In this presentation, the Hermetic dialogue between Hermes Trismegistus and Thoth reaches its climax in the mystery of polygenesis—spiritual rebirth through silence, memory, and the awakening of divine mind. Tracing the Egyptian soul at the heart of Western civilization, the talk moves from the Corpus Hermeticum to Homer, from the seven-stringed lyre of Hermes to the nine Muses born of Mnemosyne, revealing rebirth not as metaphor but as a radical transformation from psychic existence to pneumatic life. Through the power of epiclesis, sacred community, and the open mind as the true altar, the lecture unfolds a vision of alienation, purification, and gnosis that culminates in the great Hermetic hymn of illumination. Bridging Egypt, Greece, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, and the Gospel of John, this is an exploration of the royal road of the West—the living Hermetic spine beneath philosophy, poetry, and spiritual awakening.

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