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An original research monograph that investigates and re examines the ideas generated by the Hermetic tradition (the hermetic imaginary) to discuss the effects of this tradition on philosophy and science. Author posits several elements of the hermetic imaginary that have been influential in modern philosophy and science.Table of contents:Chapter1: Spirit of the Beehive: Hermetic Resonances in Cybernetics, AI and CyberspaceChapter2: Body DoublesChapter3: Metaphysical Geometry, Cyber-Attractors and the Shape of the World SoulChapter4: The Gnostic Chemistry of Robert FluddChapter5: The Gnostic LeibnizChapter6: History Examines a Tradition" ....Highly recommended...an original and valuable contribution to the intellectual history of the West."Professor Paul du Quenoy, AUCHistory and Ideas Series, No.1