The Divine Pymander

The Divine Pymander: of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus

by John Everard


Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, may be the representation of the combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. In Hellenistic Egypt, the Greeks recognised the congruence of the God Hermes with the Egyptian god Thoth. Subsequently both gods were worshipped as you in what had been the Temple of Thoth in Khemnu, that the Greeks called Hermopolis. Both Thoth and Hermes were gods of writing and of magic inside their respective cultures. Thus, the Greek god of interpretive communication was with the Egyptian god of wisdom as a patron of astrology and alchemy. Additionally, both gods were psychopomps; guiding souls to the afterlife. And there's also a experience of the Egyptian Priest and Polymath Imhotep. As a divine supply of wisdom, Hermes Trismegistus was credited with thousands of writings of high standing, reputed to be of immense antiquity. The Asclepius and the Corpus Hermeticum are the most important of the Hermetica, writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, which survive.


Table of Contents :


Preface

01. Hermes Trismegistus, His First Book

02. The Second Book, Called, Poemander

03. The Third Book, the Holy Sermon

04. The Fourth Book, Called the Key

05. The Fifth Book, That God is not Manifest, and Yet Most Manifest

06. The Sixth Book, That in God Alone is Good

07. The Seventh Book, His Secret Sermon in the Mount of Regeneration, Profession of Silence

08. The Eighth Book, the Greatest Evil in Man is the not Knowing God

09. The Ninth Book, a Universal Sermon to Asclepius

10. The Tenth Book, the Mind to Hermes

11. The Eleventh Book of the Common Mind, to Tat

12. The Twelfth Book, His Crater or Monas

13. The Thirteenth Book, of Sense and Understanding

14. The Fourteenth Book, of Operation and Sense

15. The Fifteenth Book, of Truth to His Son Tat

16. The Sixteenth Book, that None of the Things that Are Can Perish

17. The Seventeenth Book, to Asclepius, to be Truly Wise