Charge of the Goddess
Hermetics: A Brief History
"The road goes ever on and on" to quote J.R.R. Tolkien. One of the first mysteries I discovered along my crooked path was the Hermetic Principles. I find them important to this day and figure this to be a good starting place for my blog. A lot of mythology has grown up around the Hermetic teachings. The first book I read on the Principles gave little to no background leaving me wondering where these ideas had originated. Being inquisitive, I need to know these things before accepting them blindly. In the following, I will try to lay out a little of the history I've been able to discover. Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus is often cited as the source of the Hermetic Principles. Like many of the world's legendary religious figures it is likely he never physically existed. Legends claim this figure was either the Egyptian god of knowledge, magic, and writing, Thoth, or an ancient sage who received a vision from him. The name translates as "Thrice-greatest
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