Hermes Trismegistus

"That which is Above is like that which is Below, and that which is Below is like that which is Above. Such is the Miracle of Unity."
Hermes Trismegistus is an absolute mystery in esoteric and occult history. The earliest traditions of the Hermetic Society, which were born from the corpus of occult writings left behind by Hermes, claims that the earliest record of Hermes is following the Great Deluge. Hermes appeared to primitive humans following this world flood and offered to help them organize and restart civilization.
Hermes taught the primitive humans Magick, Alchemy, mathematics, engineering, medicine and agriculture. He is widely regarded today even outside of the Hermetic Society, especially by the Arcane Orders, the Occult Underground and Covenant Network.
== Facts: ==
-While often thought of as belong to the Sorcerer Order, Hermes is in fact a member of the Order of Infinity.
-'Trismegistus' is not part of his name but means "thrice-great." This is a Title given to Hermes because of his mastery of what he thought were the three major disciplines in the pursuit of knowledge: Alchemy, philosophy and theology.
-Hermes was a man of many talents, but the overriding message, the central truth that lay at the core of his every teaching, was the unity of all things. Hermes was a powerful devotee of the Unifying Force and this belief of his shaped everything about him. It is not possible to study Hermes Trismegistus, or Hermeticism at all, without also studying the nature of the Unifying Force.
-Hermes was a prolific writer and an entire library's worth of occult books and letters are all attributed to him. Of course, the question of how many of them are genuine is a grave matter to Hermeticists everywhere. But suffice it to say that the Hermetic Society is not lacking for material to read from their founder!
-The whole of Hermes' writings is known among the Society as the Corpus Hermeticum.
-Hermes was a master Astrologer and his expression "as above, so below' can be interpreted to mean how the movements of celestial bodies have connections to events here on Earth. Hermes saw the unity of all things as the Divine, so for him, learning to chart the stars and predicting the future were all religious acts.
-Hermes is, in several ancient stories, rumored to be able to call down shootings stars to Earth. He was able to obtain strange metals from these fallen comets which he used to work wonders and miracles.
-At various times throughout history, the enigmatic Hermes Trismegistus has been associated with one or more Pagan Gods. Because he operated in ancient Egypt at first and possessed vast arcane knowledge, many people believed him to be an Avatar of Thoth. Later on, the Greeks equated him with their Mercury. The truth is that Hermes appears to have been perfectly human, but he was a Theist of towering intellect and knowledge (and power...).
-Hermes was an accomplished prophet and is said to have correctly and accurately prophesied future events that wouldn't take place until centuries later.
-Hermes is the originator of the Emerald Tablets. The material of the original tablets is said to have been specially made by Hermes using alchemical methods only the greatest of Alchemists could hope to master.
-The symbol of the Caduceus is said to have its origins in Hermes. When he appeared to the primitive people following the Great Deluge, he bore a staff carved with the image of a winged serpent entwined upon it. That symbol is today synonymous with the healing arts and is the official symbol of the House of Wisdom.
-Hermes remained among the early Egyptians, and later the Greeks, teaching them the ways of Cosmic Unity and in effect founding the Hermetic Society. No one knows when he died, or even if he ever died. Hermes one day took his students aside and bade them to go out into the world and find students of their own to teach. After this, he supposedly left, trekking off into the wilderness which he had emerged from ages before.
== Corpus Hermeticum: ==
-https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=corpus+hermeticum&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=77653023906472&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4duwrtsfiy_e
-http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/herm/
== References: ==
-http://renaissanceastrology.com/hermestrismegistus.html
-http://www.gnosis.org/hermes.htm
-https://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Merlin-Faust-Myths-Legends-ebook/dp/B01BY2ZVRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513682176&sr=8-1&keywords=osprey+publishing+wizards
-http://www.crystalinks.com/hermes_trismegistus.html
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