Foundational Hermetica
The writings of Thrice-Great Hermes.
The Hermetica are a body of Greek and Latin treatises written in Roman Egypt and attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Rediscovered in Florence in 1460 and translated by Marsilio Ficino, they convinced Renaissance thinkers that a single ancient theology underlay Moses, Plato and Christ.
This niche holds the core texts, above all the Divine Pymander and the Asclepius, the Emerald Tablet that alchemists took as their charter, and G. R. S. Mead’s Thrice-Greatest Hermes, still the most useful English gateway into the corpus.
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Hermetis Trismegisti Poemander — Corpus Hermeticum (Greek, ed. Parthey 1854)
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermetis Trismegisti Poemander — Corpus Hermeticum (Greek, ed. Parthey 1854)
Hermes Trismegistus
1854 · Greek · Egyptian Mysticism
The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, in XVII Books
Hermes Trismegistus (trans. John Everard)
The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, in XVII Books
Hermes Trismegistus (trans. John Everard)
English · Egyptian Mysticism
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GuideWhat Is Hermeticism?
The philosophy attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, and why it never went away.
Reading PathBeginner’s Path into Hermeticism
From a modern primer to the Greek dialogues of Hermes.
Reading PathFoundations of Western Esotericism
One keystone text from each great stream, before you specialise.
