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TheHiddenMind 4 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Disquietude of the Self: Embracing the Ever-Moving Target of Identity 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-25 📄 Summary: E. E. Cummings once urged us to "be nobody-but-yourself," recognizing this as the fiercest battle one can engage in a world bent on making you conform. Yet, the notion of selfhood is far from static; it is a fluid tapestry of shifting emotions, cells, and experiences. This article delves into the philosophical quandary of selfhood—not as a fixed essence but as a flowing river in which our identity continually evolves, challenging the very idea of knowing oneself completely in a perpetually changing existence. 🔗 https://www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/25/fernando-passoa-disquiet-self/ 🗞️ Source: Maria Popova 💓 #PhilosophyOfSelf #ExistentialThought #IdentityFluidity
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TheHiddenMind 4 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Brief Biographies of the Gnostic Saints 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-24T16:00:57+03:00 📄 Summary: This illuminating article unveils the essence of Gnostic wisdom through the life and teachings of Laotze, also recognized as Lao Tzu. Living between 604—531 b.e.v., Laotze was a venerable Magus whose philosophical insights were immortalized in the Tao Teh Ching. While the pure teachings have often been diluted in later Taoist practices, his original doctrine persisted as a beacon of spiritual truth. Inspired by Crowley’s invocation of the word "TAO," this piece invites us to reflect on the transcendent nature of knowledge that continuously shapes human understanding across epochs. 🔗
Brief Biographies of the Gnostic Saints - Ecclesia Gnostica - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #GnosticWisdom #TaoTehChing #PhilosophicalHeritage
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TheHiddenMind 4 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Reflections on September 27: A Day Marked by Memory and Mysticism 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-14T16:01:33+03:00 📄 Summary: September 27 unfolds as a tapestry interwoven with layers of history, esoteric celebration, and symbolic significance. On this day, the legacies of Felix Yusupov, known for his role in the demise of Rasputin, and Raymond Buckland, a pivotal figure in modern witchcraft, converge with the cultural imprint of Hugh Hefner, a man who reshaped notions of freedom and expression. In the realm of Thelema, September 27 resonates deeply as the day of the Greater Feast, a spiritual commemoration honoring the principle of transformation and renewal through the meditation on Liber VII, Chapter III—the invocation to Jupiter. This confluence invites us to ponder how individual histories and metaphysical traditions intersect, urging a meditation on our personal and collective journeys towards enlightenment and transcendence. 🔗
September 27 - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #EsotericHistory #Thelema #SpiritualReflection
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: February 29: A Day Beyond Time’s Usual March 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-13T16:02:49+03:00 📄 Summary: February 29, the elusive intercalary day that graces our calendars only once every four years, is enriched with layers of meaning that transcend mere chronology. From August Comte’s Positivist Calendar—where temporal markers serve as philosophical touchstones—to Thelemic Tephilah, a spiritual invocation that embraces silence and the sacred pause, this unique date invites us to contemplate time’s fluidity. It stands as a symbol of suspension, a moment of reflection that disrupts the linear flow and evokes the profound silence in which creativity and transformation can gestate. Thus, February 29 is not merely a calendrical quirk but a profound rupture urging us to embrace the ineffable and rethink our place within time’s vast continuum. 🔗
February 29 - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #PhilosophyOfTime #SacredSilence #CalendricalMystery
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: November: A Month Woven with Mystical Feasts and Celestial Transitions 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-13T16:02:00+03:00 📄 Summary: November emerges not just as a marker of time but as a profound tapestry interlaced with ancient feasts and esoteric observances. From the liminal twilight of Samhain and Beltane to the celestial pivot of the Cross-quarter Day under Scorpio’s watchful gaze, this month invites reflection on the cyclical nature of existence. The commemorations of figures such as Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Leonard Cohen, and Albertus Magnus anchor November in a rich blend of mysticism, artistry, and erudition, bridging the sacred and the scholarly. This dialogue between light and shadow, seen and unseen, summons us to consider the perennial flow between endings and beginnings. 🔗
November - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #MysticalNovember #CelestialCycles #AncientFeasts
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: The Enduring Legacy of Francis Bacon: Philosopher, Visionary, and Lord Chancellor 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-13T16:02:04+03:00 📄 Summary: Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban and Lord Chancellor under James I, remains a towering figure in the realm of philosophy and statecraft. Passing away on April 9, 1626, at Highgate, England, Bacon’s pioneering work laid foundational stones for the empirical methods that underpin modern science. Known also as Lord Verulam, his intellectual legacy extends beyond governance to influencing esoteric traditions such as the O.T.O., where his name echoes as a symbol of wisdom and initiatory knowledge. His life invites us to ponder the delicate intersection of power, knowledge, and the pursuit of truth. 🔗
Francis Bacon - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #Philosophy #FrancisBacon #IntellectualLegacy
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: SEE A WRONG RIGHT IT - The Ethical Mandate of the Modern Knight 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-10T16:01:00+03:00 📄 Summary: Drawn from the evocative assertion in *The Diary of a Drug Fiend*—“the whole idea of being a knight is that when you see a wrong it is your duty to right it”—the phrase SEE A WRONG RIGHT IT emerges as a timeless summons to moral responsibility. This concept invites reflection not merely on chivalric valor but the perennial human call to confront injustice wherever it appears. Through the Hermetic Library’s lens, it becomes an emblem of ethical activism, a subtle exhortation that challenges complacency and inspires decisive action towards the rectification of wrongs in all their forms. The propagation of this maxim in visual forms—wallpapers for tablets, desktops, and squares—underscores its enduring resonance in our digital age, beckoning us to embody the knightly imperative in everyday life. 🔗
SEE A WRONG RIGHT IT - MINISTRY OF INFORMATION - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: Hermetic Library Ministry of Information 💓 #EthicalResponsibility #MoralPhilosophy #HermeticWisdom
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: What Is Nonduality And How To Experience It? 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-10T16:01:28+03:00 📄 Summary: Nondual awareness transcends the ordinary bounds of consciousness, inviting us to glimpse the profound unity that underlies all existence. This elevated state pierces beneath the illusory surface of reality, revealing the seamless interconnection of all things. It beckons the seeker towards a subtler perception, where dualities dissolve and a harmonious oneness is intuited. 🔗
Lee Bladon | Holistic Therapist, Spiritual Life Coach & Somatic Therapist
What is Nonduality? And how to experience it
What is nonduality? Nondual awareness is a higher level of consciousness that can sense below the surface of reality to experience the underlying u...
