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The Hermes Concepts

Also see: The Hermes Concepts Metaphysical View of John 14 The Razor’s Edge – Katha Upanishad The One Thing Christmas is for Compassion Introduction Western metaphysical thought is greatly influenced by a wayshower known as Hermes, who is thought to have lived in Egypt some 6,000 years ago. The concepts attributed to him represent the … Read more

Books by Tom Butler

About I began writing books shortly after we moved to Lenexa, Kansas in 1987. My intention was initially to provide what I had learned over the years in a book that would give the reader a foundation of concepts on which to build. The first book I wrote is the Handbook of Metaphysics, but several … Read more

Organizing Principles

Updated August 2026 Introduction The Pragmatic Model of Reality treats reality as conceptual in that it is the realm of thoughts rather than things. The model is bound by curiosity as the initial state and understanding as the expected final state. Imagine an undifferentiated field in conceptual space that has the single characteristic of a … Read more