Hermeticism lifts its creation story directly from Timeus a…

Hermeticism lifts its creation story directly from Timeus and can be thought of as a proto-scientism, a belief that power will come from secret knowledge of the natural world, but without an understanding of the scientific method. Hermeticism misunderstands Plato's myth of the demiurge as a doctrine about the real world rather than as political propaganda to elevate the philosopher.