The Corpus Hermeticum
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.
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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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