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Seon, Hereiis appears n s proper orm as paganismspeiay he GreoEgypan synhess o Anquiy. he nheren synreism o pagansm e n ae Aniquiy o a eiru o

nerpreaion ("Interpreaiol) wherein a ors o poyhes wereonaehe Cei an Norse Roan, Persan, Inian eenChinese panheons were enie wih eah oher an exhangemees aross as geographa expanses ine by Aexaner, heS Roa, he sea anes rom Eas o Wes an ie ersa

hir, Hereism is monohes Jewsh is presen om anno be unersoo wihou a grounng n abaah an Angeo

og. ereiis is Chrsian (eg, Rosiruian; s Isa (heIhwan aSaa, Jair In Hayyan he Shie gnosis he gusagi e hen Hereism exens no ye more poyheisms inuis shares is synreiss, an een China aops hesuphurerur heory o ahey or perhps orgnae i Who nows?

!ermeis proes mehos or re iniaions by angesan s I has no nee o auhoraran us, bu aso no nee oee raiona auhen on ieoogia or ogai grounsI an be p raie aone, in groups he Aexanran o Rosanmoe or ongregaions ( , he Sweenborgan New Churhopny o n sereas par o any reigon or use hem awhou oang is raiiona ineg You an say ha suh ini

aio s orhoox wihn he raiion, whih s no a reigon bua moemen o grea opexiy. I an be paie wihou ormaraning I new an ahems in Iran who eae wha o o byreang, bu no wihou re experiene

Hermesm aso inues siene Aone o a aihs i an aen epiria approah o sieneahough no maeriais. Manyaspes o moern sene wor we wihn a herei paraig,

suh as quanum mehans he Gaa hyphesis Chaos heory,eoogy, a eh n a. ener, eran ines o onsousness(rain/n suies e A goo siene s poeniay herei; irue an eegan, hn aso neessariy symo ermeiism proes hereneui an heursi ees or separaing goo sienerom ba ress; or exampe, on one han heaing hers, on heoher ha he aignan ehnopahoray an is Obnoxous

Mahne, as he Lues ale i



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Herets has a specfcally Green orm o srtaltyasared theor o artha deense the boyand t gestates all

these wthn ts tradton not as l ater addons. Where does th e heret dea o the ng arth oe ro n the Corpus Hemetmthe onet s nt t lear. Sme arts o the os see ewth a Gnost Dalst hatred of the ateral worldand n atarts o the tet were ond at Nag Haad t other arts othe work whh s learly nt b one athor see resoltely anthest/onst sh as the Adepiu whh sed n Latn an wasnown to edeal eetsts. s a or o NeoPlatons oose lmately Herets reets radal Dals soe sort oeanatonst sheme st aoodate a ew o the ody aslow and dark erhas bt not searate ro the sol or roSrt whh s etahysal bt not alen as n Gnosts lassal Hermets saes the sare natre o Natre t only

barely What a glooy era! Eerone denonng rde oldashoned agans

Ithe arth sealty-n a ontest to see whh

hrh yste t or hlosohy old ost olly slander thebody. hrstanty won

The Heret deense o arth and a o orse by etensonthe body really rses agan ro the Renassane Neolatonroet whh eressed a etaton o the Gnost roblewthn lassal Herets sans Po no and rnodeended the lng arth aganst the worlddessng asets ohrstanty. odyhatre wll retrn agan a nd agan to han t theoltsts and ystsbt the Renassane retaton alsoreans ale wthn the tradton and has always roded t wth aaet oenng toward soe orm anthest on and

natre elgonPagans no longer aeared to the Renassane ag a a so

atng onserate re t be eroe bt rather as an etngnew (re) dsoery and delghtl ersete of lberaton roean reresse asets o hrstant For soe a reor o theUnersal hrh was mled whereas ertan other radals ahae let the hrh altogether.

Panthest ons r anenthest onsm desrbes the hlosohal ston the roEarth tendeny wthn Herets.h t G t t b



e s n e on. e eec oson wssaene n sgge gans e ConeRefoon wb ne Bno e se an een ebe Desaes ans son o f e n ese e b e cga n of yoAgsnn as w e cons fo e eewoew

In ny se eecs cn ws n s ws efoese f ca nge an e e ne e se bse s s no onog b s ee I beee e e fge s Paess boas o ac bcng e e s n s gn s e n e nes n a e ca/scenf c b so s osoc c eosoe n og n n fge Mn of e

sees o e Rccns au, Rons nGeen s e fs coece n sown b aess wos aso one of e ees wese eess o nfene een as we s be nfence b . sc n Jews acess oe n aacesn es en s an Aabc nsaons of s boos can be fon n o bes nIsnb see B n o n aces s s eoes n e eena n

ge of wesen ce n Paess esea s e fsRonIn s s oneoy eecs n nee ye

anoe eocs of s own soos Aboe a s be saeno n ce esonse o e sse of Cesnewonnes wc fo e o esee onses awose ene n e noscs o een e nqUson eecss o n soe of e wos ases of ecoogyso beae n e eo s ec fe Mos of e e no e fa of e eess b o f ose wo soe e sec e san so e o oweeoe e Boe n Newon. e es of ese efos wo be Geen e ec s

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II A MOAIC OF HEMEIC IMA

The Ed Tb f eme Tigitu i and tnlucentThe healdic cl f eeici bece he highe cl in

alchemy (the than ed a in the Wet) Luinu black ndeeald geen the tw Pphetic cl ae t be elied pgyically; and pehap the Philphe' Stne in thi view i bhpgyic nd vegetl itelf geen gen f blck like plant f nd th ganic athe hn ellic (lthugh f cue flchey mel ae al live)

Khe the een Mn wte piit heb nd flwe bl

in hi tpin he i ptn f plnt e i cetinly l ptnf alcheit nd heetic it exmple f the bledpape mke f Tukey) He i l ptn int f the eclgiclvement like St. Fnci. e dee all in geen (althugh withed he Ive hed)

he Ikhwn alf py t the Sunjut like the lexndinHemeticit-ut like idan Bn nd Th Capanelland Mili cin nd Chle Fuie Viible deity f the univee they clled it

Chitin Ryc ge t Dmcu nd Daca in the Etand t Fe in Mcc Pcelu i initated in Cnntinplend viit the Tt nd Mle The Ricucin dcatepece with Judai and Ilm.

Pcelu Swedenbg nd li wee l pfeinl ining enginee

Eliph Levi (R ad Do o Hh M wa a fllwe fChle Fuie. The get dmieih l influenced ad deNeval Budelaie nd Ribaud. e nineteenth centuy HemeticLeft lead diectly t Suelim. Silly a Rntic Left exited in

emany and England-think f din Shelley Byn nd eineInuenced by vulg ateilit Mxi the Left ha dly

ended t epe the emy f i wn piitualit But many adical nw n lnge believe in Pge nd the technlgical fx.Nw that the SSR i dead nt even Maxit believe that the nlyimpant quetin bt the en f pductintechnlgyiwh wn it? Wht left f the Lef etun nw t the ncet



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eclgiss like Kpkin and Thea, even e Max w lved ead ab Ameican ndians

We need b he myh ha Magic and Rmanicis aesmehw inheenly eacinaya my delibeaely spnsebh by Saliniss an Idemcaic" cal hisians lie saiahBein as a fm f iphalis absism

N ha axim has cmbled ne vic lds e field:Enlighenmen Rainalism's geaes vicy e Fee Make asinexable la f nae he nly pssible dialecica negai f

is esis I ink! s cme m he lngabandned and evenepessed emeic ef an fm Rmanic cience and fmspiialiy Green Heetcism.

