books.google.com - Glenn Alexander Magee's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel was decisively influenced by the Hermetic tradition, a body of thought with roots in Greco-Roman Egypt. Magee traces the influence on Hegel of such Hermetic thinkers as Baader, Böhme, Bruno, and Paracelsus, and fascination with occult and paranormal...http://books.google.com/books/about/Hegel_and_the_Hermetic_Tradition.html?id=pZLe1N0OVSsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHegel and the Hermetic Tradition