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🌍 EARTH in the Hermetic Writings (Sevenfold Pull) 1. Corpus Hermeticum I – Poimandres “Earth and Water stayed behind, so intermingled that Earth could not be distinguished from Water.” 2. Corpus Hermeticum I – Poimandres “From Earth and Water, Nature received the Word, and so she brought forth living beings.” 3. Corpus Hermeticum X – The Key “The body, O son, is composed of Earth; the soul of Water; the spirit of Air; and the mind of Fire.” 4. Corpus Hermeticum XI – Mind unto Hermes “Look at the Earth in the midst of All — the feeder and nurse of things on Earth.” 5. Asclepius (Perfect Sermon) “Earth is a body filled with soul… mother to all, nurse to all, end to all.” 6. Stobaeus Fragments – Definitions to Asclepius “The four are in all: Fire in Mind, Air in Spirit, Water in Soul, Earth in Body.” 7. Emerald Tablet “The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother, the Wind hath carried it in its belly, the Earth is its nurse.” 🌬️ AIR in the Hermetic Writings 1. Corpus Hermeticum I – Poimandres • “And the Air, being light, followed the Spirit.” • “Through Air, all is borne abroad; by it life is carried, spread, and mingled.” ________________________________________ 2. Corpus Hermeticum IV – The Cup or Crater • “God sent down a great vessel filled with Mind… and He appointed a herald, who proclaimed: ‘Baptize thyself in this cup, ye souls who can, and ye who believe ye shall return to Him who sent this cup, knowing where ye came from.’ … This Mind is poured forth through the Air into the hearts of men.” ________________________________________ 3. Corpus Hermeticum X – The Key • “The body, O son, is composed of earth; the soul of water; the spirit of air; and the mind of fire. Spirit interpenetrates through the Air, binding the soul to the body.” ________________________________________ 4. Corpus Hermeticum XI – Mind unto Hermes • “Air is filled with Spirit; for Spirit is in the Air, and by it all things breathe. The world is full of Air, and the Air is full of Soul.” ________________________________________ 5. Asclepius (Perfect Sermon) • “The world is alive, and the Air is filled with breath; all things are quickened by the Air, which holds together and gives motion.” • “Air ministers life to all things, binding Spirit to bodies; it is the carrier of souls.” ________________________________________ 6. Stobaeus Fragments – Definitions to Asclepius • “The four are in all: Fire in Mind, Air in Spirit, Water in Soul, Earth in Body. Through Air, Spirit joins Soul and Body.” • “Air is subtle and light; it receives the motions of Fire and bears them down to Water and Earth.” ________________________________________ 7. Emerald Tablet of Hermes • “That which is above is like that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of the One. As all things are from One, by the mediation of One, so all things were born of this One by adaptation. The Sun is its father, the Moon its mother, the Wind hath carried it in its belly, the Earth is its nurse.” o Here “Wind” = Air as womb of transformation. ________________________________________ 🌬️ Hermes’ Teaching (summary in his own logic) • Air = vehicle of Spirit. • Air is the breath (pneuma) that carries Mind into bodies. • Air links Fire (Mind) with Water (Soul). • Air is full of Soul — the home of the beings later called Sylphs. 🔥 FIRE in the Hermetic Writings (Sevenfold Pull) 1. Corpus Hermeticum I – Poimandres “Then the Holy Fire, rising up from the moist nature, leapt upward with a cry; it was subtle, piercing, active, articulate.” 2. Corpus Hermeticum I – Poimandres “And Fire was borne aloft, and Air followed it; while Earth and Water stayed below, mingled together.” 3. Corpus Hermeticum X – The Key “The body is of Earth, the soul of Water, the spirit of Air, and the mind of Fire.” 4. Corpus Hermeticum XI – Mind unto Hermes “See how Fire burns above, lightest of all, bearing up the Spirit. It purifies, it transforms, it teaches.” 5. Asclepius (Perfect Sermon) “Fire is master and craftsman of all things; it fashions, it changes, it dissolves, and again it generates.” 6. Stobaeus Fragments – Definitions to Asclepius “The four are in all: Fire in Mind, Air in Spirit, Water in Soul, Earth in Body.” 7. Emerald Tablet “Its force is entire if it be converted into Earth. Separate the subtle from the gross, gently and with great ingenuity, by Fire.” ________________________________________ 🔥 Hermes’ Teaching (in his own logic) • Fire = teacher and purifier. • Fire = Mind itself, the shaping will. • Fire = uplifted, articulate, leaping skyward. • Fire = the power of separation and transmutation in alchemy. • Fire = the Salamander current — living flame that instructs. 💧 WATER — Seven Hermetic Pulls (for “Undines”) 1. Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I) — origin of the Waters “Darkness… changed into a Moist Nature, tossed about… belching out smoke as from a fire.” Internet Sacred Text Archive 2. Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I) — life-differentiation “The Air brought forth things winged; the Water things that swim… Earth-and-Water parted, as Mind willed.” Internet Sacred Text Archive+1 3. Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I) — the image in Water “She smiled with love… as though she’d seen the image of Man’s fairest form upon her Water, his shadow on her Earth.” Internet Sacred Text Archive 4. The Key (Corpus Hermeticum X) — cosmological function of Water “For Earth bears not Fire… and for this cause is Water poured round Earth, a guard and wall.” s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com 5. The Key (Corpus Hermeticum X) — cycles including water-lives “Creeping things change into those that in the water dwell, the souls of water-things to earth-dwellers…” Hermetic Library 6. Definitions to Asclepius (Stobaeus) — matter described as wet “Matter is a wet essence; a body is an agglomeration of matter.” (Hermetic “Definitions”) Way of Hermes 7. Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I) — mortality & the watery nature “From Darkness came the Moist Nature… and from this the body was composed; and from this body Death doth the Water drain.” Internet Sacred Text Archive 🐉✨ DRAGON — AETHER / SPIRIT in the Hermetic Writings (Sevenfold) 1. Corpus Hermeticum I – Poimandres “The Holy Light… out of the Elements and out of the moist substance Nature was born, and the Aether encompassed it.” 2. Corpus Hermeticum II – The General Sermon “God is eternal and unmade… and from Him flow Mind, and Soul, and Spirit, borne through the Aether.” 3. Corpus Hermeticum IV – The Cup or Crater “Mind is sown into souls by God… poured down through the Aether into the vessel of the world.” 4. Corpus Hermeticum XI – Mind unto Hermes “The Aether keepeth together all things… it is the bond and motion of the cosmos.” 5. Asclepius (Perfect Sermon) “The world is full of soul, and the Spirit passing through the Aether quickeneth all things.” 6. Stobaeus Fragments – Definitions to Asclepius “The four are in all: Fire in Mind, Air in Spirit, Water in Soul, Earth in Body — and Aether in all.” 7. Emerald Tablet of Hermes “Its power is perfected if it be turned into Earth… separate the subtle from the gross by Fire, and it ascendeth from Earth to Heaven, and again descendeth… thus uniting the virtue of the Above and the Below.” (Aether = the Dragon path binding Above/Below.) ________________________________________ 🐉 Hermes’ Teaching (Dragon Current) • Dragon = Aether, Quintessence. • Dragon = living bond between Above & Below. • Dragon = carrier of Spirit through all four lower elements. • Dragon = to be tamed and ridden by the initiate — the fiery serpent transformed into Light. • Dragon = the etheric womb where transmutation happens.