Hermetik
Bodenbild am Eingang des Doms von Siena: Hermes Trismegistos (Mitte) mit den Personifikationen von Orient (links) und Okzident (ganz links).[1] Die Hermetik bezeichnet eine in der Antike wurzelnde religiöse Offenbarungs- und Geheimlehre. Der Name geht zurück auf die sagenhafte Gestalt des Hermes Trismegistos (griechisch Ἑρμῆς Τρισμέγιστος, „dreifach größter Hermes“), einer im ägyptischen Hellenismus entstandenen synkretistischen Verschmelzung des griechischen Gottes Hermes und des ägyptischen Gottes Thot, der als Verfasser der sogenannten hermetischen Schriften und als Urvater der Alchemie gilt. Als Hermetik im engeren Sinn bezeichnet man die Strömungen, die in unmittelbarer Tradition der antiken Hermetik stehen. Im weiteren Sinn ist „Hermetik“ ein Synonym für Alchemie und okkult-esoterische Lehren überhaupt. Hermetisches Schrifttum[Bearbeiten] Herkunft[Bearbeiten] Die überlieferten hermetischen Schriften oder „Hermetika“ sind zwischen dem 1. und dem 4. Hermes Trismegistos[Bearbeiten]
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Meditation? Meditations!
In the above article, to which I might come back again in a later posting because I believe that it contains a few very valid points, the author makes a claim about buddhist meditation: namely, that it is a highly unreliable tool and can even "exacerbate depression, anxiety, and other negative emotions in certain people." Now, I certainly think that this can be the case; most books and articles I read on the subject admit that there can be issues, and that people with severe mental problems should probably stay away from meditation. In my personal life, meditation has had a tremendously positive impact, so I cannot attest to anything else. But that is not entirely true. The more I think of it, the more I conclude that meditation is not one thing, but many different things. If you sit down to meditate, regardless of the method you employ, there will always be thoughts passing through your head.
It Happened So Fast... (A Word of Warning for Aspiring Meditationists)
When I got into buddhist meditation, I was in a major depression. Regular meditation practice helped me with that - it made me a lot calmer. And for quite a while, it was good. Now, most buddhist writers (and speakers) place a lot of emphasis on being here and now, not blindly following the fantasies, slowly disidentifying from the "monkey mind", the "mindless mind chatter". So, ever so slowly, while becoming calmer, I also got more disengaged from some of my old thought patterns, some of my old feelings. But at some point, I realized that I had gotten more than I had bargained for. A while later, I got into tantra. Now, tantra places a lot of emphasis on being here and now, not blindly following the fantasies, instead focusing on deep breaths and utterly slow motions. That was good, because it made me feel happy, and there's rarely a guy out there who couldn't use some slowness and endurance in their sex. But at some point, I felt my sexual desire floating away. So...
