The much anticipated first volume in a major five book series of 21st century alchemical texts

Drawing upon many years of rigorous research conducted by dozens of trained individuals, using verifiable methods of investigation and providing reliable and replicable results, and publically introduced here for the first time by Rubaphilos Salfluĕre, this first volume in The Hermes Paradigm series offers a detailed consideration of the core concepts that afford a glimpse at the nature of the philosophy, and its first principles, that lie at the heart of Hermetic science – the source and backbone, yet least understood aspect, of the Western mystery tradition. Beginning with an examination of the history of Hermetism over the past two millennia, a clear historical and conceptual distinction is made between the body of pure Hermetic knowledge – the secret tradition – and the popular outer tradition, the latter of which is so often mistaken for the former. The much-neglected and misunderstood heart of Hermetic philosophy and its practical expression – the science of Hermetic initiation – is the subject of detailed discussion, as is the central role that alchemy plays in the theory and practical dynamic of Hermetism. The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus is dissected in order to provide the reader with an introduction to how natural law provides the blueprint for both the alchemical laboratory tradition and the inner alchemical journey of initiation. For those interested in developing a higher cognitive faculty capable of grasping deeper truths about the true nature of existence, The Hermes Paradigm, Book One: First Principles is essential reading.

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