Hermetic

In this light, Yeats's fascination with occult oddities like the psychic Madame Blavatsky and the secretive group known as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn accords more easily with his nationalist ideals.

Putting Sweet Sounds Together

He'd wager neither his Beretta nor his Broadway show tunes on it, but he had an inkling that it was in those mystical, astrological, and alchemical texts known as the Hermetic Writings, rather than in the teachings of the Koran (and the dogma into which those teachings had been subsequently corrupted), that modern survivors would locate their cue as to how to attain and sustain a wise and joyful existence.

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

He'd wager neither his Beretta nor his Broadway show tunes on it, but he had an inkling that it was in those mystical, astrological, and alchemical texts known as the Hermetic Writings, rather than in the teachings of the Koran (and the dogma into which those teachings had been subsequently corrupted), that modern survivors would locate their cue as to how to attain and sustain a wise and joyful existence.

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

He'd been involved in a pagan group called the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (left) since the early 1980s, and in February 2001, he decided to hold a workshop on his religion in the Bay area.

P2P Foundation

I did quite a bit of research into Alchemy and the body of alchemical literature [a.k.a. "Hermetic" literature] back in my twenties.

Dawkins on the OOL

During the 1930's Quasimodo was a leader of the "Hermetic" school of poetry; however, with the appearance of his translations

Salvatore Quasimodo - Biography

The symbol above the figure in the frame is an old Hermetic occult symbol I ran into some 30 years ago.

Book Cover Smackdown! The Great Bazaar vs. Hand of Isis vs. Finch

Home Maintenance: Go Hermetic In last year's column I showed how caulking those leaky windows could cut your heating bill in half.

Paul Greenberg: Tips for Tougher Times

Home Maintenance: Go Hermetic In last year's column I showed how caulking those leaky windows could cut your heating bill in half.

Paul Greenberg: Tips for Tougher Times

Most of the stories are set in varyingly 17th or 18th century milieux, with a heavy admixture of Hermetic magic.

October Books 17) White Crow, by Mary Gentle