THE GREAT WORK
High magic is also known as hermetic magic because it is based on the hermetic arts and sciences. These are so-named because they are derived from the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus (thrice greatest Hermes), the many-named genius of magic who mediates between the macrocosm and the microcosm, heaven and earth, the divine and the individual. The Great Work is nothing less than the achievement of godhood -- union with the divine -- using the three pillars of ALCHEMY, MAGIC and ASTROLOGY to do so.
THE EGYPTIAN HERMES
The ancient Egyptians knew HERMES as THOTH or TEHUTI, the divine personification of WISDOM. Portrayed as the IBIS-HEADED scribe of the gods, he was the inventor of HIEROGLYPHS and the patron of the SACRED SCIENCES of GEOMETRY, MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, MEDICINE, MAGIC and ALCHEMY. Thoth exists at every level of being. He serves the gods, but he also preceded them. Indeed, he brought them into BEING, for he is the self-creating ARCH-MAGICIAN. He has but to NAME a thing and it SPRINGS into LIFE. He is the cosmic alchemist, the INNER and OUTER TEACHER, the BALANCING POINT between all POLARITIES.
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