Friday, October 15, 2010

The Seven Hermetic Principles



Are to be found in several writings and were written by Hermes Trismegistus 

The Asclepius and the Corpus Hermeticum are the most important of the Hermetica, writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, which survive.

Known also as the Master of all arts and sciences. perfect in all crafts, Ruler of the Three Worlds, Scribe of the Gods, and Keeper of the Books of Life, Thoth Hermes Trismegistus--the Three Times Greatest, the "First Intelligencer"--was regarded by the ancient Egyptians as the embodiment of the Universal Mind.
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He was known by the Ancient Egyptians as The Great Great and the Master of Masters
The origin of the description Trismegistus or "thrice great" is unclear.
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Copenhaver reports that this name is first found in the minutes of a meeting of the council of the Ibis cult, held in 172 BCE near Memphis in Egypt
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Many Christian writers, including Lactantius, Augustine, Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Campanella and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola considered Hermes Trismegistus to be a wise pagan prophet who foresaw the coming of Christianity.
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They believed in a 'Prisca Theologia', the doctrine that a single, true theology exists, which threads through all religions, and which was given by God to man in antiquity and passed through a series of prophets, which included Zoroaster and Plato
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And just why are we writing about this?
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Because it is part of our heritage and sometimes it is interesting to know where things comes from
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And yes there is indeed a single true history of humanity which one day we will be made aware of
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There is also as we have written many times a Perrenial or Ancient Wisdom and all of the various writings by Socrates, Zoroaster, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus and other Masters speak the same wisdom
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Their teachings and writings are as valid today as they were when they taught them thousands of years ago
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These seven principles we are talking about today include:
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Principle of Mentalism –  All is Mind.
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Everything which exists is the expression of the divine mind.
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Principle of Correspondence – As above, so below.
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There is always a correspondence between the laws and the phenomena of every plane of being and life.
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Principle of Vibration – Nothing rests, everything moves, everything vibrates.
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Everything has a vibration which eminates from the All, and that the higher the vibration, the higher the position on the cosmic scale.
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Principle of Polarity – Everything is dual.
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Everything has its opposite, and that the opposites are the same, only differing in degree.
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Principle of Rhythm – Everything flows.
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Everything there is a measured motion, a to and a fro.
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Principle of Cause and Effect – Every cause has its effect, and every effect its cause.
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Everything happens according to law and that there is nothing which is chance.
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Principle of Gender – Gender is in everything.
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Masculine and feminine principles are at work within every aspect of creation.

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