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Title: Hermetic Society
Thou hast shown parental goodwill, affection, friendship, and sweetest power, granting us intellect, speech, and knowledge; intellect so that we might understand Thee, speech that we might call upon Thee, and knowledge that we might know Thee.
—From an ancient Hermetic prayer
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Now in its 24th year of continuous operation, the Hermetic Society is the Hermetic Fellowship’s lecture and discussion group exploring a broad range of topics in the Western Esoteric Tradition, meeting monthly in Portland, Oregon since 1988. The Herm. Soc. meets on the third Thursday of every month (with the exception of October, and of months where the third Thursday perchance falls on a major holiday, such as equinoxes and solstices).
2012 Hermetic Society Schedule
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21 January—Isidora Forrest: Ritual, A Rite of Offering to Hermês & the Nymphs
In keeping with the current theme of ancient Greek religion, Isidora Forrest has created a ritual honoring the God hermês and the nurturing and inspiring Goddesses known as the Nymphs, in which we will participate this month.
(Note that this is a Saturday rather than our usual third Thursday date.)

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16 February— Neal Hevel: Lecture, The Theurgy of Iamblichus

Neal Hevel will introduce us to the crucially important Neo-Platonic philosopher and Theurgist known to his contemporaries as "The Divine Iamblichus."

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15 March— Stephanie Ezat-Panah: Lecture, Aristotle

Stephanie's presentation will give us an overview of the thought of one of the most influential philosophers of all time.

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19 April— Adam Forrest: Slide Presentation, The Pagan Angels of Late Antiquity

Beginning with an Oracle of Apollo from his presentation last December, Adam will take us on a tour of the place of Angels in the worldview of Hellenistic Pagan religion in the early centuries of the Common Era.

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17 May— Marlèn Conrad: Slide Presentation, Archetypal Imagery in Jung's Red Book

Marlèn will share her deep familiarity with the psychological insights of Carl Gustav Jung to help us find our own way into the depths of the rich and beautiful imagery at last made accessible with the publication of his Red Book.

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28 June— Scott Rassbach: Presentation, Greek Monasticism & Hesychasm

The Current Greek Religion series is wrapping up with Scott Rassbach's presentation on Hesychasm, Greek Monasticism, and Esoteric Connections. When we in America think of Christianity, we often think of fundamentalist preachers talking about how you're going to hell if you don't toe the line. But there is a much older, ascetic tradition that has more in common with yoga, Egyptian mysticism, and Neo-platonic cosmology. We'll cover a little geography, a little sexism, Neoplatonism, Sufism, Yoga, the Devil, mysticism, transcendence, and a conception of God and salvation that is quite different from what we usually hear about in the West. (Note that this is the fourth rather than our usual third Thursday date, to avoid Solstice conflicts.)

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19 July— Presentation, Introduction to Hermetic Qabbalah

Precís to follow.

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16 August—Isidora Forrest: Presentation, The Goddess in Qabbalah

Precís to follow.

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13 September—Travis Apollonius: Presentation, The Five-Part Soul in Qabbalah

Precís to follow.
(Note that this is the second rather than our usual third Thursday date, to avoid Equinoctial conflicts.)

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October— Invitation-Only Event


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15 November—Julie Casto: Presentation, The End of the World as We Know It

Mark your Calendar Stone now so you don't miss this timely event. Precis to follow.

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To be announced...
A Representative Selection of Past
Hermetic Society Presentations
Bullet Adam Forrest: Workshop, Olympic Planetary Magic(1988)
Bullet Steven Marshall: Lecture, The Grail and the Tree of Life(1989)
Bullet Joseph Wolf: Lecture, An Introduction to The Chaldæan Oracles(1990)
Bullet Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Minoan Religion(1990)
Bullet Sandra Tabatha Cicero: Slide Lecture, The New Golden Dawn Tarot(1992)
Bullet Panel Discussion, Paganism and Occultism in the Renaissance(1992)
Bullet Ross Taylor: Lecture, The Sepher Yetzirah(1992)
Bullet Isidora Forrest: Lecture, The Greek Magical Papyri(1993)
Bullet Paul Bingman: Lecture, Giordano Bruno(1993)
Bullet Adam Forrest: Lecture, Angels in the Hermetic Qabalah(1994)
Bullet Linda Dies: Lecture, The Black Madonnas: The Origin of Mary in the Ancient Goddesses(1994)
Bullet Adam Forrest: Lecture, Vagabonds of the Spirit: Benandanti, Witches, & Astral Travel(1995)
Bullet Isidora Forrest: Lecture & Demonstration, Maenads & Maenadic Dance(1995)
Bullet John & Laura Obendorfer: Slide Presentation, The Hermetic Tour of Greece(1995)
Bullet Lorain Karol: Slide Lecture, The Labyrinth(1996)
Bullet Steven Marshall: Lecture, Laboratory Alchemy(1996)
Bullet Isidora Forrest: Slide Lecture, Symbolist Art and the Occult Revival(1996)
Bullet Ross Taylor: Lecture, Sacred Geometry(1996)
Bullet Linda Dies: Slide Lecture, The Dark Goddess in Renaissance Art(1996)
Bullet Nestor Perala: Lecture, Insights into Tarot(1997)
Bullet Bob Fountain: Lecture, The Qabalistic Cube of Space(1997)
Bullet Jay Buckingham: Lecture, Neurological Effects of Ritual and Meditation(1998)
Bullet Portland Art Museum, Hermetic Society Group Tour of the Egyptian Antiquities Exhibit(1998)
Bullet Joseph Wolf: Lecture, Abramelin and Honorius: Two Theurgic Grimoires(1998)
Bullet Isidora Forrest: Slide Lecture, The Goddess and the Golden Dawn(1998)
An Archive of Previous Years’
Hermetic Society Calendars
The Hermetic Society is now archiving its calendars of presentations from previous years, beginning with 1999.


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