Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus in Picatrix

What is the role of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus in Picatrix? Can we really call the Picatrix "Hermetic?" This video examines all instances of Hermes' presence in the Latin Picatrix, the medieval treatise of astral magic, and attempts to answer this question from three different perspectives.
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[@TheModernHermeticist]

So what do you think, is the Picatrix a Hermetic work?

[@lookinfortime]

So immediately after I finished watching this video, wondering whether the Picatrix really is Hermetic, my roommate opens a box a friend had sent him. Inside is a board game named "Trismegistus." I have no choice but to consider the Picatrix Hermetic now.

[@biff-6603]

The Picatrix exists in an universe centered on a Hermetic worldview therefore it can certainly be labeled as Hermetic.

[@frost8077]

It would be nice if modern books included historical background information such as this. No matter how much information I learn about these subjects, I always feel like I have a couple pieces of a puzzle as I seek out the possibility of other pieces. I'm just glad that plenty of scholars are making videos and/or they're being interviewed on the internet for the world to learn from.

[@3nombresNefecto]

I’m the “ three names in effect “

[@markdpricemusic1574]

Is the Picatrix a Hermetic work? Impossible to answer with any great clarity. Speaking with my philosophy hat on, I'd echo Nietzsche's lament that ''language lies in our way''. Its not just the ''big ideas'' and complex technical language which is a problem: even seemingly simple nouns can be real bastards. We start using a noun for something, and instantly forget that we have approximated a huge amount of phenomena and averaged them out and discarded the differences. It gets worse with words like ''Neo-Platonist'' or ''Hermetic'' or my pet hate ''shamanic'', which bundle up a multiplicity of practices, ideas, people (who were often at eath others throats) and imagine it to be ''one thing'' amenable to defintion. In the UK, even among academics, the word ''shamanistic'' is now applied to any loon banging a drum or shovelling MDMA down their necks. All of which has its place, but it seems unwise to throw it in the same file as Urubu cannibalism, pre-Buddhist Tibetan rituals, Shinto, Norse varðlokkur, etc etc. So what is ''really shamanic?'' or ''Really Hermetic''? Damned if I know....too many Slim Shadys are standing up :) Once again, many thanks for all your thought provoking work. M. X

[@dianedylan5423]

Great video, interesting analysis, love the art and find the approach to answer the question by looking at it from the different angles thought provoking. The censorship took me by surprise and makes no sense to me at all. I don't reproach Dan for it, I understand that he's dealing with the platform's policy the best way he can but it makes me so mad that I can't write a coherent sentence... I can't imagine how irritating it must be for him to work so hard to make the video only to have to insert the beeping and try to talk around whatever subjects might put him at risk of getting taken down.

[@oscarmaldonadonyc9089]

read or listen to the divine pymander, 17 books, than read the Torah and gospel and finally the holy Quran. Thank you, praise god.

[@isaacallen5525]

This will be incredibly useful time I need to cure renal stones! Last time I had the suffumigations all wrong and it did NOT go well

[@danielrowell5559]

I may be mistaken but there doesn't seem to be a contradiction in the recommendation that no offering should be given to the ONE. Only a relationship and gratitude for the ALL is complete and needs no offering, while the 7 planets are creations within the ALL and do have requirements. This is simply being specific in my observation.

[@333STONE]

God thrice great. Threefold are we.

[@Bildgesmythe]

The art work is great. Another awesome video!

[@johnvander8937]

Hi Dan.

[@einlan2506]

🔥 thank you 🙏

[@hellenisticastrologychannel]

Epic content as usual! Thank you for this. Absolutely in love with this channel and use it for asmr sometimes at night. Long time fan. Maha episode!

[@Cholatemilk1]

heck ya dan

[@johnnewton8017]

Imagine my pleasant surprise to find my favorite scholar of western esotericism quoted in Liber 420!

[@TravisTellsTruths]

I appreciate your work. I'm trying to study genuine, ancient Kabala. You seem capable of presenting this.

[@einlan2506]

Thanks!

[@zalanahara270]

This was really good. Thanks!!!