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Temas
Where 'as above, so below' actually comes from, what correspondence claims, why it is not the law of attraction, and where the Hermetic axiom stops.
What the Chaldean order of the seven planets is, where it comes from, why it ranks Moon to Saturn by speed, and why the hours and the ascent rest on it.
How the seven weekdays got their planetary rulers: the skip-of-three derivation from the Chaldean order, the planet-names hidden in the days, and a weekly rota.
The seven alchemical metals and their planets — silver-Moon, gold-Sun, lead-Saturn and the rest — why each pairing was made and where the sources disagree.
A beginner's guide to Hermeticism: its roots in Roman Egypt, the Corpus Hermeticum, Hermes Trismegistus, 'as above so below', and its afterlife in alchemy.
The four alchemical stages — nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, rubedo — as a map of inner work: what each stage feels like and why citrinitas is often skipped.
The sixth Hermetic gate: Jupiter, tin, and Thursday — how greed becomes generosity, tin's role in bronze as alloying, and the shadow of the great benefic.
The fifth Hermetic gate: Mars, iron, and Tuesday — how reckless audacity is separated into tempered courage, the martial metal, and rubedo's fire.
The Mercury sphere in the Hermetic ascent: quicksilver and Wednesday, the vice of machination distilled into straightforward speech, and Mercury in a cast.
The Moon sphere in the Hermetic ascent: silver and Monday, the vice of waxing and waning refined into constancy, and how Luna appears in a 128-state cast.
The seventh Hermetic gate: Saturn, lead, and Saturday — how despair becomes patience, lead as prima materia, nigredo, and the summit before the Ogdoad.
The Sun sphere: gold and Sunday, the vice of ruling pride conjoined into humility, the citrinitas turn, and Sol at the centre of a 128-state cast.
The Venus sphere: copper and Friday, the vice of illusory desire fermented into clear-sighted love, and the green lion motif read with care.
How planetary hours work: the Chaldean order, day rulers, unequal sunrise-to-sunset hours, how to compute today's hour, and their contemplative use.
The soul's ascent through seven planetary spheres in the Poimandres: what is surrendered at each gate, the Ogdoad, and why descent is also the Work.