Matthew LaCroix
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Hermeticism is widely practiced.
In fact, the early origins of Christianity was based on Hermeticism.
Most people don't know that.
And it was being practiced all around the ancient world.
In fact, Constantinople was the center of the ancient world at that time.
Well, what happened was, as the Byzantine Empire is transferring over into Christianity in a more powerful way, you're seeing a lot of friction with people that are still studying Hermeticism.
Constantinople became a place where you couldn't freely practice those things any longer.
So what happened?
Hundreds, if not thousands of people from Greece and Western Turkey, that region, migrated somewhere.
All of them.
They all migrated to one place, Florence, Italy.
Mid-1400s, 15th century, Florence, Italy becomes the center of the intellectual world.
Why?
Because Hermeticism is brought there.
Okay?
So what happens?
Da Vinci learns everything about it.
Da Vinci's in secret societies.
Da Vinci is an initiate.
Remember this.