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The are the current strain of an ancient psuedo religion/philosophy that mixes Platonism, theurgy (magic rituals), mythology, occultism and "sprituality".
Part of a series on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism
Hermeticism
Hermes Trismegistus
Mythology
Hermes Trismegistus Thoth Poimandres (Ra)
Hermetica
Corpus Hermeticum The Kybalion
"Three Parts of the Wisdom of the Whole Universe"
Alchemy Astrology Theurgy
Movements
Alumbrados
Freemasonry
Rosicrucianism
Theosophy
Thelema
Ariosophy
Orders
Holy Royal Arch Freemasonry
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
Hermetic Brotherhood of Light
Knights Templar
Knights Templar order of Freemasonry
Ordo Templi Orientis
Rosicrucian Order
Scottish Rite Freemasonry
Society of Jesus
Topics
Hermetic Qabalah
Influence and influences
Occult and divinatory tarot
People
John Dee
Manly P Hall
Arthur Edward Waite
Thābit ibn Qurra
Paracelsus
Giordano Bruno
The foundation is Spiritualism is a mix of:
Gnosticism
Hermeticism
Neoplatonism
Western Esotericsm
Many elements sprinkle in a bit of religion to lead some "credibility" and pretend to be "secrets" (esoterica) of Christianity and Judeaism. These "secrets" known only to the "enlightened few"
The 20 minute read on Wiki will provide a basic outline and it branches off into the specific subsets.
This will provide a pretty good roadmap that provides a timeline and shows the variations and hybrids over the last ~2000 years - ancient to modern in various "repackaging"
To be forewarned is to be fore-armed.
Most followers don't have a clue to the history and source.