Philosophia Hermetica

About this book

Hermetic philosophy imagines the universe threaded together by correspondences between mind, matter and spirit. A. S. Raleigh attempts to arrange that inheritance into a coherent account of existence.

His writing moves through esoteric ideas about creation, consciousness and spiritual development, borrowing from traditions that claim an ancient Egyptian lineage. The historical origins of those claims are disputed, but the system is revealing in its own right. Raleigh makes scattered symbols and metaphysical doctrines serve a remarkably complete picture of existence.