This asay is n ean as me han a sggesin f a d ase; pehaps f pssible diecins f fe hemeic pecs.eain den scieiss cld have been menined, sme fem cnscis Hemeiciss, a leas heaVily inflenced Thepeic and aisic ealm is als n peipheal ee qie cenal nly Heeicis f all aiins ecgnizes a as paxisae an as ee axilia "spp f cnemplain Hemeicis defines iself as a- A

een eeicism can e e basis f appach hecming evelain e ceen spiial vemen a cnsi

es e nly imaginae alenave nedig degadain fEah and hmaniy

V ORENTALSMO OR

HERMS CUPURSE

Hees appeas a all cssads as mecan, hief an lingis.His pah as always invlved apppiain Syceism Thef

Te Tais Yellow Emperor's Scripture f the Hidden Tasman descibesmal bglay as he fnding pinciple f e nivese aheaven an maniy all seal f each he. Te ceve ief

lie a se in he ganay seals ih seeing seal bhe eall gea ief acally gives sehing in en, resrb�ute, lie Rbin d he hees he Wate Margn (See



Gren Hermtism -

"Mutual Stalng y Zhang ]yu n Taoim ad Ecology, Havar,2001)

A ranch of y faly clas dscnt fro an ghtnth cntury

rnch hghwayandandy nad Claud Duva, who awaysnstd a volnst on h�xpdtons so h could danc y oonlght wth any far ads chancd to ro H wa� gvn to fts ofudcrous gnrosty and ca '� to th usua Bad End But as LordKns sad, n th long n w al do Short vs can dns wthntrst and satsfacton, a trs lost to todays d stuldrugs

and dca zd Mthusas ual was a ypo of Hrs asp�rssnatchr to quot Gordano Bruno) rtcs tsfappars as a path, or prhaps a uscal tssu, of dfrnt urglars(A quot fro ja uscan Rahsaan Roan Krk who onc toldStv An h got all hs any horns fo "dffrnt urglars./

Syncrtstc Hrtcs s usually dsssd y odrn hstorans as Lat and Dadnt But as soon as anythng k Hrt

cs gan to hard ofts prchos n Pythagoras andPlato-t had alread asord Ornta wsdo fro Bayon andEgypt-"always araand not ust n at Hllnss days ndvopntast hstorography th ILat s a to apparsohow spold and pur "progrss longs ony to th Classcal orgns of scnc" or whatvr, an to th Modrn, ts cunaton

Sothng of t sa sprt ss to hav nfctd th occasonaly acronous "dscours of rcnt PostCoonalst andSuatrn Studs. IAppropraton" has assud th stats of ataoo and al attpts at ntrprtaton ar sn to uncovr nothng ut th mauvae oe of th ntrprtr Translaton tslffals unr sspcon Infunc an ffson ar dnd On th

lv of Oria of cours ths argunts hav som rt-utprhaps th ay of th Ornt s ng thrown out wt th athwatr of Orntas A stc Ornt has alays Xstd, vnprhaps spcalyn h Ornt tsf To dffrntat thsnoton fro Orntas I a t Orntaso

A kn of Orntal Roantcsm crtany xstd for nstanc nughal ndaa worldvw (ncung a cutur) root n coparatv ystcs, th cuts of ov ad art, and n a comonvocauary of ags (ros, nghtngal )



"

Ineresngl he Avcennan ecal raon ahere o b raonal Mosles n Ina an Iran s calle ree ibb- Yunani

an haespeare woul also have recognze he reforeParacelsan alchecal verson of hs ecne also reache heEas P aracelsus an he Roscrucans clae he learne n heEas n he frs place n Consannople Fez an acar o s Occeal or Orenal

Orenal Roancs helpe creae Wesern Roancs Inrouce chvalrc roance an roanc love no Wesern L-eraure I nrouce alche an he Herec scences hewhole GrecoEgpan raon o he Lae Mle Ages Inrouce ceran e poes o ceran e exs he Lan ranslaon of he Persan ranslaon of he Upanshas n ll a Blaeslbrar for exaple or oehe's Hafez aons or chlegelsreang of r Wlla ones I nfluence Wesern Roanc

oes such as Poe Fgeral Eerson an aes Clarence MangnHeres conrols cuncaon language self as crossroa

An crossroas are alwas haune sacre an forben a hesae e angerous bu profable for hghwaan an erchanan alwas he locus of ransacons (X ars he spobeween here an here N / / E / W eve nersecon a copass

rose You gh sa Wesern Roancs realze self n heagon of s esponse o he Enlghenen an Insral Revoluon n an agn, a alecc Bu Orenal Roancs evenuallalso realze self n sruggle agans colonals oernsWeserns neopurans an oher upheavals an casrophesIn fac he sruggle culnaes for boh schools aroun he saee he en of he egheenh cenur he wo oveens hsshare an agonsc aspec (he sae enees) an coon sources(eg Herecs he sae ancesors an he sae alles

ncres never xes hs an ha erel for one o conqueror sube he oher In sncres xure s eroc a aer ofuual aacon ara hoh he Mughal prnce enfe ourufs an her Veana as one n a spr of love He e for

arre b hs own broher Auregzeb crowne puran bgoUner Abar I sncres resule n a new sesecre relgonhe n Ilah an arsocrac an poec verson of he counless



HindMom, SfiTn ivi nd yncic oc of Indi c Kbin Si Lingy Sd-

d, Bngi B c.Long bfo HindMom mix nd GcoBcinnd Kn Dyni Gcoomn gnim w yncizwi Bddim,

Hin

i m, Zoinim nd Cn Ain -mnim. P dur

i od Hmic id fom Wdy md wi l1 in Moomin nd gyininfnc cd Indi "gin wi cmic nd oogicd goodnd vn wi ny divin Mcy i c-ognizby Hmic i iv i Hindim o i dy Conmo-y Wn Hmici od no of i iving iniioyoc

Syncim in i my b vn mo ncin. T Scyincnnbi nd d c d fom Cin o Fnc wy

oid "ioic noic, xc by Hodo) T Mgiicc of big on co vy, gging ninbDiffion. T B C in wc b i woid nd cificd mng o ii cn b fondmo idni-cyin n mog Ain of Hoido) nd NwWod g, Agonin) Cic my m o v imi-

i mnn A B) cin cd BA in mny ody n c vidnc fo bci vn fond in Nnd v nd bi i "indo n figin fond fom Sin o Sibi Amb ni on x w dd ov Poiic o nd AiT od gn Ine/Jeta wby on o diy i idnifid wino w no invnd by Axnd b ciny go bc

o Noiic "" God) obby o PoiicIn i viw, fi img of Hm wo b biddmn i ibidd To) fond in on of cv o Dodogn

Sc i of xm n o g o of nd n xfoiowd diio ooion in yncic/mic y Hin-

im in i vividy xbn o fom cn odc i m vigino nion of mch finy bow conc byovwming "piv viin" wi bo xc Syn-



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Dennatr avress temntn tut erene terean e n rg o n ura arage n ree ve

eteen regns an ees armn reures erent tnes,nt nnes. nrets vaues te rtutus msransat n justas Herets vaues eran ase etges ased n aast ra e e Renassane seneart eem g arse te arratn and stransatn gtan ergs.

r tat atter, Ftzgera Persan etr t us stransatng t Pund v Cnese etr t us mstransatng t.Rea trans atn urs trug te s r t nt te etter, an nt vaan ur rtx an sar urt ransatn srane Flktaes are never transate te s aear 01 n te guse e anter anguage eres s te n trans atr anguage tse n ts vne aseta tte aas aguus an even evseause as Bake sa evertng as ts

Frm an ts etre In te er Kunrat6 e see eres egan s areer as a saeess rkr ea stnes n te rner se Araan meaete n te r an eera untan rs astsures entn a ree ae at ne ust stareneang r tree ears ereun a strange srtrttensrt na e dserne n te ver t snustes tak an eue te at reang s text sas/ e sr-ture unmeate b nsusness an rrtn anguage nnaturetext as mrauus ntat re Kunrat as ag ne nt n te ver sae te mst eaks ast an-sae anngs ut as te ver sae an untn te

