Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus originated as a Hellenistic syncretisation of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. 
== History ==
In the rabbinic tradition, Hermes Trismegistus found Abel's book Liber de virtutibus planetarum et de omnibus rerum mundanarum virtulibus in a rock after the great flood, and from that volume learned the art of making talismans under the influence of constellations. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.2 
He supposedly died some time after writing the Emerald Tablet, as that was supposedly discovered in the hands of his entombed corpse, the earliest known translation of which dates to the early 9th century CE. 
Etteilla gives Hermes Trismegistus as the originator of the Book of Thoth, and states he serves as a guarantor for its effectiveness.Etteilla, (1790). Cours theorique et pratique de livre de Thot. Ch.1 
== Works ==
* The Book of Thoth
* The Emerald Tablet
== References ==
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