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The Corpus Hermeticum: Initiation Into Hermetics, The Hermetica Of Hermes Trismegistusis a work by G. R. S. Mead now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

It chanced once on a time my mind was meditating on the things that are, my thought was raised to a great height, the senses of my body being held back - just as men who are weighed down with sleep after a fill of food, or from fatigue of body. Methought a Being more than vast,... Read Full Overview

The fifteen tractates of the Corpus Hermeticum, along with the Perfect Sermon or Asclepius, are the foundation documents of the Hermetic tradition. Written by unknown authors in Egypt sometime before the end of the third century C.E., they were part of a once substantial literature... Read Full Overview

This complete edition of the Corpus Hermeticum, which introduces in eighteen chapters the religious and philosophical principles of Hermetics, was translated by G. R. S. Mead. Hermetics is a religious, philosophical, and esoteric practice based around the beliefs and writings... Read Full Overview

The Corpus Hermeticum

The Corpus Hermeticum are the core documents of the Hermetic tradition

Hermes

An Introduction to the Corpus Hermeticum by John Michael Greer

The Hermetica are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from the 2nd and 3rd centuries... Read Full Overview

Les Hermetica sont les textes attribu s dans l'Antiquit au mythique Herm s Trism giste. Les plus importants sont regroup s dans le Corpus Hermeticum, un recueil de trait s mystico-philosophiques en grec, datant de la p riode hell nistique.
Ce livre repose sur des dialogues... Read Full Overview

This complete edition of the Corpus Hermeticum, which introduces in eighteen chapters the religious and philosophical principles of Hermetics, was translated by G. R. S. Mead. Hermetics is a religious, philosophical, and esoteric practice based around the beliefs and writings... Read Full Overview

The Corpus Hermeticum
Hermes Trismegistus
Translated by G.R.S. Mead

The Corpus Hermeticum: The Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus translated by G.R.S. Mead. The Hermetica are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from the 2nd century AD and later, which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher, generally identified as Hermes Trismegistus ("thrice-greatest... Read Full Overview

This is a large print edition (18 Arial) of the collection of documents of the Hermetic tradition. Parts of the Hermetica appeared in the 4th-century Gnostic library found in Nag Hammadi. Other works in Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic and other languages may also be termed Hermetica... Read Full Overview

The Corpus Hermeticum are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher enlightens a disciple. The texts form the basis of Hermeticism. They discuss the divine, the cosmos, mind, and nature. Some touch upon alchemy, astrology,... Read Full Overview

The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of mystical and philosophical texts that were attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure in ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology. These texts were believed to contain the wisdom of the gods and were highly influential in the development... Read Full Overview

The Corpus Hermeticum - Ancient Texts - Translated by G.R.S. Mead - Introduction by John Michael Greer - The fifteen tractates of the Corpus Hermeticum, along with the Perfect Sermon or Asclepius, are the foundation documents of the Hermetic tradition. Written by unknown authors... Read Full Overview