Rsetta tne ng e re ts svero as Heret gea sarks eera res r te unan , as rk s a te s ese green sarkes are ettersan rs metars tat arr arss se arangust asr te r ean ng t te r exresn Green re sree n Heres, a nk eeen nature a s seeessness an N'sh as se as antrseant munatn te sark

eteen u a e, r u and se treeReg us and ag r t ngera s a rt ngassue s te

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THE MRAD ABL, tlphhearum saiif a1 j h Khuh

at Bgen ae an e t un eneat) ke te au anaa e auue at e nane. etan exet n Terma an at exe-gete agae n et me tng n natue tened n a k enae n tee enae n u ate Natue natueng (aua ) -

e ng a uman et ane u nee aunt te n ntue te m untan . anguage anguage aCuang u ut t anuage eak tut eakng Pente taga a an at t t ng ut e t u ng tue een ta; an Heet t eea a eamkeut ung ne an ann u text e ea ae tte unatna t Heetm a nete uan aut

n gn a e n aea n a an ten atn . I t a untan tat at ke etan eak n at anae



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aeri ois, soe ors, sappropriao a reappropriao oruios israsaios a apocpha

e presue ree oa o he Eera Tabet s os, soperhaps he oria as i Epia ierops is o o ie Copus Heicum bu a e aeae ha cope os eua o us abaah a ac Heres Trsesus hise h ie auo s a sress o aoaebu, pia Toh Gree Mercur a soe eiie Epiaacet o sco or seres or a o Epa achests Reassace pcures he appeas as a oriea sae, roe aeae

a e sh o eauate here is o h purt o soe oroo hat as eer rea a hat pure, bu raher th. Herecis s a ape, a coecor o spiriua bessesa aso heAas ae here she aes her paaoxica sueraea es

s Mche ees pos ou hs r, e hos ues aparase or sbioe ar a o a os o Heres o strceea Te oss ospai cosss o a aecica oruua et ha reeas se as secret recproci Te Threeraces ho pass e i aos esees i a coa rouor poac soize e oriia Goe e conoy oj GIfas aer eie Marce Mass a K Poai e sses cir

cuari ca e iscere i e rua trae o s aos tearoaus o he acic Isas see Maosi

Moe-ch Hees aso ruespaoes tis circuari aeproc The returs o e er bu e coi crcuatieiu oes o reur o e speer Te co is a circe uas o aces, ie a hocre or cea ois are excae uhe ru he Git, c is ual th· Mo is a zerosu aeus as proper s uuua het

Herecis ca e aeorze as a ier par os ras ao o e Sypoiu ca e coare i e aaz acbaue see b Qee Lier i e ynrooh Polcopee ih recips, or e Rosccia arriae east i Thhcl Wddng o hn Roycro Cooer e is a or o

ache as e rea coteora eeicoSueais paera coo eoora Carro reaie e se aurae haca ier paries i Mexico he 1950 For he coo a



n c 1

artist, th gust or vn t ungry parasit has grat valubcaus th ift has no xstnce wthout both gvr and rcivr

without rcpocity th third tn t syntss. In potlatc thvr gains mns prstg r rathr potic status (sogs arcoposd to nsur th onor's ortalty); lik t faous Arabost Hatj aTay t ivr bakupts hslf but is rmbrdas a hro by hs popl

hs is th spirit n whic Heticis "approprats or vnloots all traditons to ak tslf . tatradton a and syncrssor ountain of all txtualits trnslucnt and grn with lif

V. MYCOHRMC

On th lvl of tchnoloy Hrtcs shold lay claim on anpircal bass to vrythin t can us-onc its bn subctd tot basc Luddt tst: whtr or not t hars th coonalty1Altrnat tchnoloy in otr ords Hu aancs hav bnad h sinc t 960s and 7s bt th plcatons ar alwayscsd by Capital which sipl cannot s any tch not conducv to prptual conomic growth John and Nancy odd call tisalt tc th w Alchy an thir own wor in biofltrngsysts fo polutd war crtanly dsrvs to b considrd apfct xapl of nortis Hr w arriv at ral ardscnc not only bcas ts lgant but also bcaus t wors tsnot as "ffcint as powrdrvn swa tratnt bcaus tdosnt wast rsourcs nor ak ug profits for corporatons

On t Bg ory lvl ticis shold appropriat all wirdst and ost ondrful findings of quantu mchancsaos and coplxity mind an conscousnss stds biologybals and thnobotany nochmistY an psychdlcsarc cology and rlatd sincs oorpology tc t

hypothss and so on A cornt hrtc approac is

d spcally a framwork fr nw catgorzations of now]· A aiy fndd thin tan ight lp

soft scncs mgt also b tan ovr and rforlatd



2 -) REN TICS

enoogy such as he ne sience of anscania MagnetiStilaion (ih has validaed uch of the ork of Anton Mes-

e, who was of ose a Hermetcis) or te varios psyhic ds-coves behind the ron Ctain'1 MKULTRA eoeveing ..all this belongs o a wold that has always been halfheet, halfiiar/intelligene ever snce John Dee adviseQueen Elizabeh and Walsingha he Spyaste on yphes po-aganda onsiousnessanageen and image ag Moden

aertisng pbli edcation an oher mass eda eerge o asadowy ord of bainwashing spin doctoing opinon conroland percepondisoon tha Giordano Buno woldve reconied iediately as agia he new Heeiism is de]lysited o operae in tis orld to un i upside down to use ehieroglyph cqu agans t to hallenge al fors of onsousnesenslaveen, to iberate r the age thh te iage to each

the asses about age agi an take ove the eans of iaginalpoduionhe ay Room, as Wlla Boghs calld i

"agic doesn't wok hereas NewonanEinseinan physicsdoes ork Bt wok is a curse as ven Gns cheefuy aditsso pehaps tha which doesn1 work, o at least reains n the reaof abgitY ight prove o conan a mitzvah.

n any cas Heeis should a once eor itself by seaingall the holisjc aspets of sience and technoogy useful to itscause It an do s a he ore easily bease ch classialode scene ws n fa appopraed fro Hereticis in efist place especaly by Neon Boye and he Royal Society

ystis and egion are constanly rying to ecuperatewteve sienifi paradg s in ahon; h Big Ban eqals ce

ation ex nho, for instance Bu the poerlessness of ysiis andeven egon in elaon to he poe o apia and state and teagi f oney often akes hese clas see paetc athetan asterfl, as if od needed appoval fom NAS o soehing. ven so the wok of poplaers he Tao of Physic,Qua! Tanta he New Alchemy, haos gi, ean play

a uulative oe n hipping away a the onolih of coonsense aonals and offcial consensus reaity erhaps we

should prefer exubeant iationality o dead Rasons deahgip



Green Hmeticsm " 6 3

eins s e hn expeiene e igh s e i psyheei.

n Fe be nes ih he en neYing eph f e se engine? We e sil 'homme machine he sexis ngge y he been eiine ine fe! b ny s pf gn pje ei en in he Gb pise fpnpiis ge e f he hse n gen n in ebs The by ses is ing ps bees pehe hn ie Ihomm gnom ehnis s Fe nfe f se s he "We n see h he hn byn n he se engine n n een he s he fishine eepe b piis ii Feeii Clin and thWtch). An he s

The pin is n whehe gi wrs n es n eisi ee sibe i b is e beiees. he pin is

h ny he gi p. he eei pig n be hepiiy beeen siene n ney, he iegi nspy Ubehinggehe f ehngy n eh n he semeiis ins ses n he si ee f e nignifine n he ee f iiy n inseniy A sienef biphii fe pssess highe es n ee

eni effiieny

Myodao

Fungi are amng nature's ost pwerful decpsers Secretingstrng enzyes ungi can nt nly break dwn wd and rganc

atter but elminate chemcals and bactera as ellExperents cnucted wth yster ushrs have demn-

strated their aazng ablty t brea dwn petrleu. Ples earthcntaminated with desel fuel wee inculated wth the ung, whchthen grew trug tem Later testng revealed a 90 percent reductn n cntanant levels The powerful enzymes in te fung ha

eectiely ben dwn the desels cmple ydrcarbn ch(nsint sper harless parts f hydrgen and carbn The ushrs that grew u the tc pile shwed n resdual traces



4 " RN RMTICS

In coffee production, the coffee berry s the waste product Riversn coffee-producng regons are often polluted by caffeine that

leaches from piles of disardd berries. Oyster mushrooms havebeen gron on these piles successfuly destrying the pollutant hl creatng a econdary crop Oyter mushrooms have also beenfound to break n PCBs. Turey tails another common fungi candegrade doxn entachlorophenol and chromate copper arsenate

