0:50’s Reviews > John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of the Modern World > Status Update

The author compares Hermeticism with Advaita Vedanta, saying that it is a corresponding thing in Western civ...but he admits that texts on Hermeticism appeared first within the Arab civ. The "western esotericism" label should be kept separate from Hermeticism, as it cannot be western esotericism, having appeared first in Arab civ.