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Codex Hermeticus

January 2026

From the Editor

“all again grew still, in silence hush’d;
And in the East there dawned, uprising slow,
A roseate blush, a tinge of golden light,
The herald sure of a more glorious morn,
A time of rest, if not the reign foretold
Of peace on earth! And so the vision passed!”

- William Sharpe, M.D., ‘The Conquerer’s Dream’ (1894), cited in The Unknown World no. 2. Vol. 1., p.93.

Dear Codex Hermeticus readers!!! Welcome to the New Year, and welcome back to the Codex! Accept our warm greetings from frozen Amsterdam, where snow has blanketed the local environs and shut down nearly all businesses (can’t use snowplows on cobblestones, go figure). Time to dive in to the Codex’s maiden voyage of 2026, here’s what we have for you this month:

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