Hermetism

Joep Beving, heaven-bent in the world of streaming contemporary classical music, returns to the piano with Hermetism solo.

Joep Beving, heaven-bent in the world of streaming contemporary classical music, returns to the piano with Hermetism solo. The Dutch composer and pianist's fourth album for Deutsche Grammophon will be released on April 8, 2022. Ancient philosophy inspired Beving's recording: "I hope the music comforts and creates community," he says, because although Beving draws from a sense of melancholy, he wants to inspire hope with the twelve pieces he plays here on his beloved Schimmel piano. Already with the highly successful albums Solipsism, Prehension and Henosis, Beving sought answers to complex philosophical questions in his music. What next, he asked himself after the trilogy, and initially devoted himself to composing for a Dutch film and a play. Only gradually did the idea for his latest project take shape. "I sat down alone at my piano to feel at home and in tune with myself and my surroundings," he says.

• Draws on ancient Greek and Egyptian wisdom to explain the 7 manifestation laws of the Universe and how to discover which desires align with your higher purpose
• Shares a 5-step process for manifesting your desires and a 10-day manifestation challenge for achieving a singular chosen goal
• Presents inner work practices for releasing cognitive and emotional blocks and limiting beliefs that hinder your manifestation journey

• Examines the foundational texts and principles of Hermeticism and alchemy, showing how they offer a foundation for a psycho-spiritual creative practice
• Takes the reader on a Hermetic journey through each of the seven traditional planets, offering meditative discourses that speak directly to the intuitive soul
• Provides examples from traditional alchemical art and the author's own intricate esoteric paintings

The Corpus Hermeticum are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher enlightens a disciple. The texts form the basis of Hermeticism. They discuss the divine, the cosmos, mind, and nature. Some touch upon alchemy, astrology, and related concepts.

Connects the magical practice of theurgy to the time of Homer