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Hermeticism vs Hermeticist - What's the difference?

hermeticism | hermeticist |

As nouns the difference between hermeticism and hermeticist

is that hermeticism is hermetic philosophy or practice; hermetics while hermeticist is a hermetic philosopher; an adherent of hermeticism.

hermeticism

English

Noun

(-)
  • Hermetic philosophy or practice; hermetics.
  • *1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 262:
  • *:Yet the old tradition of the spiritual quest, reinforced by the influence of Renaissance hermeticism , could still capture the imagination of highly religious persons.

    • Synonyms

    *hermetism

    hermeticist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hermetic philosopher; an adherent of hermeticism.
  • *1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 262:
  • *:The two leading mid-seventeenth-century hermeticists […] had both been Anglican clergymen.