Free Ebooks on Hermeticism

Hermeticism

 

 

Hermeticism is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs based primarily upon the writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. These beliefs have influenced magic traditions and further, the impact of serving as a set of religious beliefs. Whatever the impact of the beliefs, they stem from teachings and books accredited to Hermes Trismegistus, who is put forth as a wise sage and Egyptian priest, commonly seen as synonymous with the Egyptian god Thoth.

 

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The Corpus Hermetica

The Corpus Hermeticum - Translated by G.R.S. Mead

The Emerald Tablet of Hermes

Free Ebooks on the Golden Dawn

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

 

 

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or Golden Dawn, as it is commonly referred to) is a tradition of magical theurgy and spiritual development. It is probably the single greatest influence on twentieth century western occultism. Concepts of magic and ritual that became core elements of many other traditions, including Wicca, Thelema and other forms of magical spirituality popular today, are drawn from the Golden Dawn traditions.

The three founders, Dr. William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott, and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers were Freemasons and members of Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.), an appendant body to Freemasonry. Westcott, also a member of the Theosophical Society, appears to have been the initial driving force behind the establishment of the Golden Dawn.

Influences on Golden Dawn concepts and work include: Christian mysticism, Kabbalah, Hermeticism, Paganism of Egypt, Theurgy, Freemasonry, Alchemy, Theosophy, Eliphas Levi, Papus, Enochian magic, and medieval grimoires.

 

Free Ebooks on the Golden Dawn

Book T - The Tarot

Meditation With the Archangel Auriel

Meditation with the Archangel Gabriel

Meditation with the Archangel Raphael

Philosophus Initiation of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Schem ha Mephoresch

The Book of the Black Serpent

The Invoking Pentagram Ritual of Air

The Invoking Pentagram Ritual of Earth

The Invoking Pentagram Ritual of Fire

The Invoking Pentagram Ritual of Water

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

The Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram

The Prayers Of The Elementals

The Supreme Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

The Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram

Theoricus Initiation of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Aleister Crowley Free Ebooks

 

 

Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, prolific writer and poet, mystic, astrologer, drug experimenter, hedonist, aficionado of chess and mountain climbing, sexual revolutionary and social critic. He is perhaps best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. Crowley was also an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the Argenteum Astrum, and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). Crowley gained much notoriety during his lifetime, and was famously dubbed "The Wickedest Man In the World."

 

Free Ebooks by Aleister Crowley :

 

777 vel Prolegomena Symbolica Ad Systemam Sceptico Mysticae
A complete dictionary of the correspondences of all magical elements, reprinted with extensive additions, making it the only standard comprehensive book of reference ever published. It is to the language of Occultism what Webster or Murray is to the English language.

A Handbook of Geomancy
A guide but with some intentional inaccuracies.

A Master of the Temple
Frater Achad's magical diary with comments by Crowley.

A Note on Genesis
By Allen Bennet. A model of Qabalistic ratiocination. Specially adapted to Gnana Yoga. With a preface and notes by Crowley.

An Article on the Qabalah
A general discussion of the Method and uses of the Qabalah (The Temple of Solomon the King).

Ararita
An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity and Beyond. This book describes in magical language a very secret process of Initiation.

Eight Lectures on Yoga
Eight Lectures on Yoga is a book by Aleister Crowley about the practice of Yoga. The book is Number 4 of Volume 3 of the Equinox, which was published by the O.T.O. The work is largely a demystified look at yoga, using little to no jargon or satirical humor. It is divided under two sections into eight parts, which are transcripts of eight one-hour lectures on the subject given by Crowley. It was originally published in 1939.

Liber A vel Armorum
An instruction for the preparation of the Elemental Instruments.

Liber Arcanorum
An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. The sequence of the 22 Trumps is explained as a formula of Initiation.

Liber Chanokh
A brief Abstract of the Symbolic Representation of the Universe. Derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelley.

Liber Collegii Sancti
Being the tasks proper to the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the Official Paper of the various Grades. It includes the Task and Oath of all Grades to, and including, Adeptus Minor.

Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente
An account of the relations of the aspirant and his Holy Guardian Angel.

Liber DCCCXIII vel Ararita
An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond.

Liber E vel Exercitiorum
Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, so that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations.

Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli
'The birth words of a Master of the Temple'. Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain Exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple. It´s 7 Chapters are referred to the 7 Planets in the following order: Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus.

Liber Samekh
Being the Ritual employed by the Beast 666 for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel during the semester of His performance of the Operation of the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage.

Liber Septem Regum Sanctorum
Being an Initiation Ritual for certain select probationers to A.·.A.·.

Liber Tau vel Kabbalae Trium Literarum
A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of Initiation. Analyzes the Hebrew alphabet into seven triads, each of which forms a Trinity of sympathetic ideas relating respectively to the Three Orders comprised in the A.·.A.·.

Liber Trigrammaton
Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang. An account of the Cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system.

Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
An instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind.

Liber Viarum Viae
A graphic account of Magical powers classified under Tarot Trumps. An analysis of the 22 letters. To each is attributed a magical or mystical practice of progressive difficuly until attainment is complete.

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Sepher Sephiroth
A dictionary of Hebrew words arranged according to their value numerically. This is an Encyclopedia of the Holy Qabalah, which is a map of the Universe, and enables man to attain Perfect Understanding.

The Book of Lies
93 short chapters each Qabalistically related to its chapter number. Deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an Official Publication for Babes of the Abyss, but it is recommended even to beginners as being highly suggestive. 1913.

The Lost Continent
An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of it´s people, together with a true account of the catastrophy, so-called, which ended in it´s disappearance.

The Mass of the Phoenix
A solar ritual.

