Multiple Choice
Which statement applies to scholars devoted to Hermeticism?
A) They believed that the world was a very recent creation still imperfect.
B) They credited the devil with control over the dark secrets of nature.
C) They saw the world as a living embodiment of divinity where humans could use mathematics and magic to dominate nature.
D) They retreated from study of the natural world to concentrate on mastery of theories of magic.
E) They believed that in the future human beings would become gods.
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