Look up: hermeticism

1. hermeticism
   The belief that there is a secret, ancient body of wisdom, surviving in written texts of the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, which accurately describes the workings of the natural...
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2. Hermeticism
   modernist poetic movement originating in Italy in the early 20th century, whose works were characterized by unorthodox structure, illogical ... [1 related articles]
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3. hermeticism
   Hermeticism, hermeticism; Hermetism 1. A body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings. 2. Adherence to the ideas expressed in Hermetic writings. 3. The occult sciences; especially, alchemy.
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4. Hermeticism
   `Hermeticism` or the `Western Hermetic Tradition` is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs or gnosis based primarily upon the Hellenistic Egyptian pseudepigraphical writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus who is the representation of the conflation of the Egyptian god Thoth with the Greek ...
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5. Hermeticism
   (poetry) `Hermeticism` in poetry, or `Hermetic poetry`, is a term used to describe obscure and difficult poetry, as of the Symbolist school. The allusion is to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus (the Egyptian god Thoth), the supposed author of mystic doctrines actually composed in...
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