📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Yes to Life in Spite of Everything — Viktor Frankl 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-06T09:30:00+00:00 📄 Summary: In the profound reflections of Viktor Frankl, we are reminded that the essence of existence rests not on the multitude but on the singular soul. Even in the starkest of circumstances, the individual holds the sovereign power to infuse life with meaning through creative engagement with their own being. This philosophy elevates personal responsibility and resilience as the cornerstones of authentic human experience, revealing a luminous path amid adversity. Frankl’s insight calls us to embrace our unique vocation to realize life's significance from within, thereby shaping reality in a manner that transcends circumstance. 🔗

The Marginalian

Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning

“Everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there is… on each person&#823...

🗞️ Source: Maria Popova 💓 #ExistentialPhilosophy #MeaningOfLife #ViktorFrankl

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Oliver Sacks on the Meaning of Life: A Reflection on Love 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-06T14:22:00-05:00 📄 Summary: The celebrated neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, through his poignant letters, invites us to consider that the essence of life is intricately tied to love — the nature of what we cherish, the relationships we nurture, and the ways in which we express affection. His reflections remind us that beyond the empirical and the cerebral lies a fundamental truth: that to love profoundly is to give life its true meaning. 🔗

The Marginalian

Oliver Sacks on Despair and the Meaning of Life

“The meaning of life… clearly has to do with love — what and whom and how one can love.”

🗞️ Source: Maria Popova 💓 #PhilosophyOfLife #LoveAsEssence #OliverSacks

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Konx Om Pax — Aleister Crowley’s Esoteric Symphony 🗓️ Published: 1907 📄 Summary: "Konx Om Pax," a seminal work by Aleister Crowley, stands as a profound meditation on mysticism and the occult, weaving together enigmatic texts that delve into spiritual awakening. Comprising pieces such as "Wake World," "Thien Tao," and "The Stone of Abiegnus," this volume invites readers into a numinous realm where ancient wisdom converses with the modern seeker’s quest for illumination. The juxtaposition of dedication and counter-dedication underscores a philosophical tension—a doorway to the ineffable. Crowley’s literary alchemy here is not mere rhetoric but a carefully coded symphony intended to stir the soul’s deeper recesses. 🔗

Konx Om Pax - The Libri of Aleister Crowley - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #OccultWisdom #SpiritualAlchemy #AleisterCrowley

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: To Harmonize the Whole: The Timeless Task of Art 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-06T16:01:27+02:00 📄 Summary: Art, in its most profound essence, endeavors to harmonize the disparate elements of existence into a cohesive and resonant whole. This noble task transcends mere aesthetic pleasure, inviting us to perceive unity amidst diversity and to engage with the deeper spiritual currents that bind our experience. Through this lens, the artist becomes not just a creator but a mediator of harmonies, seeking to restore and reveal the interconnected beauty of the world. 🔗

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Kandinsky on the Spiritual Element in Art and the Three Responsibilities of Artists

“To harmonize the whole is the task of art.”

🗞️ Source: Maria Popova 💓 #PhilosophyOfArt #SpiritualHarmony #ArtisticUnity

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Of the Spreading of the Butterfly-Net; With a Delectable Discourse Concerning Divers Orders of Being; and of the State of the Lady Iliel, and Her Desires, and of the Second Vision That She Had in Waking 🗓️ Published: [Date Unknown - Timeless Classic] 📄 Summary: This chapter unfolds a rich tapestry of metaphysical exploration, employing the evocative metaphor of the butterfly-net to contemplate the manifold orders of existence. It delicately captures the delicate psyche of Lady Iliel, portraying her yearning spirit and the ethereal second vision that visits her in the liminal state of waking. The discourse invites reflection on the interconnectedness of all beings and the subtle gradations between reality and vision, desire and understanding—an exquisite meditation on being and becoming. 🔗 [Source Text: The Spiritual and Philosophical Poetics] 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #PhilosophyOfBeing #MetaphysicalMeditations #DreamsAndDesires

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: LAM / The Way: Aleister Crowley’s Esoteric Vision Reimagined Through AI 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-06T16:00:00+02:00 📄 Summary: “LAM / The Way,” a mystical concept drawn from Aleister Crowley’s Liber LXXI, invites contemplation on the nature of the spiritual path. Crowley’s enigmatic figure, LAM, appears as an idealized self-portrait in his “Confessions,” symbolizing a metaphysical journey toward self-realization. Recently, this potent archetype has been re-envisioned through MidJourney AI, creating evocative visual variations that merge ancient esotericism with contemporary digital art. This dialogue between tradition and innovation offers a refined meditation on the eternal quest for meaning in an age increasingly mediated by technology. 🔗

LAM - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #Esotericism #DigitalAlchemy #CrowleyStudies

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Of the Progress Of the Great Experiment; Not Forgetting Our Friends Last Seen in Paris, About Whose Welfare Much Anxiety Must Have Been Felt 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-06T16:00:00+02:00 📄 Summary: This reflective chapter titled "Of the Progress of the Great Experiment" invites us to consider not only the unfolding journey of a bold undertaking but also the lingering concerns for companions last encountered in Paris. The narrative delicately balances the march of collective enterprise with a personal poignancy—reminding us that amidst grand ventures, the welfare of individuals remains paramount. This dual focus echoes the timeless human condition, caught between the tides of history and the threads of personal connection. 🔗

ch13 - Reflections - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: philosopher@contemplative.media (Elias M.) 💓 #PhilosophyOfProgress #HumanConnection #GreatExperiment

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Deepak Chopra: Exploring the Boundaries of Spirituality and Reality 🗓️ Published: 2019-11-17T00:00:00-06:00 📄 Summary: Born in New Delhi in 1946, Deepak Chopra has long been a luminary in the realms of spirituality and alternative medicine. Known for blending ancient wisdom with modern science, Chopra challenges the conventional boundaries between the material and the metaphysical. His presence at events like the one in Bentonville, Arkansas, reflects his ongoing commitment to exploring consciousness. Notably, his provocative comment in the Epstein files underscores the complex intersections between belief, skepticism, and the human experience—a reminder that even spiritual icons reside within the nuanced web of reality and perception. 🔗

Deepak Chopra - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #SpiritualPhilosophy #Consciousness #ModernMysticism

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📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: The Japanese Ethics of Ningen Dethrones the Western Self 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05 📄 Summary: Takeshi Morisato invites us to contemplate the profound divergence between Western individualism and the Japanese concept of *ningen*—a view of selfhood intrinsically woven with others and nature. This philosophy challenges the atomized notion of the self, proposing instead an interconnected existence where identity emerges in harmonious relation. In embracing *ningen*, we find a pathway toward ethical living rooted not in separation, but in interdependence and mutual care. 🔗

The Japanese ethics of ‘ningen’ dethrones the Western self | Aeon Essays

In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature

🗞️ Source: Takeshi Morisato 💓 #PhilosophyOfSelf #Interconnectedness #JapaneseEthics

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Aldous Huxley: The Visionary Mind Between Science and Spirit 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:02:03+02:00 📄 Summary: Aldous Huxley, grandson of the eminent biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, journeyed through the 20th century as both scientist and mystic. Nearly blind from adolescence, he developed a unique lens to explore the mechanisms of human conditioning and the untapped potentials within the psyche. His intellectual scope traversed early alarms about Pavlovian conditioning, the burgeoning Human Potential Movement, and the transformative promise and peril of psychedelic experience. His final LSD session, occurring the same day as President Kennedy’s tragic assassination, poignantly encapsulates the tension between external upheaval and inner transcendence he so often contemplated. Huxley stands as a perennial figure inviting us towards the complex harmony of reason and mysticism, science and art, constraint and liberation. 🔗 https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/aldous-huxley 🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #PhilosophyOfMind #HumanPotential #PsychedelicThought

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Shai and the Art of Divination: Fate Cast in the Dice of Antiquity 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:01:00+02:00 📄 Summary: The enigmatic figure of Shai, synonymous with fate, fortune, and the ordained span of life in ancient Egyptian thought, emerges from a fascinating artifact—a demotic inscribed icosahedron. This twenty-sided die, discovered in the Dakhleh Oasis and studied by M. Minas-Nerpel, serves as a tangible intersection of chance and destiny, with Shai etched upon one of its faces. This reveals a worldview where fate is both a divine decree and a question posed to the unknown, where divination is instrumental in navigating the contours of existence. Such artifacts invite us to reflect on the human desire to engage with fortune, blending the sacred and the speculative. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/030751330709300107 🗞️ Source: M. Minas-Nerpel, *A Demotic Inscribed Icosahedron From Dakhleh Oasis*, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 93, 2007 💓 #AncientPhilosophy #Divination #EgyptianMysticism

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Agathodaemon: The Enigmatic Alchemist of Late Roman Egypt 🗓️ Published: c. 300 CE 📄 Summary: Agathodaemon, a figure shrouded in the mists of late Roman Egypt, emerges as a silent architect of alchemical thought. Known primarily through his connection to the more prominent Zosimos of Panopolis, Agathodaemon’s legacy intertwines with that of Set—the Egyptian god whose identity fuses with the Greek agathodaemon and finds echoes in Islamic alchemical traditions. This nexus of cultures and philosophies highlights the fluidity of knowledge and spiritual symbolism in antiquity. Agathodaemon invites us to contemplate the alchemist not merely as a proto-scientist but as a bridge between diverse worlds, where myth and experimentation dissolve into one another. 🔗

Agathodaemon - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #AncientAlchemy #PhilosophyOfScience #CrossCulturalThought

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Reflections on February 2: A Confluence of History, Myth, and Ritual 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:01:38+02:00 📄 Summary: February 2 stands at the crossroads of history and myth, embodying a sacred rhythm in the human calendar. Marked by the Greater Feast of Agathos Daimon, a guardian spirit of prosperity, and the remembrance of luminaries such as Bertrand Russell and Marija Gimbutas, this day invites contemplation on wisdom and cultural memory. It also aligns with the pagan observance of Imbolc, a cross-quarter day signifying renewal and the gradual return of light, as well as Thelemic and esoteric rituals invoking Heru-Ra-Ha. Through these layered observances, February 2 reveals itself as a profound moment where the spiritual and intellectual heritage of humanity converge, urging us to consider how tradition and progress intertwine in our shared journey. 🔗

