#02: Microcosm and Macrocosm (27:07)
Did you ever consider this fact: Everything you have ever experienced about the world has been signals sent to your brain from your senses.
The ancient Greeks thought of the human experience as one of being on the inside, looking out. Man is his own little kingdom inside a larger kingdom; a microcosm inside the macrocosm. The Emerald Tablet of Hermes states that the things that are within are a reflection of the things that are without. Can the outside world influence the world within - and vice versa?
Learn more:
- Flying Roll XXI - Know Thyself
- Perceiving Reality, video presentation on the kabbalistic take on the Microcosm
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Download | Duration: 00:19:23
Actual Duration: 27:07 
Posted by Chasing Hermes at January 25, 2009 
Categories: Podcast Episodes
Tags: emerald tablet Plato Socrates sphere of sensation golden dawn macrocosm Hermes hermeticism microcosm hermetism
Categories: Podcast Episodes
Tags: emerald tablet Plato Socrates sphere of sensation golden dawn macrocosm Hermes hermeticism microcosm hermetism
Hello gentlemen.
I thoroughly enjoyed your linguistic wordplay and banter during this episode. I am equally intrigued/amused at how many everyday words have connections to our solar system and its planets.
LancelotduLac
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Hello Lancelot,
yeah, language is a lot of fun! There are some good examples of astrological terminology in everyday language on Wikipedia.
Thank you for listening and for taking the time to comment! We always appreciate that. We must try to keep up the banter!
Jovially yours,
Jason
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that was a great discussion about magick/hermeticism versus current popular beliefs ala the secret, what the bleep.. (and, i would add, much of the self-help ideologies).
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