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Hermeticism
17 essays · 35,600 wordsThe Kybalion, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Victorian compilation that is not the same thing
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9 essays · 22,200 wordsOperation, vessel, and the work that repeats — nigredo through rubedo
Unlock →Sacred Geometry
5 essays · 16,400 wordsMetatron's Cube, the Flower of Life, and where the mathematics carries weight
Unlock →Kabbalah
5 essays · 15,800 wordsThe Tree from sefirot to the Four Worlds, and where tradition diverges from the popular version
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11 essays · 14,000 wordsTao Te Ching, the I Ching and Neidan, with the philosophical and esoteric lines kept apart
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5 essays · 11,400 wordsThe stations, the maqamat, and the attested sources versus the romantic accounts
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2 essays · 5,000 wordsThe structure of the deck before the interpretation of a single card
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