The Way of Hermes

The Way of Hermes
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages : 124
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0715629395
ISBN-13 : 9780715629390
Rating : 4/5 (390 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Way of Hermes by :

Download or read book The Way of Hermes written by and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of short philosphical treatises, a powerful fusion of Greek and Egyptian thought, written in Greek in Alexandria between the first and third centuries AD and rediscovered in the West in the fifteenth century when it was first translated into Latin by the great scholar and philosopher Marsilio Ficino. These writing were believed from antiquity up to the early seventeenth century to be the writings of Hermes Trismegistus, 'thrice-great Hermes', the name given by Greeks of the classical and Hellenistic periods to the Ibis-headed Egyption god Thoth. They were central to the spiritual work of Hermetic societies in late antique Alexandria, aiming to awake gnosis, the direct realistion of the truth of the identity of the invividual and the Supreme, and are still read as inspirational writings today.


The Way of Hermes Related Books

The Way of Hermes
Language: en
Pages: 159
Authors: Hermes (Trismegistus.)
Categories: Hermes, Trismegistus - Translations into English
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of short philosphical treatises, a powerful fusion of Greek and Egyptian thought, written in Greek in Alexandria between t
The Way of Hermes
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors:
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-30 - Publisher: Inner Traditions

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Paperback edition of the recent translation of the esoteric masterpiece, including the first English translation of The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to As
Asclepius
Language: en
Pages: 96
Authors: Clement Salaman
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-01 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Asclepius is one of two philosophical books ascribed to the legendary sage of Ancient Egypt, Hermes Trismegistus, who was believed in classical and renaissa
The Egyptian Hermes
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Garth Fowden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-06-21 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. A human (according to some) who had lived about the time
The Tradition of Hermes
Language: en
Pages: 546
Authors: Christian H. Bull
Categories: Egypt
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK