Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition

Glenn Alexander Magee's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel was decisively influenced by the Hermetic tradition, a body of thought with roots in Greco-Roman Egypt. Magee traces the influence on Hegel of such Hermetic thinkers as Baader, B?hme, Bruno, and Paracelsus, and fascination with occult and paranormal phenomena. Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition covers Hegel's philosophical corpus and shows that his engagement with Hermeticism lasted throughout his career and intensified during his final years in Berlin. Viewing Hegel as a Hermetic thinker has implications for a more complete understanding of the modern philosophical tradition, and German idealism in particular. more

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Posted: Sep-07-2008

Guilt by association

"Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition" is something of a disappointment. The author, Glenn Alexander Magee, argues that the well-known German philosopher Hegel was an occultist and a Gnostic, or rather a Hermeticist (the author defines Hermeticism as different from Gnosticism). If true, this would...

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Posted: Dec-23-2007

Hegel as Absolute Amatuer

This book came to my attention after reading an article on myth by the same author, which contained some references to Julius Evola. I'm always interested in finding 'mainstream' academics taking Evola seriously, and finding more references to Evola in this work, I purchased it and found it to...

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Posted: Jan-20-2003

Sphinx in a time machine

This beguiling work opens with the statement, "Hegel is not a philosopher". As we go further we see this is to mean that Hegel is expressing the perspective of Absolute Knowledge, in the echoes of the Hermetic tradition. This book is a bit of a tour de force, although perhaps unsettling to those...

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Posted: Dec-15-2001

Hegel as Theosophist of the Rose in the Cross

Professor Magee has added a crucial dimension to our understanding of Hegel by showing in abundant detail the deep and life-long influences of hermeticism, alchemy, the Kabbala, and various forms of theosophy (the ancient wisdom) on Hegel's metaphysics. He quickly dispatches the absurd idea that...

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Posted: Sep-04-2001

Hegel the Occult Thinker

This new study of Hegel by Glenn Alexander Magee is a brilliant piece of work on numerous levels. Those who have been daunted by the language of Hegel's philosophical system, or who find it otherwise obtuse and impenetrable, will do well to reapproach him from Mr. Magee's perspective....

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Posted: Jul-19-2001

Hegel the Initiate

Glenn Magee's HEGEL AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION begins with the audacious assertion that "Hegel is not a philosopher"--and then proves it. Hegel is not a philosopher because he does not claim to pursue wisdom, he claims to actually be wise--and he claims that in becoming wise, he has brought God's...

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