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Hermione's name, according to Rowling, was inspired by Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale.

I was reading randomly online investigating what people say about directing the breath and energy during meditation. From understanding, it is a fallacy to say that taken in the oxygen and energy or directing the breath and energy inside the body. Unfortunately, perhaps some the people are took it for granted. I will quote some of the texts and point out the fallacy.

This thread is a good reminder to me. To breathe more. And breathe more deeply.

Fun fact on hermetics. The most famous person in the world to study it is. JK Rowling the author of Harry Potter. Who named her character Hermione after hermetics. Peak daobums right here.

I am not sure she looks tough enough .... also can she cook and sew ? Can she 'bring home the bacon ? ' ( its a thing down here ... 'bacon babes' )

I know you put the Ivory Coast coastguard and customs up to that ! .... But it hasnt stopped me . I'm coming for you ... cat .

I want one !

since you put God in '' ...... '' https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/war/defence-equipment-and-weapons/ufo-sightings-weapons-testing-site-woomera https://inis.iaea.org/records/myrk1-d2390 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_reports_and_atomic_sites from 6:55 ;

Yes, I can't speak to how reliable the testing methods are, and I agree that there are plenty of spiritual and political reasons to misrepresent the data. I have my own doubts about plenty of portions of the texts. But I'm not convinced that all parts of the Tanakh and supporting Jewish apocryphal writings were fabricated after the development of the letters and Gospels that came to be called the New Testament.

Thanks Trunk! Glad to be here!

I thought Isaac Newton would be the most famous person to have studied Hermeticism.

There is some evidence of physical Hebrew Bible manuscripts written well before the New Testament. Radiocarbon dating and the handwriting style of various Dead Sea scrolls (Isaiah, Psalms, Deuteronomy, etc.) places them between 300–100 BCE. The Great Isaiah Scroll is often dated around 150–100 BCE. As far as the New Testament, Jewish communities in Egypt translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek in the Hellenistic period. Surviving Greek papyrus copies from before the 1st century CE include: the Rylands Papyrus 458 (Deuteronomy), roughly 2nd century BCE the Papyrus Fouad 266 (Genesis/Deuteronomy) about 1st century BCE the Nahal Hever Greek “Minor Prophets” roughly 50 BCE–50 CE. The Letter of Aristeas (2nd century BCE) mentions the translation, showing that it was known and used. It's true that many religious relics have disappeared, but as you say, the texts do remain. Which texts remain in their original authored form is debatable. To some Christians, it doesn't matter that the Bible (various scriptural canons by branch) is their only inheritance, because to the ones who value the Gospel and the teachings of Jesus, there's no greater treasure in the world. Proverbs 2:4–5 “If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.” Matthew 13:44–46 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” If you think you’ve underrated it and you want to know what you're missing, read it. You don't need to be Buddhist to read the suttas, or Taoist to read the Dao de Jing, or Christian to read the Bible. There's a lot to be inspired by even if you don't subscribe to everything presented. When I first took an interest, I moved through the entire thing chronologically, on audiobook, at 1.5-2x speed. I quickly got the broad strokes and picked up details I wouldn't have if I weren't listening to it. David Suchet has audio recordings on YouTube that are quite nice. Knowing the genre of what you're reading is also helpful for engaging with it (ie narrative, historical accounts, poetry, etc). Once you have a mental framework for the Tanakh / Old Testament / New Testament, it becomes easier to engage in apocryphal literature of both Jewish and Christian tradition. That helps to develop a fuller picture of the traditions outside of the mainstream presentation, and you'll begin to see where threads connect to non-Abrahamic lineages.

"The tao that can be spoken of." "Is not the true tao."

Enki is occasionally interviewed on exopolitics.org He was asked how he managed immortality. He replied that when his body is worn out, he makes a clone and inhabits that