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CENTRAL TO THIS ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY FROM HELLENISTIC ALEXANDRIA IS THE \u201cAS ABOVE, SO BELOW\u201d PRINCIPLE, HIGHLIGHTING THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL THINGS. HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY VIEWS HARMONY AS THE BALANCE AND INTERCONNECTION OF ALL ELEMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE. SOUND, TIED TO THE DIVINE WORD, IS VITAL FOR THIS HARMONY AND UNDERSTANDING OF CREATION AND DIVINE WISDOM. THIS THESIS FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN, COSMIC, AND DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS. THROUGH DIVINIZATION, HUMANS CAN ALIGN WITH COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS, REALIZING THEIR DIVINE NATURE BY TRANSCENDING PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS. FURTHERMORE, WE WILL REVIEW HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY IN LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES, SUCH AS MATERIALISM WHICH HAS CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY\u2019S HOLISTIC APPROACH AND EMPHASIS ON INTERCONNECTEDNESS CAN COUNTERACT SOCIAL ATOMIZATION CAUSED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. 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