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| Now in its 24th year of continuous operation, the Hermetic Society is the Hermetic Fellowship’s lecture and discussion group exploring a broad range of topics in the Western Esoteric Tradition, meeting monthly in Portland, Oregon since 1988. The Herm Soc. meets on the third Thursday of every month (with the exception of October, and months where the third Thursday perchance falls on a major holiday). | |
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| 2005 Hermetic Society Schedule | |
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20 January— Paul Bingman: Presentation, Magic in Cinema |
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17 February— isidora Forrest: Lecture, Hekatê in Chaldæan Theurgy |
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10 March— Jim Moody: Lecture, TBA |
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21 April— Cynthia DeFay: Slide Lecture, Green Men |
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19 May— Ron Sandquist: Lecture, The Gospels of Horus: The 'New Æon' of Nietzsche, Corwley, Rand, & LaVey |
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16 June— Kier Salmon: Lecture, Rules of Tarot |
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21 July— Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Theurgy: Sacred Magic |
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18 August— Kristin Wright: Lecture,The Sacred Lover |
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15 September— Kier Salmon: Workshop,Tarot Divination |
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20 October— Private Event |
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17 November— Danny Olrech: Presentation, Small Gods: Penates & Lares |
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15 December— Group Discussion |
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| 2004 Hermetic Society Schedule | |
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15 January—Group Discussion, The Nature of the Divine Big enough topic for you? We’ll share our insights and speculations with each other over wine and munchies and see what each others’ current thoughts are on polytheism, monotheism, henotheism, a handful of other -theisms, Godforms, divination, and wherever else the conversation wanders. |
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19 February— Kier Salmon: Lecture,Did the Book of Job Derive from the Akkadian and Sumerian Literature of Despair? At the February Hermetic meeting, Kier Salmon examines the question of whether the Book of Job—that very unique little text included in both the Tanakh and the Bible, is in fact a Hebrew successor to a very ancient genre of Mesopotamian religious literature. |
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18 March— Selena Ellis: Lecture, The Comte de St. Germaine Selena Ellis will introduce us to the history and legend of that elusive and enigmatic figure who appears and reappears throughout the chronicles of Theosophy and Rosicrucianism, including reputed 20th-century encounters... |
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15 April— Isidora Forrest: Slide Lecture, The Symbolists and the Occult Revival In April, Isidora Forrest will take us on a visual tour of the Symbolist painters, and explore the reciprocal influence between them and the mages, madmen, heresiarchs, and hierophants of the French Occult Revival. |
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20 May— Ron Sandquist: Presentation, Sacred Serpents A look at the role of the serpent in the spiritualities of early Western cultures. This talk will be a combination of Mythological Fancy, Historic Fact, Quasi-Scientific Hypothesizing, and at least one contemporary account of serpent reverence. PLEASE NOTE: A word of caution to the ophiophobic—There will be at least one live snake attending the presentation. |
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17 June—Joseph Wolf: Video, The Knights Templar Recovery from bacvk surgery has required Steve Gustafson to push his anticipated lecture on the medieval Order of the Knights of the Temple back to August. Joseph Wolf has generously agreed to present a video on the Templars this evening as a preamble to Steve's lecture. |
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15 July— Kier Salmon: Lecture, Witchcraft and the Writer's Craft Kier Salmon will share anecdotes from her intriguing experience serving as witchcraft-consultant for the author of a series of alternate-history novels (the first of which is due to be released next month!). |
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19 August— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, The Knights Templar In June, Steve Gustafson takes us on a mental pilgrimage to explore the history and lore, the rise and fall of the warrior monks of the Crusades. |
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9 September— Isidora Forrest: Lecture, The Worship of Dionysos, Public and Private Nota Bene: This is the second, not the usual third, Thursday of Sept., to avoid intruding on the Equinoctial holidays. Isidora Forrest (author of Isis Magic and Maenad par excellence) introduces us to the various forms of the ancient worship of the God Dionysos, from his many public festivals to the Mysteries and meditations of the private Thiasoi. |
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October—All-Hallows Ritual |
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18 November— Adam Forrest: Lecture, Vagabonds of the Spirit II: Benandanti, Bacchantes, and the Amphissan Hypothesis In November, Adam Forrest will present a new and expanded version of a presentation he originally gave before the Hermetic Society back in 1995, with a new twist— a proposal that connects the the spiritual-occult practices of the fascinating Early Modern sect of the Benandanti with the ancient Maenads. |
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16 December— Group Discussion, Real Magic |
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| 2003 Hermetic Society Schedule | |
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16 January— M. Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Origins of Alchemy in Græco-Roman Egypt |
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20 February— Dorothy Cordochorea: Lecture, The Bardic Tradition, Part II |
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13 March— Kier Salmon: Lecture, Surgent Goddesses |
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17 April— Kristin Wright: Lecture, Influence of Other Near and Middle Eastern Cultures on the Ancient Hebrews |
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15 May— Steve Christopher Criss: Presentation, The Pros and Cons of Tarot Certification |
