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A presentation of seven essential texts, central to the Hermetic
Tradition, never before published together * Includes Theogony, The
Homeric Hymn to Hermes, The Poem of Parmenides, The Poimandres, The
Chaldean Oracles, Hymn to Isis, and On Divine Virtue, each
translated from the original Greek or Latin * Presents interpretive
commentary for each text to progressively weave them together
historically, poetically, hermeneutically, and magically Linked to
both the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth, Hermes
Trismegistus is credited, through legend, with thousands of
mystical and philosophical writings of high standing, each reputed
to be of immense antiquity. During the Renaissance, a collection of
such writings known as the Corpus Hermeticum greatly inspired the
thought of philosophers, alchemists, artists, poets, and even
theologians. Offering new translations of seven essential Hermetic
texts from their earliest source languages, Charles Stein presents
them alongside introductions and interpretive commentary, revealing
their hidden gems of insight, suggesting directions for practice,
and progressively weaving the texts together historically,
poetically, hermeneutically, and magically. The book includes
translations of Hesiod's Theogony, the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, the
"Poem of Parmenides," the Poimandres from the Corpus Hermeticum,
the Chaldean Oracles, "The Vision of Isis" from Apuleius's
Metamorphoses, and "On Divine Virtue" by Zosimos of Panopolis.
Through his introductions and commentaries, Stein explains how the
many traditions that use Hermes's name harbor a coherent spirit
whose relevance and efficacy promise to carry Hermes forward into
the future. Revealing Hermes as the very principle of Mind in all
its possibilities, from intellectual brilliance to the workings of
the cognitive life of everyone, the author shows how these seven
texts are central to a still-evolving Western tradition in which
the principle of spiritual awakening is allied with the creative.
Never before published together, these texts present a new vehicle
for transmission of the Hermetic Genius in modern times.
At the heart of Michael Boughn's Measure's Measures are fundamental
questions about poetry's relation to modes of knowing the world
beyond what's given. Lovingly addressed to the work of poets
associated with the New American Poetry and their predecessors,
these essays probe the development of what Boughn calls the somatic
poetics of transformative gnosis. Boughn's method combines a wide
range of scholarship with his affectionate personal knowledge of
many of the poets, and a radically decentred view of the stakes
poetry brings to considerations of our post-modern moment.
Rethinking the history of 20th century US American poetry, these
essays challenge the academic containment of poetry to literary
studies, opening it into a thriving wilderness of thinking being.
"Persephone Unveiled" reveals the goddess in all her guises, as the
daughter of Demeter; the Queen of the Underworld; the archetypal
female healer; and as a central figure in the Eleusinian Mysteries,
where celebrants experienced sacred visions through secret rituals
fueled by an LSD-like substance. The author examines the known
details about the psychoactive agent and explores the Mysteries'
influence on, and relationship to, early Christianity. Guided
meditations, using active imagination techniques, help readers
summon an experience with the goddess.
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Tall Ships (Paperback)
George Quasha, Etc, Charles Stein
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R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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You enter a long, dark corridor. Indistinct luminous shapes seem to
move in place on the walls. Then a human figure rises, walks
towards you, stands and gazes at you, becomes almost intimate with
you before turning back whence it came. In this award-winning
interactive installation created by video projection,
world-renowned artist Gary Hill presents an underworld-like journey
from which each visitor returns to daylight somehow transformed.
The second book in an ongoing series of the Quasha & Stein
dialogue on Gary Hill leads you on an initiatory journey that
parallels the experience of the installation itself. The book is
beautifully illustrated in duotone to give a living sense of the
actual installation as it appeared in the Whitney Museum (New York)
and many other museums throughout the US and Europe.
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