David Pantano is a writer, historian, translator, and lecturer based in Toronto, whose work spans various disciplines, including ancient mysteries, spirituality, alternative health, mythopoetic archetypes, and consciousness. His research focuses on the initiatory practices of both Western and Eastern traditions, offering unique insights into esoteric knowledge systems. He is the author and translator of several works that bring the Italian tradition to an English audience, including The Magic Door, Alchemical Hermeticism, and The Hermetic Physician.

• INTRODUCTION Occult Rome: Civitas HermetisPART 1 THE HERMETIC PARABLES On the Hermetic Book of the DeadGiammaria Gonella Hermetic TetractysValerio Tomassini The Hermetic Madness of Marco Daffi Divine Furors and Ecstatic Frenzies Magical Heroism In the Works of D’Annunzio, Pound, George, Kremmerz, and Daffi PART 2JOURNEY OF THE SOULThe AvatarsGiammaria Gonella Tarot of Death and RebirthMarco Daffi Psychography of a Nonexistent Person Giammaria GonellaOn Avataric MagicGaetano Lo Monaco The Avatars Marco Daffi Psychurgy of the Postmortem Valerio Tomassini The Ritual of Hamzur Hakgul BremardAlso Called the Ritual of Andromeda Marco Daffi Commentary on the Journey of the Soul in theSacred Representation of Hamzur Luciano Raffaele SantaDomenica Commentary on the Ritual of HamzurCorpo dei Pari PART 3 MEDICINAE DEI Corrosive Waters of Plant MercuryValerio Tomassini Introduction to the Ritual of Medicinae DeiMarco DaffiThe Ritual of Medicinae DeiMarco Daffi PART 4 ELIXIR OF LIFE AND RENEWAL Introduction to the Flos Caeli Flos Caeli Also Called the Nostoch or Sputum LunaeAnonymous, 1676 PART 5 SYMBOLS & MYTHS OF ITALIC HERMETICISMRoman ObelisksValerio Tomassini The Magic Door Valerio Tomassini The Ibis Valerio TomassiniThe Phoenix BelfegorVita Mercuri TrismegistiAlfonso Ceccarelli, 1577PART 6 THE HERMETIC PRINCIPLES Landscape of the Hermetic Consciousness The Human Constitution AB-BA The Hermetic CaduceusGiorgio (Shri Hanz)Astral Plane and Astral LightKPART 7 PERSPECTIVES ON REINCARNATION AND INITIATIC DEATH Avataric Practices in Patañjali’s Yoga SutrasEros and Thanatos in the Spiritual Alchemy of Giuliano Kremmerz Gaetano Lo Monaco Considerations on the Human Conditionin the Postmortem Gaetano Lo MonacoThe Four Possibilities of the Life-Death SequenceValerio Tomassini Paschal Resurrection The Significance of Solar Configurations on Religious Holidays Giuliano Kremmerz A Critique of Reincarnation Ricciardo Ricciardelli Death as a Prelude to a New Life Marco Daffi Reincarnation Pietro PicaDeath and Reincarnation Ugo Danilo Cisaria PART 8 EXPLORATIONS IN CONSCIOUSNESS Memory of an “Orphic” ExperienceGaetano Lo MonacoThe Ayahuasca Trip Ultra Vitam:Through the Interdimensional Portal Valerio Tomassini Notes on the BardoValerio Tomassini Magical PrayerGiuliano KremmerzBibliographyAbout the Contributors Index

“The Hermetic Book of the Dead is a capstone in Pantano’s series on the Italic Tradition. Here, Pantano reveals to the student of Hermeticism some of the most important concepts and modern practices regarding the very nature of being itself as experienced in a living tradition of Western esotericism. This is a book that one will study, internalize, and come to rely upon.”