(From "Lw-tch Bioediatin by St Klg and Stay Ptigw, n

Eah Fl, Samhanul 2004; s www.hizlJctivrg)

Grn plants can also b usd to hal sick sol by cleansng t ofhavy mtals and pollutants"a procss calld phytordaton Inon sudy two crops of ndan brassica grown on a tst plot in oston Massachustts, rcd lad lvls in th sol by 3 prcnt

Howvr on problatic aspct of pytordaton is th dsposal of th havstd plants whc ust b tratd s hazardouswast du to thr hgh lvls of toxc tals Incinraton cratstoxc ash whch ust tslf b dsposd of at an xpns probablywll aov th valu of any prcous tals lk gold which migt

b rcovrd in th procssThs problm dosn't xst wth ycordation bcaus

mushroos brak down mtals nto lnts You can at mushroos grown on poisond sol but not grn plants Th authorsdont s aazd nough by ths fact whc sounds alost lkagic Alchmsts antain that transutaton occurs rgularly nnatur Thy say that chckn ggs contain or calcu thn hnsconsu In Iran an alchist told that gold can b scrapd n

tny quanttis fro th tth of dad shp Ethr grass contansgold or ls th hp transut rass nto gold h suggstdhytordaton would s to indcat th frst hypotss asor plausbl (L thrs a bizarr but ortodox xplanation orth phnomnon)-but ht about hony? Hony s always bna favort alchcal symbol not only for its amazing proprtis

but also bcaus t rally is a product of transmutaton Or so sayth Hrmtcsts; bochmss would dsagr ut can thy akhony? Mycormdton s of cours a biochmcal opration not



Grem Hertics ." 6:

Recently a fascinaing conroversy has arisen in axonoic sci·ence re mushroos plants" or are they so different fro greenplants as to require their on Third Kingdo' Ive read thatycology reains in its infancy and is still shrouded in tery. Asingle fungal enti with all is underground ycelia can outweigha whale aking the ushroo the largest living inhbitant ofEarh Spore invasions fro outer space have been ooted and notjust by the epigones of Gordon Wasson an Rober Graves

Ive spent a good deal of tie in a castle in County ork reland which is not unlike our own Hudsonian bioregion, where afriend turned the forer sabls into a ushroo ar e specialized in oter ushrooms for the gouret restaurant trade (greawith scrabled eggs) Nearby and al over Ireland one finds /pookies or Ubert Caps a variet of psilocybin apparenly native to the

Briis sles Aanita uscaa is also found in Ireland Osterushroos transfor poison into ood pookies ransfor the quotidian trance of inatentivenes into realization

Green plants are also rich surces or psychoactives; ushroosare not niue n this respect Plants an ushroos see to pos

sess distinct personalities or personae; eperienced by the psycho-naut as dscarnate intelligencs quite o�side oneself relaivelyauonoous epistemologicaly active they know things onedoesnt knowi in shor hey appear o ee all the reuireents ofbeings of the Muns ginais: they are subectively obective.

silocybin ushroos are faous for hei Jelves Friendswhove taken Aanita uscaia maintain that hey shouldn becalled hallcinogenic or psyhedeic" he fly agaric they say is

!sehing else"erhaps, as asson laied oa itselfold the ycoreedial power of ungi be relaed o he effect

of certain species on he hun iune ste known to Taoistctors for illennia? Only t uneducated dupes of pharocapi-ls still believe that mode edicine is beer than herbs andions the phaaceutical egacorporaions theselves are

aming the ngles looking for witchcrat reedies and shaan< w to steal and copyright

e neednt rake over all e work 01 ethnoycology ush



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e n Ploughing th Cds: The Sach f Ish a Ci ige e ee i i n negi yhts. I

gge eng n emeiin eng nge eg e e ie ne e gener ru ee iene een e. e mgP e e ii n n in n re . ) n ee eee e e een neee n ephantat4, nng nk eir rnree k ene n e g. rn e e nin nen rene Aanta aa innein A n N I d P e e ie i?w e in ire n ne i n een, e Gne, mne, n nne ne e en e ee ek e?A e e ee e re gr ee n

kng n n e Rn e e n ennknwn e e ee en ene nerne e knege eei eng ee evi e e "x nerrI nin mnze Ci Ae ateaprima n e n n n dng ' eeim nge in g en iene ke e nen e gi

n e e e e ig ee e nge 9/1 t, e e nmn ee e ey im,e eng n g in eng r n ne kng e ex gni n r ung neng n ee menn eng neze m n ng ne p se e ee

ee e n eree nire eizenne In I u , eie eeen n nn e r en e ee, n m n ize e ne e e g e ne e e whe lan n n ne e "e ngeen •

n r e i ee n n

ng Y gt ng n ng n nne n e e e g e n n men d gen n n e nrm e n i



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lieally o you ca cable i ih egg ad ea i No)odeheyve bee ohipped a god The chola Joh Allego ahough o be i ae he he ide i fied eu a a uhoopehap he ae ade afflic ay haa a ellad ayheeici ould be quie coec o iclue he fugal yeie io Gee Hemeicim ice mhoo ae gee Bclea ly hey belog o he ciece ee popo ig Theefoe ugge a all bu epaa e field ihi he ciece ad ge hee ycoheeic a i ae

(Noe: Fo a bief io to ai oig i bioeediaio cha Mel hi ee he Alcheical Gade by Ay Lipo ecoapace, a greeueuog Fo ycoeediaio ee he agieial ad almo ecyclopedic Melu Ru Ho usoo ap ave te Wo by aul Sae Beeley Te Spee Pe 2005)

VI SHINING-TROUG (TAJALLI)

The ual eho fo he hi i g· o gh of he divi e i o� ae (e g aed gla ell a bi o Pla o ave a i f h e o lcoiued a ci of dead bu aluce mae ou l igh hie ha he gla ad fo he acheype; ha coloedhado aeial ig ae le eal ha he gla o he lighThe paial aalogy ee cluy The uiaia pv ipulaeha mae al hig heelve ( i of ad fo hemelve ae p he hiig·hogh The gla eapho upac (ad ed ooe ad foge he oi gial uiy o f l igh acheype ad objec

Th e Sufi ae alay hedgig ad hufflig aod hi poile y b e accued of he ey ( icaaioi oi ic pahe i aioiai Alo ay Sfi poe ae lieally ould ladth eade i hi dilemma. Hece all he edle apologeic ad

of he ohodo laic yic ad he ae i ue au foll ogaied elgio ly aiiic hamaim ad

id of pagai m ca deal opely ih he cadal o f ajallhe oohei eligio oly ycei ad heey ca

o a lea aep i bu oly a he epee of ou



6 8 .

Heetc uually eace u ough he le o Ahctoo the fteri ea tt eae u om e aga

ogal Bu he ga oga ey ee hough Go c a woleyg extee Dua o ough eoPlao oe ul e ea o ajall he"eole uvee o vg Eh c be e o ext ke heEmerad Tahle o ce ec o o te Corpus Hermecum. e ea thee n nuce ut ocue by oc ut of l fe a te Pag

wolweeCuau Buo o co a1 eoe a eoec eeeuc o exege (a'w/) o e eec teal e tue o uee o colle e ua a eoe the ea of te lgEh eg te ol ybol ew lgh eve ag otuou eo egg e eogyh o exale): exege

e lgh o ec tcl exeece a exee te haea auo Bola te oe ee beg hee te aga y woh e wo Rece Heetc uc� te deJee o Ear

log oe l e o eveloet h ew gnts o Eh ehua ea ow eay oe cece' e Elgee,oal te eoulg a echate o e uveeate eucoa at l o the teate o at ea e o oeg o be coquee Bu o ate e ofeveloete cetal but ogote le lea o hePaaceocuca coueElgemet o alle ghee t you ollow ace Yae ee o oac cece weeog Novl oee Naurooe, eche

woe uegou occult ovee o the egteet a etee cee (clug e euocecea oxcaly ow o ce age eeato o otNewoe cece e

e atoa co o e aa exeece e aeve cee e coex o te ohooxy of cal a

eoEghee atoltc oga o eucg elatoo oey elao e acag oo o e leaceble yte og chotoc l ocoue



" 6 9

eee no onger er o he Inquon. The proe eswh wh yu ee Modern Deoray aows ou ny rand o

e n heky you ke. The ea 01� s no onger onerned where opnon u wh pereon nd proproepon.