February 2 - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #Philosophy #CulturalHeritage #SpiritualCycles

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Agathos Daimon: The Noble Spirit of Ancient Alexandria 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:01:32+02:00 📄 Summary: In the labyrinthine depths of the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa in Alexandria, the veneration of Agathos Daimon, or the "noble spirit," reveals an ancient tapestry of spirituality and protection. This daimonic figure, equivalent to the Egyptian Shai, embodied fortune and guardianship, celebrated traditionally on February 2 (Egyptian 25 Tybi). Agathos Daimon serves as a symbol where Hellenistic and Egyptian thought converge, reminding us of the synthesis between human aspiration and divine oversight. Through this enigmatic figure, we glimpse a civilization’s enduring quest for good fortune amid the shadows of the past. 🔗

Agathos Daimon - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #AncientWisdom #PhilosophyOfSpirit #AlexandriaMysteries

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: The Enigmatic Essence: Unveiling the Mystique of Oil of Abramelin 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:01:24+02:00 📄 Summary: The Oil of Abramelin evokes a profound spiritual and alchemical heritage, often enveloped in arcane lore. Originating from medieval grimoires, this sacred oil symbolizes a conduit between the material and the transcendent, serving as an instrument for ritual purification and anointing. It invites reflection on the fusion of ancient wisdom with the quest for inner sanctity, bridging esoteric tradition and personal transformation. 🔗

Oil of Abramelin - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #EsotericWisdom #Alchemy #SacredTraditions

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Abraham Von Worms – The Mystical Artisan of Qabalah and Ceremonial Magick 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:01:16+02:00 📄 Summary: Abraham Von Worms, often shrouded in the veils of time and uncertainty, emerges as a profound figure within the esoteric traditions of Qabalah and ceremonial magick. Possibly living between the 14th and 15th centuries, from Worms in Germany or Poland, he stands credited with intricate manipulations of letters through number squares or Kamea. His teachings and mystical insights permeate through texts such as the famed 'Abramelin the Mage,' charting a refined path where language, number, and rite converge into a spiritual alchemy. Von Worms’s legacy, often obscured by the folds of history, invites us to explore the delicate intersections of mysticism, numerology, and ceremonial practice—an enduring testimony to the quest for divine knowledge. 🔗

Abraham Von Worms - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #EsotericWisdom #Qabalah #MysticalTraditions

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: Abramelin the Mage: A Conduit Between Mysticism and Medieval Magic 🗓️ Published: 1897 📄 Summary: The figure of Abramelin, also known as Abraham the Mage, emerges from the shadows of medieval Europe as a pivotal character in esoteric traditions. Said to have originated from Egypt, Abramelin imparted a profound system of magic to Abraham of Worms, a Jewish mystic from Germany living circa 1362 to 1458. The rendition of Abramelin's lore by Moina Mathers in 1897 encapsulates this transmission of occult wisdom, bridging ancient Egyptian mysticism and European magical practice. This historical narrative not only enriches our understanding of medieval esotericism but also invites reflection on the enduring human quest for supernatural knowledge and empowerment. 🔗

Abramelin - Hermeneuticon - Hermetic Library

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #EsotericWisdom #MedievalMagic #MysticalHeritage

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: In the Shadow of Mysticism: Reflecting on A. Frank Glahn and the Germanic Revival 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-05T16:00:00+02:00 📄 Summary: A. Frank Glahn (1865–1941) stands as a compelling figure in the annals of early 20th-century mysticism and Germanic revivalism. Known as a pendulum dowser and author, Glahn straddled the realms of esoteric practices and cultural reinvigoration during a turbulent era in Germany. His work invites us to contemplate the human impulse toward rediscovery of roots and the pursuit of hidden knowledge in a rapidly changing world. Glahn’s life and ideas provoke enduring questions about the intersection of mysticism, nationalism, and the search for meaning beyond the material. 🔗

A. Frank Glahn - Wikipedia

🗞️ Source: librarian@undisclosed.example.com (John Bell) 💓 #Mysticism #GermanicRevival #EsotericThought

📰 To Read... 🔖 Title: How Sudden Lucidity at Death Became a Science Topic 🗓️ Published: 2026-02-04T16:02:25+02:00 📄 Summary: The phenomenon of terminal lucidity—moments of unexpected clarity and mental acuity shortly before death—has entered serious scientific inquiry. This development poses a profound challenge to rigid materialist perspectives, such as those endorsed by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, which often dismiss non-material dimensions of consciousness. As researchers delve into these fleeting yet remarkable occurrences, the materialist orthodoxy faces potential upheaval, inviting a reconsideration of mind, death, and what it means to transcend the physical. 🔗

Mind Matters

How Sudden Lucidity at Death Became a Science Topic

Serious research on terminal lucidity will immensely damage the sort of materialism that Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker champions.

🗞️ Source: Denyse O'Leary 💓 #PhilosophyOfMind #ConsciousnessStudies #TerminalLucidity