Actual academic information on hermetics and other occult teachings

>>19313349
If the Emerald Tablet of Hermes and Corpus Hermeticum didn't straighten it out for ya, idk what will. Also, if you didn't notice discrepancies between the so called "Hermetic" teachings of the Kybalion and the Corpus Hermeticum, you probably aren't ready to move onto commentaries on Hermeticism, yet.

>>19313349
You will never find "actual academic information" on the subject. It's not science it's mysticism. Plain and simple. You won't find a scientific research paper on the stuff because it is not of that nature.

Mysticism schools and such are for spiritual growth. Spiritual growth and gained wisdom cannot be measured and replicated through controlled experiments.

Don't confuse the two.

>>19313372
That doesn't mean there haven't been anthropological and other sorts of academic investigations into them.

>>19313375
You're right.
My apologies, coming from an engineering background my first thought after "Actual academic information" was scientific papers.

I'm sure there's good academic papers from the anthropology and religious studies backgrounds.

Start with the greeks.

>>19313387
Yeah, I don't mean "science" persay, just a research or history paper or some such thing analyzing it.

It's not that I need "someone smarter than me" to say it's all true or something, it's just that in my experience something like this would have a ton of analysis done on it from multiple viewpoints. But haven't been able to find anything of that nature. Maybe I just haven't read the right books yet.

And sorry if I'm approaching all this the wrong way, I'm pretty new to this kind of thing

>>19313387
No need to apologize. It just really depends on what the anon means in asking for "anything of a remotely academic nature." I would argue the Corpus Hermetic IS of an academic nature. But again, if they didn't notice that the Kybalion directly contradicts Corpus Hermeticum (which is likely, since they refer to both as "Hermetic" as if they are harmonious), they probably didn't read too carefully to begin with.

>>19313407
I will admit that I gave both of them a cursory reading, it's all just stemmed from curiosity at this point anyway. I just mean a commentary or something written by someone who's done legitimate research

>>19313420
Stephen Skinner or Jake Stratton Kent might have something. I know Skinner has excellent commentaries on the Greek Magical Payri.

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>>19313349
http://www.sunypress.edu/Searchadv.aspx?IsSubmit=true&CategoryID=7006&pagenum=1&groupnow=1

http://www.brill.com/publications/aries-book-series

Everything by him:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Hanegraaff

>>19313442
>>19313451
Thanks anons

And thanks for everyone's patience with my uninformed inquiries