Unonouy or onsoy ha derene woud ke he power ruure he weer o ms are onned ha wdespred e o enheogen woud use a h o pereon wyro he word o ded maer orgned no oode and

owrd he wod e eauu arednd drey hreaened y Money nheren og o greed and growh. aye hee o he Drug Wrror e a hunon Cernyhey oee ehe que rrony. Bu hsor and nhropooga da ugge oherwe The Wrrors he a d pon .Cern pn do ee o e hun onoune.

han s he suppreed onen o re gon Tha prodes he u ha whh s hen onopoed y hepres o he epes hen ordden o he ere h hensupressed nd na orgoen. Regon he uppresed onen o deoogy een dae aer ased on ao o

ahnd ed o he esa hen o a Churh Ideoog s hespreed onen o Posdern a ha nosga or aegore Rusan do .

ny Heres n oeroe or ede h dreaduarheoog o he de beue ha kep or redoeredre aess o su h wks o haan dre eperene oehnques o esa de sado an eooga ene onouneshe tejaW o ng rh Here one re

reorued re ed n rpped o s aure hough no sere us appropra hoophy he sene nhnque o onsousnes nd reoneue he n a her wordew wh man ren ehs

h as wok n ony e rred ou y ny nd oer uhb, u oud egn wh horea work wh he herng

o o oheren eo No noher orhodoy u o no pnereas nor ere ade urns We nee reg



70

wag ad acto Poltcally tcm ould bac toud adcal tag aaclu ddg t Paat bl

lo Buo matyd at t tak Blak t voutoa Dud,Cal Fou ad Utopa ocal t uatt ltcoul d

c oy atally t wok o ol tay v oa adctt t alo bac ot goup wok ad ocal toy lxada tct ad a comuty a dd t Ikwa aaa ad t cool o Jab ayya ocuca ay v

av xtd t ltal t o t ogal mato a act octy but t ctaly poo a oca pogabao toac ad altuwt volutoay mcato ou a toa ocalt dpct a utu wc tcg t tao ot atu ad uaty ot ot to uct o o o o t old ocal to but o have a ocaheoy. gt o t alady ovou at a a u t utb a d at Ctal t dtal w ca a out lat

Ovouly "otc o watv t wll co to calld caot acv paadgatc uctoalty tout dalctcgagt a cla ocology o cc a cla vw o oyad t alg tc og; a a ctqu o tcoload udato o tcocac a catv N� lcy

wt cla ut No o t obl ud Captal tcau t tat t otto l o ot o v Poptytl l tat t vry pcto o alty ay tocaptal total taa aagt o cocou

dal ocal roup o tc o papgt t "tk takuvat o t Dak g oat. ca k o "ak j t duta o a cool ady oo

o wat wt to tp o a ou d a w wa ll adlotu, o a a ltay ak o a auau o a ga tak . Nodout tadtoalt would p a t uc a "vbl Colg wol pot th tme woud to kp t ro tugto y aot oyal octy ll g out to t ul g paradgFudg mut co o outd Captalut outd Catal o ud Catc 2 3 .

A pott tup o tc wou e t dcovy o actv acat guaat o o l to duc t aja



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exerence. But what am I sayng? Many such sacraents alreadyexst and are forbdden. en the hamless H aoa of the Zoroastrans ehedra has recently been banned by the Feds To beeffecte n the hermetc sense the phnsc must be exerencen a structured set and settng or een rtualzed n entheogencceremonalsm n order to bng out ther ll otental for conscousness transformaton. In efect an entre culture needs to becreated or cocreated wth and around the entheogenc exerence Agan a great deal of work has already been done on th,

and we ostmoderns are n an deal oston to use the ast creately hs cultural creaton tself a for f socal agc theNolan B unon nan sense could be one subject of the Insbleollege-one art of the suberse agenda

Needless to say howeer that entheogenc ceremonal sm alones no soluton to any roblem The e noton of roblemsolg

fals to sere the artcular exercse n theoretal drftworkattete here theory n the etylogcal sense o f son l ookngat, seesearch. he semor rough secret socety, thn tank oI nsble College we hyothesze ould hae to concer tsel f wth

the entrety o Romantc Scence and reen Heretcs not jstwth the queston of jlli. But where conscousness tse lf o sweetloe s deemed a crme, the College ust be reared to thnk

lk a nest of heresy Heretcs Unte as enry orbn used tosay Actually, anarchofederaton mght be better) nyway theresnothng to lose but chans of false conscousness and eerythngto gan the Sacred arth

V I I . C O N C R E T E A N D C E M E N T

he oan Emre nented concrete to soldfy w th the mn u of os a world all too orous and ld to make sace tse lfmore dense and comacted n heay auras that stll hoer aronRoman runs Concrete may een war tme by alterng gata

tonal felds he secret was lost an not redscoered tll he ne teenth century needless to say Paradoxcally concrete te seeds

t d h t l l



REEN RM T C S

Naal cn wa dicovd in Rondal Nw Yok, cicamid 1 820, and d o bi ld c o Nw Yok i inclding h

Bookln Bidg ha i hogh b hogh o Modnih Rondal bio wa picd and cod wi anal andmin Kiln oldd in h ill a nighl Boccap oaanic mill . og ncovd a n o Rip van Winkl lo inh backwood inc h vnnh : Dch dopoHian d, nawa lav og lgonqian, all idand known o Egnic Tho a h Jk

Rondal' boo ca h ddn acndanc o aiicialoland cn h &H anal did p. collapd aondh villag. olan cn i wak an naal ba ding aking i idal o wni cn caialm wih iillo lighn and aiin cl dploing align alcicaloc o i dologiz coni conciz imaginal an i

o opp h ma wih h hav had im o aionalizd laboNo o a conc bad in il Blak ini vhing ha io and i pc. Blakan gni mn bonding lin odpic vi iona pac ion Rodia Wa Tow o inanc oh conc ana gadn o caz Wiconin and Iowa, oGadi incopl cahdal: o wiho fncion cp on pchic lvl bolizing a a o g wi iaginaion

and vic va. oq onc al nRoan conc av bn invnd b Hmici I

cip p all o Elmnfi in h o o zoln ovolcanic ah; wa a h li l ah in h gavl andchd bick ai in h volcanic i can b n aalchical ai ici al pc on an ipovn o ining of

Na a qkning of h low ovmn lik inan alagmi i wold plain i onanc (bo poiiv and ngaiv wi Iaginaion Hnc alo i in anhon inRo-h dom a havn-h nci o al h god amor ha-agic d o pow Impim

on ococ ncopoa h al o Ma o Ngah god who pid ov wa and h gnc o Ion

g-iVilizaion a hgon-again h ida o pi I iphap no coincidc a cn and ion pand and conacnd pa chang a h a a opiv



