Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

In Dictionary of Mysticism it is explained that “Hermetic” is now “used to mean OCCULT or esoteric in general....Used also as a noun meaning a student or practitioner of alchemy or OCCULTISM or esoteric science.” Yet another book, A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural remarks: “The Greeks believed Hermes Trismegistus to be the initiator of OCCULT PHILOSOPHY, OF MAGIC. In fact, this was really a composite personage, half Hermes, half the Egyptian god Thoth.” Occultist and psychologist, Call Jung, adds: “Alchemy, on the other hand, exalted the most heinous transgression of the law, namely incest, into a symbol of the union of opposites, hoping in this way to bring back the golden age.” I think it is quite interesting that in The Occult we find: “It is worth bearing in mind that the psychologist Jung, who considered “the discovery of alchemy as one of the greatest intellectual adventures of his life,” regarded ALCHEMY AS THE PREDECESSOR OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY..." [Italics in the original; Caps and boldface added] Other names for alchemy (besides hermetic art) are spagyric art and wai tan. Let’s return to the explanation of the AMORC’s logo for the second point.