The Corpus Hermeticum
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The foundational collection of Greco-Egyptian dialogues on philosophy and mysticism. It explores the nature of God (The One/Mind), the creation of the cosmos, and the spiritual regeneration of humanity through 'Gnosis'. It is the bedrock of the Western Esoteric Tradition.
Also known asHermetica · Thrice-Greatest Hermes
This edition1906
EditionG.R.S. Mead translation, 'Thrice-Greatest Hermes' (1906).
HermeticismmeditationAlchemical Transformationhidden wisdomUnity of Spirit & MatterAs Above So BelowCosmogony of the MonadHuman Divinity & Fallcontemplative meditationWestern EsotericismPoimandres (Divine Mind)Alchemyesoteric symbolismHermetic philosophyGnosis & Spiritual RebirthGnosis & Spiritual Knowledge
Contents13 chapters
- 01I. Poemandres. the Shepherd of Men
- 02II. To Asclepius
- 03III. The Sacred Sermon
- 04IV. The Cup or Monad
- 05V. Though Unmanifest God Is Most Manifest
- 06VI. In God Alone Is Good And Elsewhere Nowhere
- 07VII. The Greatest
- 08VIII. That No One of Existing Things doth Perish, but Men in Error Speak of Their Changes as Destructions and as Deaths
- 09IX. On Thought and Sense
- 10X. The Key
- 11XI. Mind Unto Hermes
- 12XII. About The Common Mind
- 13XIII. The Secret Sermon on the Mountain
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