If one understood the divine spirit, then they could understand, and therefore control nature. .
Many Hermetics were a part of magic, witchcraft, the occult, or alchemy. However, some Hermetics decided to investigate science in a different way. This led to modern science and a scientific method of questioning. The process was to define the problem, observe and collect the data, form a hypothesis, test and experiment, and arrive at a conclusion. If a fact was not proven, or an error occurred, the method starts at the beginning again. Redoing it might make a new discovery and would cause more questioning. .
Eventually, Copernicus developed a model of the universe with the sun in the center, based on mathematics and logic. This completely invalidated Ptolemy's model. This heliocentric theory took humans out of the center of the universe, and entirely took the emphasis off of humans. Although Copernicus was unsure of his own theory, he thought it worked mathematically because it created a machine-like universe where there .
3.
is no need for God and the angels. Copernicus started a revolution, which inspired others to investigate. .
The Scientific Revolution explained the universe by science, and religious beliefs were abandoned. The Roman Catholic Church thought that these new beliefs in science.
were heresy and felt like the religious doctrine was being attacked. After time, some church leaders were able to accept the new views because they could be tested and proven. Furthermore, most of the scientists believed in God and were hoping to validate God's existence in the creation of the universe. .
The Scientific Revolution encouraged people to find new ways to view the world. One such system was deism, which allowed the belief that the universe operated like a clock-like machine, which was designed by its "maker". This way of thinking placed God at the forefront of the universe's creation, but after that, God was left with nothing to do, becoming unnecessary.