 🗞️ Source: Lee Bladon | The Awakening Coach 💓 #Nonduality #Consciousness #SpiritualAwakening
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Scarlet Man: A Speculative Reflection on the Men in Aleister Crowley’s Spiritual Circle 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-08T16:02:05+03:00 📄 Summary: The concept of the Scarlet Man emerges as a contemplative counterpart to the well-known Scarlet Woman within Aleister Crowley’s esoteric milieu. These men, often overlooked, served as vital accomplices in Crowley’s magical workings and spiritual awakenings, embodying roles that challenge traditional narratives of mystical partnership. This speculative category invites us to reconsider the dynamics of spiritual collaboration and the multifaceted nature of influence within occult traditions. 🔗
Scarlet Man - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #OccultPhilosophy #EsotericStudies #SpiritualPartnership
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Queen Elizabeth I: The Enigmatic Sovereign of Silent Vigilance 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-08T16:01:44+03:00 📄 Summary: Queen Elizabeth I, often crowned with epithets like the Virgin Queen and Good Queen Bess, remains an enduring figure of regal mystery and intellectual complexity. The renowned painting of John Dee performing an experiment before her encapsulates the Elizabethan spirit of inquiry and arcane knowledge. Her motto, "video et taceo" (I see and keep silent), resonates with a quiet, potent wisdom, inviting us to reflect on power wielded through observation and discretion. There is also a modern lens suggesting her identity might encompass complexities akin to contemporary understandings of sexuality and identity, enriching the dialogue around her legacy. 🔗
Queen Elizabeth I - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #ElizabethanEra #MysteryOfMonarchy #PowerAndSilence
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Swimming in the Evolutionary Currents of the September Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-04T16:03:01+03:00 📄 Summary: As September unfolds, we find ourselves immersed in profound evolutionary energies, culminating in the Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse. This celestial event serves as a powerful catalyst, encouraging us to embrace transformation and illumination within our personal and collective journeys. The eclipse invites reflection on cycles of completion and new beginnings, urging a harmonious dance with the cosmic rhythms that shape our existence. 🔗
FULL MOON TOTAL Lunar ECLIPSE in PISCES 9/7/25 : dissolving + rebirth
ART: AMRITA,2025 MYSTIC MAMMA | MIJANOU MONTEALEGRE LIMITED EDITION PRINTS HERE dear hearts~ we begin the 9th month of September swimmin...
 🗞️ Source: mm 💓 #CelestialWisdom #LunarEclipse #SpiritualEvolution
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Reflections on the Eternal Dialogues: Insights from the Story Title Index 🗓️ Published: 2025-09-03T16:02:02+03:00 📄 Summary: The presented Story Title Index, drawn from a mystical and philosophical tapestry, offers profound contemplation on the human spirit’s journey toward understanding the divine. Each title—from "A Handful of Dust" to "Jesus and the Name of God"—signals a timeless inquiry into faith, existence, and morality. These narratives serve as mirrors reflecting the paradoxes within the soul, the dialogue between the earthly and the transcendent, and the profound quests that define our shared human heritage. They invite readers to meditate on the intersections of revelation, doubt, and divine encounter, thus illuminating the perennial search for meaning in a world woven with mystery. 🔗
Story Title Index - Tiny Tales from the Sufis - Laura Gibbs - Hermetic Library
 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #PhilosophyOfFaith #MysticalNarratives #EternalQuest
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TheHiddenMind 5 months ago
📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Why the Mind Matters: No Free Will, No Guilt, Thus No Innocence? 🗓️ Published: 2025-08-28T10:22:00-04:00 📄 Summary: In a profound critique, Michael Egnor highlights how materialism—the doctrine that consciousness arises solely from physical processes—is seldom robustly defended in intellectual discourse. Instead, dissenting voices are often marginalized or "canceled," betraying a silent dogmatism underlying contemporary views on the mind. This suppression raises essential questions about free will, moral responsibility, and the essence of innocence in a worldview that reduces the mind to mere matter. 🔗
Mind Matters
Why the Mind Matters: No Free Will = No Guilt — Thus No Innocence
Materialism, Egnor says, is rarely defended explicitly; rather, objections are brushed off and prominent objectors may be Canceled.
 🗞️ Source: News 💓 #PhilosophyOfMind #FreeWill #MaterialismDebate
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