Thoth-Hermes: 3-Fold Avatar of Hermeticism 4-part course with William

“Wither shall I look when I praise Thee? Upward or downward, inward or outward? For Thou art the place in which all things are contained: there is no other place beside Thee: all things are in Thee.”
– Hermes Trismegistus

Drawing from classical Greek, Egyptian and Arabic texts, William Kiesel will present the various forms of Mercurius as manifested in the Western Esoteric Tradition. Legends of the deity of writing and magic as Psychopomp, Messenger of the Gods and Alchemical Magus are represented including the iconography, magical tools and mercurial formulae which may be employed by the modern Qabalistic magician.

Thoth also shares his role as a Lunar god of magic and writing with Isis and Seshat, who will also be briefly discussed in this context. The series includes practical arcana for the ritual use of God-Forms, Invocation, and Magical Texts of the Patron of the Magical Arts. Texts under discussion will include The Emerald Tablet, Corpus Hermeticum, The Greek Magical Papyrii (PGM) and the Papyrus of Ani.

This course is updated and expanded with new material that was not included when William presented this topic in 2022.

William Kiesel has walked the path of esotericism for over 30 years. His practical experience and historical knowledge of occult literature and culture draws from such diverse disciplines as Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, Qabalah, Thelema, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, and Ceremonial Magic. He continues to study esoteric symbol systems in religion, mythology and folklore in historical and contemporary contexts. William is a natural teacher and good orator with the distinct talent of making the enigmas of esoteric symbolism clear to the curious. He is also the director at Ouroboros Press, the publisher of classic texts of Western Esotericism.