In this interview I am joined by Martin Faulks: author, hermeticist, meditation adept, and memory expert.

Martin recalls his upbringing in Norwich England, including his childhood love of martial arts, the dissonance between an intellectual home life and school yard bullying, and an intuition for something more in life.

Martin shares his first steps in practicing hermeticism according to Franz Bardon's methods, and offers the fruits of his unbroken daily practice of over thirty years.

Martin also reveals elemental personality strategies for facing adversity and how to balance them, how to find one’s authentic self amidst society's mixed messages of approval, and how the Renaissance era memory techniques of Giordano Bruno can be used today as a path to enlightenment.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/162-the-hermeticist-martin-faulks

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Topics Include:

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - Upbringing in nature

03:40 - Childhood love for martial arts

06:57 - An intuition for something more

08:14 - Bullying at school vs intellectual home life

11:36 - Learning to learn

13:06 - Testing martial arts claims

15:58 - Discovering Franz Bardon and hermeticism

18:44 - Genuineness is a super power

22:02 - Coming home to hermeticism

24:24 - Developing awareness beyond the normal level

29:40 - Were there enlightened world leaders in the past?

31:51 - Elemental strategies to get ahead

35:17 - Correcting elemental imbalance

38:43 - First steps on the hermetic path

41:14 - Sources of authority

42:46 - Martin’s rigorous practice regime

45:18 - Initial exercises of Franz Bardon’s system

51:44 - How to discover your authentic self

54:37 - Mixed signals of societal approval

01:00:07 - Esoteric aspects of hermeticism

01:03:50 - Everything is real

01:06:59 - Meetings with extraordinary people

01:07:53 - Proving Giordano Bruno’s memory wheel system

01:13:20 - Renaissance era memory techniques for enlightenment

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To find out more about Martin Faulks, visit:

- https://martinfaulks.co.uk/

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- www.guruviking.com

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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James