QuietCupcake comments on According to a google search he never admitted to this crime in his life, the admission is only posthumous.

[–] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Can you explain the reference? I did a quick search on those terms and now I'm even more confused.

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[–] Florn@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I only get this because I've been listening to a lot of Esoterica at work. Hermes Trismegistus, Thrice-Great Hermes, is a sort of character invented by medieval occultists and treated as an author and founder of Hermetic mysticism. He's also both Greek Hermes and Egyptian Thoth.

Merkavah mysticism is something different but possibly related if you go way back.

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[–] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Ah ok, thanks for the context. I take it he was also a figure to whom the medieval occultists directed their confessions and sought absolution from? I'm still not clear on what Maeve was implying with that comment, but that's ok.

When I see "merkava" I tend to think of Judaism and now of course the infamous Israeli tank, but that's probably not relevant to the reference.

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[–] Florn@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Merkavah is specifically a kind of Jewish mysticism.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

It's just a blend of kabbalah lore (Hermetic and Jewish) https://lemmygrad.ml/post/12538409/8594703 and lore that's arisen from Dylan's All Along the Watchtower lyrics, as a result.

It gets pretty deep and intricate, I've been interested and studying it for several years, as time and interest waxes and wanes, but if you're inclined, here's a crash course that almost scratches the surface:

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ__PGORcBKxbM4y3wcYSObaUsr4guYAn

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