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
