Hermetic

The term "hermetic" may refer to:

• Hermeticism, a magical and religious movement stemming from the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus
• Hermeticism (poetry), a literary movement in poetry started in Italy
• Hermetics, the deliberate use of esoteric imagery
• Hermeticism (history of science), also refers to reconstructing the mode of thought held by 17th century scientists
• Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, an initiatic occult organisation that first became public in late 1884
• Hermetic Qabalah, a syncretism of Kabbalah within Hermeticism
• Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a 19th century occult society
  • The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc., a modern occult society
• Hermetic seal, an airtight seal
• Hermetic detector, a particle detector with large-angle coverage, designed to observe as many particles from an interaction as possible.
• Hermetica, also known as the Corpus Hermeticum or Hermetic Corpus, a corpus of Egyptian or Greek literature
• Hermética, an Argentine heavy metal band

See also

Hermetic Globe.

Globemaker James Bissell-Thomas has invented a third globe to accompany the existing Terrestrial & Celestial Globes, which he has rightly called a Hermetic Globe after Hermes Tristmegistus. This interesting globe represents both the image of man and the image of the world as discussed by Hermes.

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• Hermeneutics, the study of the methods (the "art" or the "science") of interpreting texts