Corpus Hermeticum

[Patriarch of Bub]

Honourable Lords and Ladies,
I'm initiate Bub, and I'm here to give you a tour of my alchemical lab. As a sidenote before we begin, i wanted to let you know that due to housing issues I'm being really delayed in my Aztec Codex Weekly.
Magic portal to Hub:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/aztec-codex-weekly-hub.1181858/

With this out of the way, let's continue forward. If you please, follow me through this conceal door. Take a seat, refreshments are on their way, please ask before touching anything, and let's begin!!

A fan favourite society in ck2 is certainly the Hermetic society. It provides our scholarly rulers to delve into exploring many fascinating facets of life.

Astrology and Astronomy were not even separated at this point, yet with a world view where everything alive and not is connected into an harmonious creation, surely the heavenly bodies can tell us something about us.

Alchemy tested all sorts of possibilities using shrewdness, observation, superstition and esoteric knowledge. I found some really curious references regarding some ingredients in some German books!

Magic (before it became "I cast magic missile into the darkness") either through work and experimentation or the condemned route of receiving supernatural help. Necromancy, usually associated with zombies and the fantasy genre, was a subject too. From talking to the deceased, to the attempt to give life to a corpse, to the summoning of demons... Not what a good hermetic would do. But a chaotic evil one, just might...

Herbology(one of my top favourite), the study and application of plants in various fields such as medicine, health, cooking, perfumery, ritualistic applications.

There are other subjects too!

However you see these subjects either like a relic of the past, mere superstition, or as a intriguing and fascinating subject (guilty), the historical effects on society, folklore, and immagination stand even today.

Point is... while digging in ye old family library I just found a 1991 Italian print of the Corpus Hermeticum+Asclepius!!!!!

I'm in blissful glee over this find! I feel lighter than a fairy, and ready to take flight to the nearby woods, find a sunny grove, and delve into this classic

This promises to be an amazingly interesting read, and who knows? I might find something useful in it.

It will be interesting to see how the Hermetics in game will compare to the texts I'll read. They are definitely one of the better developed societies, though i still feel they could (among others) be improved.

If you girls and guys are curious, don't have time to read yourself, can't find the material, and if you want me of course, then i can see to update you on this reading through a similar project to the Aztec one, with periodic publications.

If the response is positive, either through direct replies or if i receive at least 5 positive votes (both blues and greens) then I'll assume enough people are interested, and I'll set up the project

 

[mattrhearn]

As a student of Aleister Crowley's Thelema myself, you don't need to tell me twice that Hermeticism has an effect that stands today!

 

[Karlington]

As a student of Aleister Crowley's Thelema myself, you don't need to tell me twice that Hermeticism has an effect that stands today!

What effect is that? I have never read it.

 

[Patriarch of Bub]

What effect is that? I have never read it.

Well i mentioned the effects on folklore and imagination.
There's the development of western esoterism, which is why Aleister Crowley was mentioned (in regard to recent developments).
Mind you, i don't like neither the person nor his approach and neither his "teachings", but he is undoubtedly very known for his many publications.

 

[Karlington]

Well i mentioned the effects on folklore and imagination.
There's the development of western esoterism, which is why Aleister Crowley was mentioned (in regard to recent developments).
Mind you, i don't like neither the person nor his approach and neither his "teachings", but he is undoubtedly very known for his many publications.

Sure, yet that's a bit too general for me to make much out of it in my mind. Kinda like saying Christianity had an effect on western ethics, know what I mean? I was wondering if anyone had any specific examples?

 

[mattrhearn]

Before developing his own philosophy and system of ritual magic, Aleister Crowley was a remember of the esoteric society The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which instructed its members in astrology, tarot, geomancy, astral projection, and alchemy.

Personally not a fan of the person either, or his own specific set of rituals (guy seems to have been pretty eager to work his fetishes into them) but the core of Thelema, which he did not lay claim to as an invention but merely as the latest advocate, is something I do follow. "Do as thou wilt" means "Determine and follow your true path in life with the ends of improving and elevating all human life," not just "Do what you want."

 

[Patriarch of Bub]

Sure, yet that's a bit too general for me to make much out of it in my mind. Kinda like saying Christianity had an effect on western ethics, know what I mean? I was wondering if anyone had any specific examples?

I'm a bit tired now to make a coherent long post , though just type "hermeticism" on Google and open the wikipedia page
I'm not being dismissive, but it should give a brief overview

 

[Patriarch of Bub]

Ok I think there's been enough of a response. I will see to set up in a few days a proper thread to share and discuss these texts.

I'll see to set up a schedule as to respect the Aztec project too, but we should be fine. Glad to see some enthusiasm

Edit : both me and Bae will be taking on this endeavour, since it's an interest we share. I just talked to her and she's eager to join our future talks. We will use different colours to distinguish us, since we only have one account. Hope you are as excited as us.

 

[Duarte]

Fun fact, hermeticism besides being a philosofy can also be a religion

 

[Patriarch of Bub]

Ok, tomorrow evening (+1 time,) get ready for the first chapter of the Corpus Hermeticum.

Get ready to get in your hermetic gear as we will, because it's gonna be a wild night (or whenever you'll read it) with me and Bae