Classical Art Memes wades into hermetic waters …

Nous brings forth all concepts, good ones when it receives the seeds from God, and the opposite when it receives them from one of the demons. CH 9.3

So what are the seeds of God, that they can be practised.

Few are the seeds of God, but they are mighty, beautiful and good. CH 9.4

• virtues (INRI _ Rose Croix)
• self discipline
• devotion (knowledge of God)

.. one kind of man is concerned with material things and another with being.

The materialist, in the midst of evil, receives the seed of his understanding from the demons; the other men, surrounded by goodness, are in their being preserved by God.

Is materialism totally incompatible with a hermetic lifestyle?

To practise virtues, self discipline and devotion can be initiated from within a materialistic environment, into which pretty much all of us are born.  The path out of materialism can be started with the planting of these three seeds, and the degree of care and nurturing they are given.

The varying degrees of fruition of these seeds, counter materialism and afford us a path towards greater being.

A full decade has passed since the first posting on this site, the hermetic prayer Holy Art Thou.

A big thank you to all those who have visited this site, you are more than just traffic. As for me, I have been using the moniker Hermesphilus for quite a while now, the name consists of two words ‘Hermes’ and ‘philus’, so loosely translated Hermesphilus means ‘Hermes lover’.

Here is a possibly better translation of the prayer Holy Art Thou CH 01.31 from The Way of Hermes: New Translations of ‘The Corpus Hermeticum’ and The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius by Clement Salaman (Author),‎ Dorine van Oyen (Author),‎ William D. Wharton (Author),‎ Jean-Pierre Mahe (Author)

Holy is God the Father of all
Holy is God who’s will is accomplished by his own powers
Holy is God who wills to be known and is known by those that are his own
Holy art thou who by the Word has united all that is
Holy art thou of whom all Nature became an image
Holy art thou whom Nature has not created
Holy art thou who is stronger than all power
Holy art thou who art higher than all pre-eminence
Holy art thou who surpasses praises

The reason for my preference for anonymity is simply because the nature of my business (that stuff that is supposed to generate income) is such that it is better for clients not to know about my personal worldview and philosophy. More specifically, the ignorant ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to things that people do not understand is not always the most conducive towards commerce.

So there you have it, know you know everything 😎