Gen Hmtics 7 3

ae uae by e ccee d e ele ee eed b eeel" Cua Dek Enccedi : a epei f e Heec da

lecc Hemeic ece a fll e ad f Pwe (weecuc ae cpai) ve e value eveed fm pece gld fece. Iead f a Twe buildg i e apef duck a elepa (ce ppla i e U ied Sae) we gee iaic pmeea m f pauau XX ceu eualim bildig a mace eape ua cciue

wad aum pleaue dee bu uifmi ad wkw a bi f PM fufu w diac e ae fviewe f e Same Old ig ) Civliai a egemaga Impeiu aga ad a e Rma umpal f eGlbal Epe f Pue apal f i i al Ieaialfm e a "Iy." (Ma mg ay, ecd e a face " SelDeyLa wuld be pible wu feccee e

l Tade Cee Twe. Pue Image MagcNw Redale lipped iecepibl back e lug f

Jui imelee f al a ceuy duig wic e ceeme ad face fell piueue ua wle decl e a

fa miaue Pge k el f elewee Ceeccee mved up e ve Geee Cuy Cemete

Hud Tday ee a ve eay pyci aua up ee la vege f XX ceu aduia pace bed e lg vee valley gay e

u eve i i New Cbe Age capial a ill gwi eed f ceme ad e ea e ld Ecm afm . If eavy du a lm vaed fm u pivilegedeg i becaue e wle wld gwg Geee. Te

deme f mall du ad mall famg New k aallwed fe pead eal eae a bece me impaa pduci, e ved viewed u be peeved r

cfe cflicg e I d wa live ea ayceme facie. I' glad I ca affd bael) ay a aeawee pawl i eef alwa uccefllad evi

meal cce ae pli cal ly u I kw i a luxu. I wa e ceme face wl l pl be ued ff Mec

Meve a uble iama ag ve e wle ccep f



74 - GREN HMTIC S

museuao of he pas gee ousm heage ousm hepcuesque as esouce vew as comod Ae we he coo

es of ou ow Washgo Ig Xas cad? TousspacePasse copoph acs f we add oh g beaufu o he adscapedoes wh a we prsv u o mee auhe cy ad paodc sef-epeseao

B a e sas magao is he wo we ve o soe absacea of des Th ose wo efuse h s owedge ae codeed ove omn ls' dea

cocee cocee

Acua we ow ve sde he dea of moey e sdeoeys ow age of sefwhch accous fo he eee poshua oo of he ew gobas The oos wh whch hs dea s epessed have bee cbeed a aemp o acheve hemaces ow age o sef as pue oe Cocee s eeeough o be shaped o hese absacos hese budgs h

ou ogas So cocee s ues ou deses. Cvaowoudve bee possble Sue whou ca he fs pac ocee s a achemca pepaao of hs cay The oma pe whch pefeced hs pasc eve de as he uacSc Gosc uaus PK c used o ss I we oemsso dug he "a" ages haes uses o cocee u suves ad aways aes ew foms I a sese he Chuch ed o

suppess bu eveua became as he chuches of o-buse) Capasm based o oma aws of popey hes heos sece of cocee

Wo wa ha Joh Smeao who veed hdauc cocee 76 ae of avgaoa sumes he ebu he E-oe ghhouse wh hs amag ew suff Was he he eep of

h e gh who ma ed a mem ad oe fe gh" Was he a RoaSocey eemaso Was he a hef of Heec sece he ser

vce of PoweThe c o vg such a fe woud be o evde a he ao

ech ooges b ase o h ef of Heec seces e a soeeeccy ha Feemaso ad mee of he Hefe Cub adhe Roa Socey Iea cobuso was fched by Chsa

Huyges d 6 ohe scefc sume ma e who dsoveed Saus gs opposed ewos opuscua heo of ghwh a wave head desged a ege o o gupowde



G 7 5

eplosos upode as aiued o he alhei RogeBao ad Behold Sha u he leae i o Aa he

e i i s h o leae i o he h ese ho used i o eo iede o (ad s l l do) Too ad he ues go ie up ih ee Th e ied o evade ivli ai o liv ig lie I dias up i he B -e ae u oud heselve u i he a o oges TheEugeis disoveed he ad ade up h e ae Jue ad adei a od o aae al pe ie ie eooeali ied loo ad blood he dopou isolae o

ui ie a oud h ee e uo ied ie ag Yag o he EagleNe beaue he ee siig o suh valuale eal esae Ae uh age hals pei odaI ould ae aes Bu Ipefe o eep he oughl see ; i fa I ahe apie o suh aus sel I ie o ge ou o ude he ig o oee addegeeae a io he ue Aeia a of life oe o

oaaHavig lea ed o l ive ihou hese eh ologie i igh hepove posile o eappopiae he ad lieae he i heese ha Gaudi liead oee Bu eve eallug a oe

a alheial see (ee Eliae Fs alhss) ad i asused o eae he ve ai o h e eegee of h egeoi ivi

li o (Hee he uaies o ie ies ad s ih adhe aho ee o all piiives fo he ape of he Eahivolved i iig eal) Revesio o Soe Age eh ad isoauhoiaia tas ee ipoile sho of a "Ed ofivi lia io isel

Bu a lea e a o ulvae a heei iiue of u-ae ad ehiue The oep of he si uildig odisused as a ae of ad lighig o velaio should eelaged o ilude a alheial aali of he suue (hehape) o he bUilig ad is aeial L vig pae eoes a i bioi ue eai odiios ju a ohe ape o evioe ae pollued b poioou ai igh ad oses Loal pe-ode veaula ildig is ala uoh ad ala i

good ase (eg he iga Duh soe houe Eglish a)Vas oeaos of eel ad oee aue egave eegai o aee I uh a oe hieue mus go o he



6 . REN RMTCSh kll id nd fl! Rich h gnccl b c f gnic nd ingnic il gh vl h fcnc cll c nd n gv ddl gn

n h n cld dign gic h hilf n lch ni nd nc gh cll icil cl i f n c nd lvng nhi

k c f n nwl

n f h li f cnc n mcn chc w cgn H f n Fwl, gd n cclnci nd nlgi I w h ckll d f hidnnn cn f w g f Rf nd lm f h Pl ccnic nd wlli b cll q

l vbl nd c bl d nc d viin nd lfg cic v b ibl in lchicl bldng fd wih ll cncin f ccl gnificnc

LYCANTHROP

N i d in ld mc bc nd c f lcn T k dg i l n nn nil i v i nk nh l ll hmn cncn whic Bll n cni lgl f cncn dh

hni cinc f ch bncl hifingRlgn hn cllz kinc dcv in icg innc h gn bdi ll l m d n n vn mn nvin bdl idvn.

Wwlf inn w ic n in nd d DMT cnvnc v xincd in ln wn nd in

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Gren Hemtics 77wolves eales and imainal beats that inspied these seet soietieslate popuat Euoean herldr ommemoatin aiaes

between babaian anestos an vaious beasts o weebeasts 01-as with Ameian ndian ansthe anestor themselves wee animals one upon a tie O adoted b animals, wolves pehaps l ikehe foundes of ROA (AOR bakwads; wolfhilden Ja!1auvag, who onstitute a kind of eroti subset o f su leend.

Childen, even infants, seem to know about these beastidenti

ties instintivel even now in a wold whee eal wild beasts aeneal nev seen and even doestiated anials have beomeae. Possibl this "instint" aall esults fom instutions tansmitted non-vebll (and "unnsiousl oe thousnds of eneations of mothes and hilenestues skin teeatuesheromones, faial expessions auasteahin hilden how to

think with animalsand even moe seetl (heretiall) thinkas anials . Consiosness is not o the bain alone bt the wholebod in elatio n to total envioent so also with omunia tion,the shain o f onsiousness

The fist ias wee imaes of anials One stood on a andom steet one in anhatta and ounte six o seven anialiaes wihin imediate siht, ostl bein used to sell poduts The walls of ou aves e stll adone with adoed andeemed beasts.

Extintion of a speies would then eaneall and not justmetaphoiallextintion of 3n aspet of humanit. The ealiest(Neandethal) evidene fo eliion eveals Cave Bea woshipaeliion still patied to o in the "ethnoaphi pesent (e

aonst the Ainu o f Hokkaido o the Alonquians o f m eion who saified thei last saed bea i n t 876). O t anothe wa

wipe out a speies and we'e foed to beoe it somehow to oon suffein in its lae the dodo the assene pi eon And the sudden edisover of a lost speies like the ivobilledwoodpeke feels like paial esuetion tempoar salvation

Ae veetaians an d veans esin to at like animals not kill in and eatin othe animals Pehaps thee is a kind of Catesianismat wok hee a split between the Coito and the solless beasts / I



8 G R E E N H E R M E T I C S M

because hey loed animals or cosdered fleshly aaly oosacred bu becase they arbued t o cosmc el They loged o"rse aboe he flesh" as pure spr; her Perfec sopped eag alogeher, earnng or he Consolaon" of a slow holy sucde.