The Soldier and the Hunchback
A general discussion on philosophy.

The Sword of Song
Two Poems. A critical study of various philosophies. An account of Buddhism. 1925.

The Treasurehouse of Images
A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac.

The Vision and the Voice
Being of the Angels of the Thirty Aethyrs, the Vision and the Voice. Besides being the classical account of the Thirty Aethyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the foundation of the Aspiration of the Adept. The account of the Master of the Temple should, in particular, be taken as authentic.

The Voice of the Silence, the Two Paths, the Seven Portals
By H.P. Blavatsky, with an extensive commentary by Crowley.

The Wake World
A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel.

Thien Tao
An essay on Attainment by way of Equilibrium.

The Philosopher's Stone : Spiritual Alchemy, Psychology, and Ritual Magic By Israel Regardie

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In the mid-1930s, Israel Regardie had an insight into understanding alchemical writings. The result was The Philosopher’s Stone, where he analyzed three 17th-century alchemical works symbolically, psychologically, and via magickal energy.

The Practice of Magical Evocation By Franz Bardon

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A new translation of Franz Bardon's second volume of The Holy Mysteries. In magical terms, the book is a practical guide to the proper evocation of and communication with spiritual, magical and divine entities. 

It is perhaps the only truly significant modern study of direct contact with the universal teachers -- the other major works in the field are products of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation periods. 

But beyond that, there is a fascinating glimpse into a complete magical universe. Bardon outlines a totally new and original hierarchy of magic, from the spirits of the four elements to those of the various planets, and even to each degree of the zodiac. 

Included with the names and descriptions of the various entities are a collection of previously unknown magical sigils, as well as a true account of ancient astrology.

Initiation into Hermetics By Franz Bardon

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Limited short-run 2009 edition. Initiation into Hermetics provides step by step instruction in the form of practical exercises. These exercises lead to the development of body, soul and spirit. The result of the practical exercises is the development of occult abilities which can be of benefit to the student, in as far as he can change his existence for the better. 

The great mystery of the Tetragrammaton, the key to the tetrapolar magnet, is explained. By reading the theoretical section many secrets are unveiled which were once only known to very few. The reader will receive first-hand knowledge about the principles of fire, air, water and earth, the positive and negative attributes of these elements, and how these elements affect the human body. 

The immutable law of cause and effect is explained, not only as it applies to human beings, but also how it applies to the elements. Detailed information is also given about the soul or the astral body, and how the four elements determine the temperament in a person. 

The astral plane is considered to be "the beyond" by most religions. This plane does have its inhabitants, most of which are departed human beings from earth. Besides that you find elementaries, beings with one or only a few attributes. It is very advantageous to learn about these beings and how they affect a human being's life. 

There is also another kind of being, which is a being of the pure elements. The reader will find that many myths or even fairy tales are based on truth. But mankind has lost the ability to stay in contact with reality and has chosen to live in a completely transitory world which they consider to be their reality.
The third plain, the mental plain, is also explained; it is the sphere of thought which has its origin in the world of ideas. 

Each step of the practical part of this book is divided into three parts: the magical spiritual or mental schooling, soul or astral schooling, and physical schooling. This allows the student to maintain a complete equilibrium. The student learns how to control all his mental faculties even to the point that he can control every thought. He will learn self-introspection, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, astral and mental travel, control of the electric and magnetic fluids, and communication with the beings of the astral plain.

The Kybalion : A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece By Three Initiates

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We take great pleasure in presenting to the attention of students and investigators of the Secret Doctrines this little work based upon the world-old Hermetic Teachings. There has been so little written upon this subject, notwithstanding the countless references to the Teachings in the many works upon occultism, that the many earnest searchers after the Arcane Truths will doubtless welcome the appearance of the present volume. 

The purpose of this work is not the enunciation of any special philosophy or doctrine, but rather is to give to the students a statement of the Truth that will serve to reconcile the many bits of occult knowledge that they may have acquired, but which are apparently opposed to each other and which often serve to discourage and disgust the beginner in the study. 

Our intent is not to erect a new Temple of Knowledge, but rather to place in the hands of the student a Master-Key with which he may open the many inner doors in the Temple of Mystery through the main portals he has already entered. 

There is no portion of the occult teachings possessed by the world which have been so closely guarded as the fragments of the Hermetic Teachings which have come down to us over the tens of centuries which have elapsed since the lifetime of its great founder, Hermes Trismegistus, the “scribe of the gods,” who dwelt in old Egypt in the days when the present race of men was in its infancy. 

Contemporary with Abraham, and, if the legends be true, an instructor of that venerable sage, Hermes was, and is, the Great Central Sun of Occultism, whose rays have served to illumine the countless teachings which have been promulgated since his time. 

All the fundamental and basic teachings embedded in the esoteric teachings of every race may be traced back to Hermes. Even the most ancient teachings of India undoubtedly have their roots in the original Hermetic Teachings.

Egyptian Yoga : The Philosophy of Enlightenment By Muata Ashby

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EGYPTIAN YOGA : THE PHILOSOPHY OF ENLIGHTENMENT An original, fully illustrated work, including hieroglyphs, detailing the meaning of the Egyptian mysteries, tantric yoga, psycho-spiritual and physical exercises.

Egyptian Yoga is a guide to the practice of the highest spiritual philosophy which leads to absolute freedom from human misery and to immortality.

It is well known by scholars that Egyptian philosophy is the basis of Western and Middle Eastern religious philosophies such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, the Kabala, and Greek philosophy, but what about Indian philosophy, Yoga and Taoism? What were the original teachings? How can they be practiced today? What is the source of pain and suffering in the world and what is the solution?

Discover the deepest mysteries of the mind and universe within and outside of your self