Alchemy & Philosophy Reading Group

Hermetic Exploration

Know Thyself is the core precept of all mystery schools throughout the ages and the ancient mystery schools had an extremely sophisticated understanding of human behavior. Carl Jung recognized this and drew heavily from the teachings of the lineage of King Salomon and Hermetics.

The mystery school tradition utilizes two primary tools. The first is adding healing light to the energy structure to clear old patterns and ignite latent potential. The second, is to then replace these maladaptive patterns with incorruptible teachings, meaning that the teachings come from an enlightened mind and have been proven to produce positive results.

These teachings are called keys because they open doors to new understandings that produce better ways of being.

One of the Hermetic keys which Dave Lanyon has distilled into a precept is: "Belief should be the conclusion of discernment, not the premise of it."
Put into practice, this idea is central to studying in a mystery school, which is to approach the ideas with an open mind while testing them out before adopting them as a belief.

Therefore, in this series we will:
1. read a selection of work devoted to a specific topic.
2. find and highlight the keys (there are many!) and compare our results
3. we will test the concepts out in our own lives

ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE WARRIOR OF LIGHT

Ancient Hermetic and Esoteric Teachings for Those Warriors Who Seek the Light

by Sovereign Ipsissimus Dave Lanyon

Like the Enchiridion, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, and the Bhagavad Gita, this work explores principles of self-mastery through the perspective of the warrior — one who must cultivate clarity, discipline, perspective, and strategic awareness amid the battlefield of life.

Principle 19 - Joy