Dsda ad ee hared or huners has become a class 'hg noder Aerca Hunters are all rednecks and reaconares as aloud local Green polco recenly proclamed. So-dsa enrosofte !ee secrely motaed by mere NIMBYsm and xeal esaealues her enemes are oe armers and huners s hs sck or

what s Naure a theme park? s Naure a obby a sor, an educatoal resource Doesn a subconscous sran of cover fear sudersandg and een atred ofe appear o lurk benea suc poussenens

Capalsm eacerbaes s splt Comunsm (as he hghesorm o Kaptal) merely reenorced he oo o atre as raw

aeral for eplotao A ealthy socety would ae no ee orEnronmenalsand ronmenalsm s sel a sypo ofscess not o ealh Recaton of aure as somehng separablerom hua conscousnesswheher n oder to eplo or eshze always ends oward alse conscousness ad a bad coscence

To paraphrase Raud one mus be absolutely Green Ocourse But "one s be green no as truphal s bu as penerealz always at oe ca ac oly from sckess not fromealth Fauos opms loses eery battle Pessms eer eenfghs e oblged o ac as an an-pessimst, f one s o ac a al l

T e so le medc ne th a mght stll heal he spl between naureas objec o owledge and naure a or so we kwas concoced by Hermecsm wc self s neher relgo oscece bu A and thereore copatble wth all sences andrelgos or wt noe ach sage o alcemy s (among oherhns) an anal: crow pacoc lon, phoe uncorn merador other heraldcytc shapeser or bas/god Hrmetcsalways ound an als good o tn w umer ad gp appro

Waed er de or demonc ybrds rom earles PaleodNeolthc samansms (l ke te brd· eaded man o Lascau) Ths acent relaton somees mafess darly as n e wchs



Gre Hici " 7 9

avens and lions of cetain sains, Sfs an d Zen hemis. Ahoghderived o difeen oos (aybe) he wods ve and veeaning he a o love and he art o hning eain idenica-'wih he vey sense o ideni ged by Novais in Th Dle S' beween conscousnss and nae

Fo Paacess he alcheical dyad of lph and Mecyfailed o sove he poble of he Philosophes one Thee usexis a hid pincipe: Sal he body he necessay esolion ofhe dialecic The ody is also he anial Onl his ipliciy o"iaecic can edee falen nae pecisely by e inega ing iino he divine and he han no js as an epiphenoenon bas essence This iso old be�the go j mnoheio oe pecisey is heeizaion

In Classica Heeis he dialecic appeas as Mecys ad

ceshe sick wih o snakes By a spid weneh cenyeo his ybo was appopiaed by he edical esabshen inpace of is pope sybol he sa o Ascepis which has esnake anial paon o tbe, incbaion of healing eas heAMA shod eihe give back he adces o Heecis o sean i by enoncing allopahi igidiy and ebacing heeic

plais B I digessThe adces aes Hees Heavens eald able o co

nicae pidy even insananeosly a a disance ence eeso Thoh invens wing which naows he scope o speech ino afa ess sble om b akes i ac a a isance in space and ielike agic Thoh is an ibisheaded an o ese a ppeassed

baboon Heal as essenge is also he heald o healdy wih ilangage of beass and weebeass fo exaple a cane wih a sonein is caw sands o he anson fail Rebs is he essence ofwiing n alchey he ebis designaes he eaphodie ielfhe resolion o a dyad s M ees poined o Heres aayappeas as he hid/ he paasie a he dinne abe he cu·

purse as Giodano Bno caled hi anage as heHees of he e ym seals Apollos cale on he veyday he bon eanwhie foea n inening he lye o a

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8 0 " RN RM lSMosmos that rests on urle's bak n everone knows t's turtlesall the way own as the ol shaaness to the issionar who

aske if the worl stans on a tortoise wat oes the tortoisestan onThe harin o f anials an trees iplies somethi n other than

the onquest of nate Orpheus oes not exploit the anials as\esoures" an so they mourn his artyr sinerely oul animals ever be insinere An the werewolfas we know fro ooviesis the ost painfully sinere of all onsters

eoshaanis has popularize the arhai notion of anialhelpers" or personal totes f the pratie setimes veers towarvlar ake-believe savaism or sentienta abiis nevertheless in the lon rn it has positive an even poeti aspetsanperhaps real valii After al its iffiult to ultivte relationswith n ature without relatives speifi kinshi ps an oes of i entity. n this ontext even heral appears no loner r snober

but potent anial mai.Take ranetone aainthe blazon of one branh of y fam

il s it erely a punnin rest" Sottish an Geran heralr isrife with MasoniRosiruian symbols an alheial refereneGenerall serious historians isain it for these vey fanies tslate an eaent The rane is the European ibis o rather he

ibis is the Eytian rane in oern taxonomy All ranes sem abit unanny Their nests are luky Anient Celts an Taoistortals soetimes beae or roe on ranes or kept thirai meiine in rane as The rastons were neihbors ofSir Walter ott ad he epits the in The Ly of t s Minrl ashaunte by a ob li n butler e're also relate to that wizar Erlof Bothwell exeute for pratiin withraft aanst Jmes I an

V of Sotlan [ presue that we esen from some ruii wererane just as other Sots lans laim esent fro silkies wereseals or ertain Frenh failies fro Melusine the famous wereatersnake or freshwater mermai

uh onnetions are useful to Hermetiists as one to aleolithi reaers of venery Art is possession y anial spirits fonsiousness itself arises fro an awareness of eath unknown toanials then all huan ulture ust bein with the mai ofbeoin anial to efeat eath



en Hem � 8 1IX PROTECT YOU RSEF FROM

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IMAGE MAGIC

Mt f the time we cacely wake p pat the inimum awaene neede f wk chl the myiad ditactin fmedia a entetainent Thi i nt hnet leep but a kind flwgae eiace tate f ubawaee in which ene aedulled and i d i lulled

The active imaginatiin all it fm fm deaming t activeceativityhut dwn ad alt uffcate i thi aile atmphee f cypt-tace.

Evey ce in a while we wake uddenly. Peap we expeiencelitte epiphanie intee ei deep aethetic hck/pleae lve, ublie awe, vii, tange cincidence aventuepeak expeience (t qute Clin Wiln ue f tattem) But i t' difficult t utain thee waking entan d

l etime vey painful Nt a l l wkeup call ae niceI u quaitance cnditi "eveyday cciune we ae

bmbaded by image A a culte we uffe iage velad andappac a cii catatphe f imagic atuati AdvetiingPR, pi dcing inftaient eality manageent pli tical and

ecnmic bainwahing (educatn) ppaganda hee mediaicne: we whil i a vtex f imagey mt f it aimed atmanipula�ig u epne i e way

Iage magic the tw wd ae elated f cue can bedefined a the bingingaut f hange in the eal wl thughaipulatin f cnciune by iage.

Hw f xaple de a atieent wk? Whateve aybe aid abt pychlgical behaim and ubl imi nli ty etc teactual effect f an effective ad i akin t agic I t caue acti at aditance by aipulating imageand wd, which fixate teiage a activate them lke el

he hemetic ciece f ma i:' agic wa eive duing theeaiace and epeciay ichly by thee magi: Maili Fcn

Gida Bn and Cneli gippa any f tei wkapea i mde tanlatin ad will epay te eae cle

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conton o te teoes I I use te pescptve language osoul an ust I o so wtout any nteton o ogats

Tees awa oe tan one wa out o a labnt.Potecto o ages! esstace aganst epesentaton anal en aton consttutes ol al te wok I ts not ust a sple atte o autoepogang o psycc seleense. As n cetanata ats tee s no goo eense wtout attac

ts as bot eye and age ae sultaneousl eanang a

e ag beleve ts lteally but t stll wos as etapo eueston s wos to e aste I o age? In oe to ee ustnot ol stop te low but evese t Not just potecto but pj- s eqe

Iconocas as ts attactos but s not te emetc soluton /

One ees onese o te age thoh te age pplcaton o/eetc cte an eoglpc teo eans not ust enal

but eployet astey o te ageNeveteless te st step cossts o stoppng te low e

te "ea ast was coe b te utc aacst collectvelo) to cate te ee o tepoa astc coldtukecuttngout o a ages

