Hermetic
Drawing on Hermeticism, a current of Western esoteric thought that reads the material and spiritual worlds as mirrors of one another, so that transforming one's own inner nature is treated as a real, not merely symbolic, act.
From The Magical World of the Heroes.
In Symbols of the Psyche
- The Magician: The master of hidden powers, and their temptation.
- The Trickster: The shape-shifter who breaks every rule.
- The Ascent: Rising toward the light, and coming down again.
- Mercury: The quicksilver spirit, the elusive heart of the work.
- The Vessel: The container in which change happens.
- The Caduceus: Two serpents about a winged staff: opposites held in balance.