The mind is one of the great mysteries of Hermetic thought.
Not just the brain. Not just ordinary thinking. But Mind as the subtle principle behind perception, consciousness, imagination, and divine knowing.
In Hermetic philosophy, to study the mind is to study the bridge between the human and the cosmos. The inner world is not separate from the outer world — it reflects it, participates in it, and in some traditions, even helps shape how we experience it.
This is why Hermetic practice so often turns inward.
To know the stars, you study the self. To understand nature, you observe the soul. To approach the divine, you refine perception.
The “secret of immortality” here does not have to mean living forever in the physical body. It can be read as awakening to the part of consciousness that is not limited to ordinary identity: the divine spark, the higher mind, the eternal principle within.
The eye in this image says it all.
Awareness is the doorway. Mind is the temple. Mystery is the teacher.
