Finding A Good Source For Hermetics Options

i really want to get into hermetics!
does anyone know of a book i could just go and pick up

also i like authors who don't constantly repeat themselves

help is appreciated.

Greetings, Personaly I would start out slow. A easy to read book such as Modern Magick by Donald Kraig, or Initiation into Hermetics by Franz Bardon would be a good starting place. Initiation is a little dated, but it is a very good training guide. Modern Magick has the authors view, but he does encourage you to research and arive at your own opinion it will also help you to understand more advanced works such as Golden Dawn, Book 4, 777 ect..

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Most of what claims to be "Hermetic" isn't as Hermetic as it claims to be, and most people tend to confuse Ceremonial Magic with "Hermeticism", and I've seen many who interchange the two. Hermeticism is a philosophy of the universe and it's forces. It is also said to be the root of all mysticism, magic, and religion. The main sources of Hermeticism are he Corpus Hermeticum (Body of Hermetics) , The Emerald Tablet, and the Kybalion. As for true Hermetic Magic, the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri is the best source to consult. Most of what is called Hermeticism indeed had it's roots in Hermeticism, but during the Dark Ages, most of true Hermetic knowledge was lost to the world, so in the manner of word of mouth and passing of papers it came down to the late 19th century very distorted, like a centuries old game of telephone, until the Corpus Hermeticum was discovered, and then subsequently the Kybalion written (the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri was discovered before the Corpus Hermeticum, but around the same time). The Emerald Tablet has been around, never really lost, but it's secrets are forever locked to the masses. Again, most magic systems and groups that call their magic Hermetic aren't lying or trying to mislead, it is simply that Hermeticism that came through the general channels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was contaminated by many hands, or rather, evolved into a different creature than it's predecessor. Jason Newcomb's "New Hermetics" and Franz Bardon's "Initiation into Hermetics" are probably the best vistas to learn the Modern Hermetic Philosophy and Magic.

AND all but Newcomb's book can be found in .pdf files for free by googling.

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