"Hermes the messenger helps us glimpse the powerful archetypal connections between magic, tricks, and technology. But the god does not bloom into a genuine Promethean technomage until he heads south, across the wine dark sea, to Egypt. Here, in the centuries before the birth of Jesus, the religious imagination of the Hellenistic world crossbred Hermes with the Egyptian scribal god Thoth to create one of the great matinee idols of esoteric lore: Hermes Trismegistus." -- Erik Davis, "Techgnosis" (1998) The Raku Study Group January 15, 2023 1pm in California, 9pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84797013762?pwd=R0FHY0ZBQytYWVlmWEdTS1Fncjkydz09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/290859058/