from 1906 to 1914 through his ritual work known as Mystica Æterna. When Steiner invigorated education, medicine, the social order and religion, he fully intended that committed and professional individuals should assume responsibility for the new initiatives. But this was not the case with the Masonic Order he founded, whose leadership he took upon himself. Even the celebration of his passing in 1925, led by Marie Steiner, was entirely Masonic in character. In the context of continuing resistance and misrepresentation, N.V.P. Franklin uncovers the living heart of Freemasonry and reveals why it was – and still is – immensely relevant to anthroposophy. With profound research into its older rituals and teachings, this detailed and conscientious study is a unique contribution to comprehending freemasonry and anthroposophy – both historically and in the present day.

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Freemason

Download or read book The American Freemason written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: