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Modern Order of Essenes Course: Master – Intro and Unit 21

11th January 2026 4 Comments

A very heartfelt welcome to the Master grade of this Modern Order of Essenes course – I’m very happy to have you on board for this grade!

First, a quick reminder:

The Healer attunement for the course will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2026 – or, in other words, as I publish this unit: today. 😉 You can find all the relevant information here.

And now, without further ado, let’s move straight on to the Master grade:

The End Is Near

18th December 2025 2 Comments

Well, the end of the year 2025, that is. 😉 In fact, today is one of my last days of “work” before my winter break. Which, in turn, means that today is the perfect day for looking back onto the past year – and forward to the next one…

So how has your year been? I hope it was a good one for you, fruitful, healthy, and enjoyable! 🙂

Here on The Hidden Things, this (still current) year has certainly been a fruitful one, in several ways:

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MOE Healer Attunement on Sunday, January 11th, 2026

18th December 2025 4 Comments

I am going to offer a Healer attunement for the Modern Order of Essenes on Sunday, 11th of January 2026, at 6pm German time (i.e. UTC+1).

(Please double-check how this translates into your local timezone!)

The attunement is primarily intended for the participants of my Modern Order of Essenes online course, although it is open to everybody who…

One Last Ride on the Big Wheel

14th December 2025 4 Comments

This is the twenty-fourth (and last) part of my essay series “Inner Work with the Planets”. If you haven’t read the earlier parts yet, I suggest you start with part 1 to get the most out of this essay.

At long last, we have reached the end of this essay series – and boy, what a ride it has been!

Starting out in January, we’ve walked a long and winding road together. From material life on earth up there to the fixed stars and beyond, we’ve seen and experienced it all.

In particular, we’ve ascended through the spheres of the seven classical planets together, and more than once: first to get to know the planets and their coins, and then again to discover the meaning and importance of such an ascent, and how we can put it to good use.

We’ve also investigated a sizeable amount of Hermetic concepts, have dived into the history of Hermeticism and the Hermetic treatises, and have meandered down more than one tempting rabbit hole, only to emerge on the other side hopefully a little wiser, but definitely a little dustier and covered in cobwebs from squeezing through these rarely traveled nooks and crannies.

Throughout all of this, I’ve continously suggested stuff for you to do (besides reading these essays, of course): Mostly things to contemplate and to reflect upon, but also specific techniques for your inner work with the Hermetic planets, from simple journaling through discursive meditation all the way to spiritual practices.

And to top things off, in the last essay, we even went on a foray into some completely different system of spirituality, just for fun.

(Travelling to foreign places expands the own horizon, after all, and helps us to see that which is closer to us from a new perspective…)

But now, finally, we’re at the end of the series. And looking back at all the fun we’ve had, and all the topics we’ve covered, one last question remains to be answered. This question is simple:

Now what?

Heads Up: Off-Time Between the Solstice and January 6th

8th December 2025 2 Comments

I’m going to take the time “between the years”, from Dec 21st to Jan 6th, off.

What this means in a nutshell: During this time,

There will be no blessings,

I won’t do any divinations for clients,

I won’t post any essays or anything else, and

I will not put through any comments, reply to emails etc.

And here’s the fineprint: [Read more…] about Heads Up: Off-Time Between the Solstice and January 6th

Modern Order of Essenes Course – Healer Attunement

7th December 2025 Write a comment

+++ UPDATE: The Healer attunement will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2026, at 6pm German time (UTC+1). +++

Welcome back to the Modern Order of Essenes course! If you are new to the course, it starts out here with Unit 1. And in order to see all the course-related posts on one page, click here.

This post contains all the relevant info for the upcoming Healer attunement.

Since there isn’t any new course material to practice this week, this also gives you some breathing room until January: to catch up if you’re a bit behind, or to re-view previous material.

Whatever you do with this extra time, though, it’s important that you keep practicing regularly before and after the attunement! This will help the energies to flow properly and do what they are supposed to do.

So let’s dive right in with the details of the Healer attunement, shall we? 🙂

MOE Healer Attunements in January

1st December 2025 6 Comments

+++ UPDATE: The Healer attunement will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2026, at 6pm German time (UTC+1). +++

In this post, we’re going to schedule the Healer attunements for the Modern Order of Essenes Course. Please reply with your preferences by Wednesday, December 17th!

We’ve reached the stage in the Healer grade of the MOE course where we need to plan ahead for your attunement. 🙂

I will post all the important information about the attunements themselves in a different post, but we also need to set attunement dates for January, and that’s what this post today is for… [Read more…] about MOE Healer Attunements in January

Two Pieces of the Same Puzzle

30th November 2025 2 Comments

This is the twenty-third part of my essay series “Inner Work with the Planets”. If you haven’t read the earlier parts yet, I suggest you start with part 1 to get the most out of this essay.

Well, here we are again, with what was supposed to be the second half of the last essay… 😉 Have you guessed which Eastern spiritual concept with seven elements we’re going to talk about today?

Modern Order of Essenes Course: Healer – Unit 20

23rd November 2025 Write a comment

+++ Important update: I’ve put up a post to help us sort out potential attunement dates in January. Your input is required, deadline is Wednesday, December 17th! +++

Welcome back to the Modern Order of Essenes course.

Today marks the last unit of the Healer grade. Congratulations on making it this far! I hope you will consider continuing with the Master grade, too… 😉

Unit 20 contains some new content on the subconscious and how it ties in with spiritual healing, and also a couple of smaller new techniques.

In two weeks, there will be one last post related to the Healer grade, namely a post containing all the relevant information for the Healer attunement.

At some point in December, I will also ask you folks about dates for the Healer attunement. My plan is to conduct it (or them) in January, or February at the latest if we can’t find January dates.

I will post about the dates here, and also announce that post via the mailing list. If you want to be notified, sign up below, and make sure the option “Modern Order of Essenes” is checked (and yep, you are of course welcome to unsubscribe again afterwards!). Otherwise, please check back here regularly if you plan to participate in the Healer attunement. Thanks!

So… on we go! 🙂

Place Your Bets, Please

16th November 2025 4 Comments

This is the twenty-second part of my essay series “Inner Work with the Planets”. If you haven’t read the earlier parts yet, I suggest you start with part 1 to get the most out of this essay.

The last essay was a pretty wild ride, wasn’t it? Between the content of one of the core Hermetic treatises, ideas for your spiritual work, and thoughts on keeping Hermeticism alive as a living (and lived) tradition, we’ve been busy little bees.

And I can happily say things are definitely not going to get more boring towards the end of the series! 😀

Before we dive into today’s essay, though, I have to announce a slight change of plans.

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