Jacob Boehme, Johann Gitchel, and the Western Chakras

On Thursday July 3rd, 2014 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion and readings by the host from his forthcoming book "Hermetic Yoga, Beyond the Middle Pillar." This will be an important advance preview in our series on modern Hermetic practical magick. We will trace the concept and the development of this tantric yoga of the West from its origins in Ancient Alexandria starting with the Orphic-Pythagorean "Music of the Spheres" through the astrological Soma Sophia and the Alchemical "Ladder of Metals." We will show how the blending of the Hebrew Kabbalah, with its Tree of Life and Adam Kadmon concepts, into the Rosicrucian Hermetic expression led German mystics Jacob Boehme and his follower Johann Gitchel to conceive of a Western chakra arrangement similar to that used in the East. A short version of this technique survived as the Golden Dawn's "Middle Pillar" ritual. Now we can reconstruct and operate the full system. So if you want to bring power down the Lightning Flash and activate all your mystic roses in the Western manner, tune in and we'll raise the Dragon.