Hermetica: The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings Which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus [Paperback]

Hermes Trismegistus (Author), Walter, Sir Scott (Editor, Translator)

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Publication Date: June 1992

e Hermetica is an extraordinary collection of writings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Egyptian prophet said to have designed the Great Pyramid. The arrival of The Hermetica in Italy about 1460 A.D. had a profound effect upon such influential thinkers as Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola, making it an important component of the intellectual ferment of the Renaissance. The Hermetica was also a source of inspiration to Jung.9

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"Having Scott's translation available again is a welcome event."— Gnosis Magazine --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Text: English, Greek, Latin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Solos Pr; New edition edition (June 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1873616023
• ISBN-13: 978-1873616024
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,378,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good., September 24, 2000

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This review is from: Hermetica, Vol. 1: The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings Which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus (Paperback)

This is a pretty fascinating book, containing the works attributed to Hermes in English as well as the non-translated version, revealing one version on one page and the other version on the next page; Thus, when one reads the book, they find the non-translated version on one page and the English version on the other page, with footnotes and stuff to help out. Overall, a good book, and it gives some understanding of the thinking of the ancient Magickians and other Occultists. Worth getting, overall.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The core teachings of Gnosis, May 30, 2004

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This review is from: Hermetica, Vol. 1: The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings Which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus (Paperback)

I am going to review this volume because I read every single English word of it, cover-to-cover. I admit that I didn't read the corresponding original language text, because my Latin was never all that good, and I have no Greek. I wish that I did, though. Just in English translation I can see where these teachings transport you to an entirely different sort of mind-set, an entirely different world.

Indeed, you will either come to develop a sort of intuitive understanding of the spiritual principles being discused here, or you will simple give up in disgust and dismiss it as meaningless and incomprehensible. Perhaps it is incomprehensible to modern sensibility, but it is far from meaningless. If you are familiar with Plato and Plotinus it will help. I also find that a familiarity with the concept of the Tao helps with understanding what is meant by Kosmos. I suppose that there could be esoteric teachings encoded and hidden in the original text, but personally I find the exoteric spiritual and metaphysical speculations to be quite interesting and valuable in their own right.

There was a reason that these teachings were preserved through so many centuries, while so much else was consigned to flames or left to rot....

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those interested in the ancient Egyptian-Hellenistic-Pontus-Bithynian Arts, November 13, 2011

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This review is from: Hermetica, Vol. 1: The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings Which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus (Paperback)

This is a book to read. It survived the Ceasars, thank God. It must then be read for the sake of tradition. At least some have sought to maintain this long and lost tradition(s). We thank the Socrates Chrestus flourished somewhat, god bless Hellenism and the work of Alexander the Great.