Chasing Hermes: The Hermetic And Metaphysical Podcast: Recent Comments

Comment on #18: The Enochian Angels of John Dee and Edward Kelley

2012-01-03T02:42:02Z

It's been over a year since somebody has whined about your disappearance so I figured I would. At this point I'd be happy with quarterly episodes. Your show is brilliant and touches on topics that are seldom explored in a public forum these days. Please come back!

Comment on #18: The Enochian Angels of John Dee and Edward Kelley

2011-09-26T14:04:29Z

We love your podcast. We want more.

Comment on #15: Magic in Ancient Greece [43:14]

2011-08-23T09:15:50Z

Thanks John,
I am starting my first professional Tarot readings next month and am nervous about Christians objecting. I wish I could reassure them that divination was traditional practice at least until the Inquisition or maybe Luther. These texts look nice and pious. I do not believe the Tarot is heretical. Altho partly pagan, partly Christian it is not evil or forbidden by scripture. :) Anna

Comment on #10: Seven Alchemical Principles, part 2 (40:10)

2011-08-20T00:39:21Z

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Comment on Suggestion box

2011-07-13T06:31:04Z

Hello, very enlightening podcast!

My recommendation would be to discuss the topic of animals and plants as part of the alchemic process of earth. Thoth and Quetzalcoatl are clear examples of how animals have combined with the sublime and it would be interesting to see you two open up that area of thought.

thanks!

Comment on #18: The Enochian Angels of John Dee and Edward Kelley

2011-07-10T21:06:13Z

May your life's intent shine with an Illumination capable of lifting those in the illusion of shadow to the Light!
Enjoyed your understandings of the formula, always ready for more! (at least from this paradigm)

Comment on #18: The Enochian Angels of John Dee and Edward Kelley

2011-06-29T16:56:02Z

One of the best show I have read in recent times. The flow is continuous and intresting. When can I expect the next one?

Comment on #16: Neoplatonism and the Theurgy of Iamblichus [37:02]

2011-06-24T14:17:59Z

Great post and show guys.

I'm a Neoplatonist and Hermeticist philosopher and have been studying it for about 10 years or more now both academically and privately. It would be safe to say that my spirituality is Egyptian Neoplatonism.

One thing I'd like to add here regarding creatio ex nihilo in regards to both Neoplatonists and Christians is that they both agree on the idea. However, for the Neoplatonists to suggest that the One creates ex nihilo is to say that the One differentiates Himself, in a topological sense the One is non-observable and hence Nothing. God in emanating Himself, differentiates Himself in processing the Many.

The Christians on the other hand understand the idea that God creates from "nothing" in opposition to creating from pre-existing matter. It is an act of divine fiat. The difference here is that God is not identified with the unobservalbe and unintelligible One as Nothing. This is why you have the Creator/Creature distinction in christianity.

Neoplatonism has alway found that this understanding smacks of dualism and philosophically unjustifiable. Hence, if God creates from Nothing, what is to individuate God from Nothing? Neoplatonistis have always understood the question in a topological sense and therefore resulting in much more philosphical refinement. Immanence and Transcedence are identical in Neoplatonism.

The only caviat here gentleman is that certain Eastern Christians, notably Copts and Eastern Orthodox christians (Maximus the Confessor, Gregory Palamas), seem to have a middle position if not even a close approximation to the Neoplatonic position, due to there inheritance of the Neoplatonist "Psuedo-Dionysius," who I think is a certain, very lofty Pagan Neoplatonist (a teacher in a very high place) in his day.

Thanks for this program and website.

Comment on #11: Good and Evil (34:42)

2011-06-19T13:09:45Z

Where can I read more about this?

Comment on Update: Gone to the lab

2011-06-17T15:17:01Z

Do not quite understand, do you transfer your texts