Hermeticism Spiritual Meaning

What is Hermeticism?

The religion known as hermeticism follows many different beliefs, the primary being that the participants believe in a supreme deity which they consistently refer to as God, The All or The One.

This refers to a belief in the absolute power of one higher source energy which is the main focus in the tradition. However it is difficult to categorize Hermetics into a specific monotheistic (that of believing in one God) verses a Polytheistic (that of believing in many god-forms) branch of beliefs because they teach that their God is us, and we are it, and that is the entire universe.

In my view, Hermeticism is the philosophy and spiritual tradition based on teachings of the great philosopher known as Hermes Trégistus. It is more like a wisdom tradition that's moulded Western esoterism, alchemy and mystical thought for hundreds of years. Hermeticism is at its core a belief in One supreme divine source, interchangeably called God, the All or the One. This isn't traditional belief in one god. This is belief in one absolute source of being that underlies all other existences.
 

Is Hermeticism Monotheistic Or Polytheistic?

Both labels fit this. Hermetic teaching teaches that the divine is both the creator and the created - that God is not outside the universe but within it, even us. This makes Hermeticism considered panentheistic or pantheistic instead of polytheistic or monotheistic.

And this is completely different from Deism which is a view of the Enlightenment which says God created the universe but then withdraws from it later. In hermeticism it teaches the opposite: divinity is entangled with things, not apart from them. Meanwhile, Hermetic cosmology allows other spiritual forces - gods, angels and elemental beings - to exist within this greater divine order.

"As Above, So Below" Probably the most familiar expression of Hermetic philosophy comes directly from the tradition's founding text - the Emerald Tablet. This is the correspondence between the macrocosm (universe) and the microcosm (individual): patterns that repeat at one level of reality echo at all other levels.

Some modern practitioners interpret this principle also as speaking of the creative power of thought: what we focus on creates reality. In this sense Hermeticism sees the individual as a real responsible agent in their own life, not a passive spectator.

The Parts of Wisdom.

• The Operation of the Sun is known as alchemy: this to me is more than a legend about converting lead to gold, alchemy is an inquiry into the nature of matter itself as a spiritual thing. The map of birth, death and resurrection is used for personal growth and pursuit of perfection.
• Astrology - the Work of the Stars: In hermetic astrology, movement of celestial bodies means something beyond physics - that the stars and planets represent symbolic patterns affecting life on Earth but not directly controlling it. Tradition says it was unearthed by the sage Zoroaster who taught humanity this wisdom. Similar logic applies to the modern observation that the moon controls the tides and that since the human body is mostly water, celestial rhythms may shape us as well.
• Hermes Trismegistus: "Thrice-Great" - was so named in tradition because he was able to master three parts of universal wisdom.
• Theurgy: the Operation of the Gods: Theurgy is divine magic - spiritual practice aimed at obtaining oneself in union with higher, benevolent forces - not magic that draws on lower, malevolent forces.

What I actually think?
 

These three wisdoms are the practical and philosophical path Hermeticists follow in their search for Oneness or the All. Through this lens, practitioners seek not intellectual understanding only but a felt unity with the divine and the universe itself.

The books I have read that I think you will like:
The Corpus Hermeticum
The Emerald Tablet of Herme Trismegistus.