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12 June— M. Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Ecstasy |
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17 July— Adam Forrest: Lecture, A Conversation About Dionysos |
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21 August— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, Voluntary and Involuntary Functions of Mythmaking |
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11 September— Jeff Goetz: Lecture, Hieroglyphs in Ritual and Magic |
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October— Eleventh Annual Hermetic Fellowship All Hallows Divination Party |
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20 November— M. Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Ancient Egyptian Offertory Rituals |
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11 December— Road Trip, Masonic Installation |
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17 January— Kier Salmon: Lecture, Brujos y Brujas |
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21 February— Jay Buckingham: Lecture, Key Mediæval and Renaissance Magi |
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14 March— Jim Moody: Lecture, Bram Stoker, part II |
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18 April— R on & Lissa Cormier-Sandquist: Lecture, Magical Marriage |
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16 May— Jeff Goetz: Workshop, Remote Viewing Experiment |
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13 June— Rebecca Suzanne: Workshop, Sacred Singing |
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18 July— Ross Taylor: Lecture, Occult Fiction |
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15 August— Adam Forrest: Lecture, Papess and High Priestess—History and Legend of a Trump |
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12 September— Dorothy Cordochorea: Lecture, The Bardic Tradition |
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October— Tenth Annual Hermetic Fellowship All Hallows Divination Party |
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21 November— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, Hildegard of Bingen |
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12 December— Group Discussion, The Nature of Deity |
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18 January— Prof. Jessica M. Utts: Lecture, Investigating Psychic Phenomena with Statistics |
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15 February— Ronald Sandquist: Lecture, The Process of Initiation |
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15 March— M. Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Anna Kingsford: Her Life and Works |
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19 April— John Obendorfer: Lecture, Hades, Dionysos, Apollo & the Underworld |
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17 May— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, William Blake |
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14 June— Rebecca Suzanne: Lecture, Pagan Themes in Classical Music |
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19 July— Ross Taylor: Lecture, The Inferno, the Purgatoria, & the Oregon State Penitentiary |
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16 August— Kier Salmon: Lecture, The Kabbalah: A Brief History |
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13 September— Kristin Wright: Presentation, Energy Work |
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October— Ninth Annual Hermetic Fellowship All Hallows Divination Party |
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15 November— Isidora Forrest: Lecture, The Temples of Ancient Egypt |
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13 December— Adam Forrest: Lecture, Origins of Tarot |
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20 January— Ross Taylor: Workshop, Remote Viewing Experiments |
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17 February— Jim Moody: Lecture, A Structural Analysis of the Myth of Dracula |
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16 March— M. Isidora Forrest: Slide Lecture, Isis As a Mystery Goddess |
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20 April— Karen Higgins: Lecture, Demeter and Dionysos |
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18 May— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, Madame Blavatsky, Part III |
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15 June— Ross Taylor: Lecture, The Cubical Desert: Religious Practice at Work |
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20 July— Joseph Wolf: Lecture, The Magical Oils |
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17 August— Steven Criss: Lecture & Blacksmithing Demonstration, Hephæstus & Other Blue-Collar Gods |
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21 September— Adam Forrest: Lecture, The Kabeiroi and the Samothracian Mysteries |
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October— Eighth Annual Hermetic Fellowship All Hallows Divination Party |
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16 November— Robert Fountain: Lecture, Magical Words & Numbers: Gematria & Alphabetic Origins |
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14 December— Linda Dies: Lecture, There's Something About Sophia: Uncovering Divine Wisdom |
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21 January— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, Madame Blavatsky, Part I |
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18 February— Lisa Agave: Lecture, The Fierce Goddess |
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18 March— John & Laura Obendorfer: Slide Lecture, The Hermetic Tour of Italy |
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15 April— Ross Taylor: Lecture, The Faces of Jesus |
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20 May— Steve Gustafson: Lecture, Madame Blavatsky, Part II |
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17 June— Adam Forrest: Lecture, Myths and Legends of Enoch |
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15 July— Rebecca Suzanne: Lecture, Everyday Magic |
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19 August— Dorothy Cordochorea: Lecture & Demonstration, Sacred Beverage |
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16 September— Isidora Forrest: Lecture, Godforms: History and Practices |
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October— Seventh Annual Hermetic Fellowship All Hallows Divination Party |
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18 November— Robert Fountain: Lecture, Alphabetic Origins |
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16 December— Diane Cullison: Lecture, Kali |
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