Hermetic

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The word hermetic is commonly applied to literary or graphical symbolism that is exceedingly obscure, convoluted, or esoteric. In that context, and not in any other context, hermeticism is the deliberate use of hermetic imagery.

The word hermetic or its derivatives may also refer to:

Hermetic seal, an airtight seal
Hermetica, also known as the Corpus Hermeticum or Hermetic Corpus, a corpus of Egyptian or Greek literature
Hermética, an Argentine heavy metal band
Hermetism, the religion of the philosophical elites of Ancient Egypt
Hermeticism, a movement which is based upon Hermetism but separated by many centuries
Hermetic Alchemy, a form of alchemy practiced by Hermeticists which is the transmutation of the soul rather than metals
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, an initiatic occult organisation that first became public in late 1884.
Hermetic Kabbalah, a syncretism of Kabbalah within Hermeticism
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a 19th century occult society
Hermetic (soundtrack album), a music album by Timbersound with Magne Furuholmen

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