Hermetic Laws Flashcards
When was the fall of the Roman Empire?
476 CE
When did Christianity widespread in Rome?
306 CE - 337 CE
When was the Hellenistic time period? (Roman Empire)
323 BC- 33 BC
When was Classical Greece?
510 BC- 323 BC
When was the Egyptian time period?
7000 BC known starting point
What are the 5 Schools of Thought?
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OCCULT TEACHINGS
ANCIENT GREEK (HELLIENTISIC PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHINGS
HERMETICISM (AMALGAMATION OF EGYPTIAN AND GREEK) 1st century
GNOSTICISM (RELIGIOUS MYSTICISM JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN VERSION) 1st century
KABBALA (MODERN MYSTICAL JEWISH VERSION) 12- 13th century
What are the 7 Hermetic Teachings?
Mentalism, correspondence, vibration, polarity, rhythm, cause & effect, gender.
What does mentalism mean?
Everything exists in the mind.
What does correspondence mean?
Everything has a reflection. As above so below.
What does vibration mean?
Everything moves. Everything moves at a quantum level. Nothing rests.
What does polarity mean?
Everything has an opposite. There are 2 ends to a spectrum. There’s an extreme to everything.
What does rhythm mean?
Everything moves to and fro. What goes up comes down at the same rate.
What does cause & effect mean?
Everything is connected. Every action we take was caused by the effect of a previous action.
What does gender mean?
Everything is made up of masculine and feminine energy. Kinetic and potential energy. The understanding of wholeness.
What are the 4 subjective arbitrary planes of correspondence?
Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
