The way of Hermes
By: Trismegistus Hermes.
Contributors: Hermes, Trismegistus.; Salaman, Clement.; Oyen, Dorine van.; Wharton, William D.; Mahé, Jean-Pierre.
Publisher: Duckbacks
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Hermes, -- Trismegistus -- Translations into English.; Corpus Hermeticum -- Translations into English.; Hermetism.
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Corpus hermeticum.; Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius.
Work titles: Corpus Hermeticum. English.
Description: "The Corpus Hermeticum" is a collection of short philosophical 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 Egyptian god Thoth. They were central to the spiritual work of Hermetic societies in late antique Alexandria, aiming to awake gnosis, the direct realisation of the truth of the identity of the individual and the Supreme, and are still read as inspirational writings today. Professor Mahe's translation of "The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius" has been made from an old Armenian version and a recently rediscovered Greek manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. This collection of aphorisms is closely related to parts of the "Corpus Hermeticum"

"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. Professor Mahe's translation of "The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius" has been made from an old Armenian version and a recently rediscovered Greek manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. This collection of aphorisms is closely related to parts of the "Corpus Hermeticum".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.123-124).

Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Table of contents: title: The corpus hermeticum / translated by Clement Salaman, Dorine van Oyen and William D. Wharton - The definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Ascelpius / translated by Jean-Pierre Mahé.