Dung suc a eteat te agnaton wll eactvate sel

nteogenc patastca an stll egal a pove useful o vgoous pyscal atoncuttg woo awng wateo wlkn g n oests o ounta ns o antc sex wateve eaks teance a tatonal sptua eteat o a a ove afa. But n anevent one soul ae t a pleasue convnce one's bo as well asone's n

e nt step s h q e cans o ages ust be

boen as Buno sas eep aalses o age copees ust becae out to eoce an ease te powe Ieall we soulconcentate on coplees tat ave obsesse an contole uswtout ou pesson o even conscous awaeness s s te

\ conoclastc stage a ay pove ve panul Net o ultaneously oe evelops tua potecton Hee

aspants a attept epca vaaton o tatonal eetcetos o pscc seeense to potect waeulness agansdg o even attac o algnant oces e ea o te vv



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wrk: we eive ur w igi pwer efee git f igvicti t ee r etig) ee'

i e gic t te ext tep; ut gi tee "tep e iuteu rter t equeti e, t te eretic ci -ece f precti "pekig i iergp Here te experieter revere te fw e ige prject te iker, i ttept t trfr cciue d rig utcge

I effect ti u ike rt it i Nt ip rt i teer ee ut rt i te eetic ee I ur ciet tertit i ciere peci ki f per ut i r ciet( rw iite) ever per wu e peciki f rtit ctivi i ife c e tt ife cretive exprei d c cge te wr wever ut, wever tece

Hwever, pje i fr f reitce git te rcef cciue geet, perp i w eve ttck te Oter pep re w ivve i ci diei ipie pitiue f ige gic

vetu we ut pe fr te eergece f jr prjectivvig pepe t ce i ci cge trug te up

prei f ige gic ppreive cciue iputi it reizti ci rt r te eretic rt f ife Newgic ei e extree ciet) wi w ew fr freitce git te igt cutereretici f eitef, wic pure igiti et pwerfu Gd'git et f cretive igiti! et f ipere et f

utpi pe e wu ike t evii v iepredreve f te ige fw it eturet fr et t ife tpiit

Becue f cure te p�tice f ige gic i ti ee i piritu pt e eeker w eg wit gic etpr wreize tt it re, re it ee t e t te rt i iig

eig! tt te uivere i eued w pper ecerptei r xi Setig ike exiteti ep f fit ireuire



8 4 ' REN MTIC SM

science, a knowledge an At. It demads no reigious affiliaionan cn be pursue otsie all orgnizaions an dogatic stuc

ures requies no rus hough it needs eaches and activistseven ilint ctivistsBu i begns with the indiviul I besows iediate benefs,

not just istant aspirations for social chnge The realiaion hatone has been anipulaed ay be painfu But the goal-enalweulness and iaginal freedosees well woh the is

X. AROMAL BAPTIS

Life per Sf hs a cean sell o i a light and vibrant perfuesuch as hat which emanaes fro a foff eadow of flweingweeds on a vgrant beee or fro he nape of a beloved neck

his scen can oulas death losing onl is indiViduali into general "oo of snci someties noticed in obs of sints oin associaton wih certain pschic ses his scen of pesevaionofife provides a clue o the mseious nue of that "spiiual umi" enione b Paacesus

Odina ui (if genuine) consised o actual powred

umies fo Egpt Unold hecaobs of wapped corpses weehavesed is wonder nything was left fo archaeologiss anduseus Both Chisins and Muslis valed he suff s a cueall and the lchemists wee fscinaed b it Neve having seenn conecue that the aroatic gus used 1n uificaionescibe b Heroos) ust sill have etine soe scent evenafer housnds of ears

n alchey scent constites a i of sou of subsance' Jus asuificaion was though o pesev sou or an aspec of soulnd gant it iortali so he pefue of he dug ua ini·cate is poenc for life is eicinal virue Ficino speas of thehelhgiving poperies of certain odors wheher siple as living natue o copound as i heretic incenses an perfues

he ve exisence of gas (chaos) ws firs ppounded b anlcheist an Helon; J resl scovee dephogisicaedair ogen)b alcheic esech



Geen Hermetics " 8 5

When I pour hot water over good Chnese tea, sch as the Phoenx Brd Oolong (competton grade) that sparked these thoghts,

. ts perfue almost exactly dpcates the breeze that blowsthrgh y ktchen wndow half the year pereated wth amel ange or boqet of all wldflowers, crops and trees to the West,a knd of general zed bollabasse of whatever's n bloo In otherwords, the tea coes bac to lfe; or rather, was never entrelydead l ke soe pharaoh or Zanon i, or omte de St Geran

Ultately Paracelss dentfes prtal a wth t he I mag

naton, or more precsely wth th sbtle bt operant effcacy ofthe ag na t s "shakt" so t o spea t s power For Charles Forersmell was the axial sense, the ost drect and central and yet mostesoterc H e spoke of aomal ay emtted by lvn g bengs ncldngstars and planets "Astral rays and "planetary nflences are hereconceved as aroas That whch orchestrates the sense of sel s

s ltaneosly the most sensal an ost sprtal o f organs, conveyng meanng beyond words or ages, as well as the 1an vtatself

orer beleved that the wreched condton of or presentCvlzaton reslted n part fro the blockage of cosmc aroma1ra whch he cal led the sex organ of planets an d stars The un verse was eant for an aroal jossance now dened t by false

coscosness and oppresson, exepfed nowhere so clearly asn the atrophy of smell aongst te cvlzed and especally the

borgeose u worse was to come The tw:nteth centry cty elnated

even the vestges of the organc hrsesht, garbage, wood soke,body odors sewage, battor and carnel hose n favor of the

odor of that whch never had l fe the achne Of corse even petrolWa once alve even etals have l fe even

plastcs and ndstral chemcals hae lvng analoges or remotel nks wh soe vanshed form of lf-but the ach n e tself has asell perhaps l argely psycc, tha never exsted n natre It hasothng to do wth ether lfe or eath By coparson lfe andath consttte one entty, the acne another, alost an oppote Yo ay say the mach ne sells f nothng bt the alchcalose or gnose) knows tat certan knds of "nothng st nk o f nega



8 6 � G R E EN H E R M E T I C I S M

Whn modrn popl say thy hav no sns o f sll thy anthat thy hav no awarnss of odors, that thy allow stinks to govrn thir subconscious stats. Thy giv no true attntivnss to

odors bcaus sl l ss tavist ic and aninglss in our culturTh rsi dual astringnt stnch of h laundy dtrgnts ost of usus for xapl crats a dismal miasa around us, a fnc against(othr) odos and a dfns against th shafu sls of thsocial body Body odor is considrd" grotsqu (rhas carnivalsqu), an so ar crtain havy organic prus Our idalstat, shut in car or ngagd with TV or PC involvs no odorswhatsovr '

Th circus stins Undrnath its ffluvia lurs an anial �sno longr plasurabl to our hyginic and narrow littl slf-awarnsss Sll is pvsion h bazaar s�inksof spicsut alsoof dung filthy lathr oul dys WalMart slls li nothing onarth Th coodity itslf ay b givn an odor l ik car that ar

srad ith nw car arosols basd on such obsolt fatrs aslathr and rubbr. ial dsigns odrs to acvat unonsiousurgs to sho. ut nothing is allowd an odor of its own vn fod

ur rligions av largly liinatd incns and th ons thatsti ll us it ar suspctd of pvrsion or trroris In y moI ndia rprsnts th ardis of sllsswag, dat, sics, pr

fus, sanctity galorth plac hr strong slls g whnthy di And cildhood i s a ind of I ndia.Now tat v lft t ity find y nos sharpnd, I raliz that

crtain odors (so of which ar not rcognizds such wr distortin g y astral ptions ithr by surssion or isirction

ancint haldaans opnd th outh of a agic idl bydircting toward it crtain stllar and planta ras and buning

bfor it crtain aroatics h soul can b awak to ad aand by scnts bcaus scnts act as agic to th subconsiousinisbl, ipalabl yt potnt ccording to th Latin A.depiusthis is th way huans ma gods a rocss analogous t< th

peter lamborn wilson green hermeticism

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