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The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus

John Everard1650
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The first complete English translation of the Hermetic Corpus, rendered by John Everard from Ficino's Latin and published posthumously in 1650. The Divine Pymander comprises seventeen tractates attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, opening with the Poimandres — a visionary cosmogony in which the Divine Mind reveals to Hermes the creation of the universe and the soul's descent into matter and potential return to the light. The text presents the foundational doctrines of Hermeticism: the divine nature of humanity, the correspondence of macrocosm and microcosm, the immortality of the soul, and the path of gnosis as the way of return. The earliest readable English version and a cornerstone of the Western esoteric tradition.

Also known asThe Divine Poimandres · Corpus Hermeticum (Everard) · Pymander
This edition1650
EditionJohn Everard English translation, published posthumously 1650; original Greek Hermetic Corpus c. 2nd–3rd century CE
HermeticismGnosticismmystical gnosis and knowledgePlatonismDivine emanationSeven Hermetic PrinciplesNeoplatonismMystical experienceModern Esotericismmystical theologyspiritual purificationspiritual ascentRenaissance HermeticismHermetic philosophyPhilosophical Mysticism

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Contents248 chapters

  1. 01His first Book
  2. 02Poemander
  3. 03The holy Sermon
  4. 04The Key
  5. 05That God is not manifest, and yet most manifest
  6. 06That in God alone is good
  7. 07The secret Sermon in the Mount, of Regeneration, and the Profession of Silence
  8. 08That the greatest evil in Man, is the not knowing of God
  9. 09A Universal Sermon to Asclepius
  10. 10The Minde to Hermes
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  22. 22SCHOLÆ MAGICÆ TYPVS.
  23. 23THE
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  25. 25TO THE READER.
  26. 26To the Reader.
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  29. 29To the Reader.
  30. 30To the Reader.
  31. 31To the Reader.
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  33. 33To the Reader.
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  35. 35To the Reader.
  36. 36To the Reader.
  37. 37The Titles of every Book
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  71. 71The end of the ſecond Book.
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  74. 74Hermes Trifmegiftus. 39
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  95. 95The end of the fourth Book.
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  104. 104The end of the fifth Book.
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  111. 111The end of the sixth Book.
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  124. 124The Secret Song.
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  129. 129The end of the ſeventh Book.
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  132. 132The end of the eighth Book.
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  142. 142Hermes Trifmegiflus
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  145. 145The end of the ninth Book.
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  165. 165The end of the tenth Book.
  166. 166The Eleventh Book
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  186. 186The end of the eleventh Book.
  187. 187The Twelfth Book
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  189. 189Hermes Trifmegiftus. 161
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  195. 195Hermes Trifmegiftus. 167
  196. 196The Thirteenth Book
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  206. 206The end of the thirteenth Book.
  207. 207The Fourteenth Book
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  218. 218The end of the fourteenth Book.
  219. 219The Fifteenth Book
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  228. 228The end of the fifteenth Book.
  229. 229The Sixteenth Book
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  234. 234The end of the sixteenth Book.
  235. 235The Seventeenth Book
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  243. 243The end of the 17 th Book.
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