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Hermeticism, the Poimandres, alchemical stages, and planetary time — the frame behind Septem Portae.
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 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.
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 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.
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 planetary hours work: the Chaldean order, day rulers, unequal sunrise-to-sunset hours, how to compute today's hour, and their contemplative use.
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.
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.