The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus

Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780863158490

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The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus by Gary Lachman Pdf

From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis, to our own times, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus -- the 'thrice-great one', as he was often called -- on the western mind. For centuries his name ranked among the most illustrious of the ancient world. Considered by some a contemporary of Moses and a forerunner of Christ, this almost mythical figure arose in fourth century BC Alexandria, from a fusion of the Egyptian god Thoth and the Greek god Hermes. Master of magic, writing, science, and philosophy, Hermes was thought to have walked with gods and be the source of the divine wisdom granted to man at the dawn of time. Gary Lachman has written many books exploring ancient traditions for the modern mind. In The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus, he brings to life the mysterious character of this great spiritual guide, exposing the many theories and stories surrounding him, and revitalizing his teachings for the modern world. Through centuries of wars, conquests and religious persecutions, the fragile pages of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus have still survived. This is a book for all thinkers and enquirers who want to recover that lost knowledge and awaken a shift in human consciousness.

Author : Clement Salaman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781472537713

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Asclepius by Clement Salaman Pdf

The Asclepius is one of two philosophical books ascribed to the legendary sage of Ancient Egypt, Hermes Trismegistus, who was believed in classical and renaissance times to have lived shortly after Moses. The Greek original, lost since classical times, is thought to date from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. However, a Latin version survived, of which this volume is a translation. Like its companion, the Corpus Hermeticum (or The Way of Hermes), the Asclepius describes the most profound philosophical questions in the form of a conversation about secrets: the nature of the One, the role of the gods, and the stature of the human being. Not only does this work offer spiritual guidance, but it is also a valuable insight into the minds and emotions of the Egyptians in ancient and classical times. Many of the views expressed also reflect Gnostic beliefs which passed into early Christianity.

Author : Florian Ebeling
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780801464829

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The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus by Florian Ebeling Pdf

"Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in its many varieties, to Stoicism, to Gnostic ideas, and even to certain Aristotelian doctrines. The Gnostic, the esoteric, the Platonist, or the deist has each been able to find something familiar in the writings. One just had to have a penchant for remote antiquity, for the idea of a Golden Age, in order for Hermeticism, with its aura of an ancient Egyptian revelation, to have enjoyed such outstanding success."—from the Introduction Hermes Trismegistus, "thrice-great Hermes," emerged from the amalgamation of the wisdom gods Hermes and Thoth and is one of the most enigmatic figures of intellectual history. Since antiquity, the legendary "wise Egyptian" has been considered the creator of several mystical and magical writings on such topics as alchemy, astrology, medicine, and the transcendence of God. Philosophers of the Renaissance celebrated Hermes Trismegistus as the founder of philosophy, Freemasons called him their forefather, and Enlightenment thinkers championed religious tolerance in his name. To this day, Hermes Trismegistus is one of the central figures of the occult—his name is synonymous with the esoteric. In this scholarly yet accessible introduction to the history of Hermeticism and its mythical founder, Florian Ebeling provides a concise overview of the Corpus Hermeticum and other writings attributed to Hermes. He traces the impact of Christian and Muslim versions of the figure in medieval Europe, the power of Hermeticism and Paracelsian belief in Renaissance thought, the relationship to Pietism and to Freemasonry in early modern Europe, and the relationship to esotericism and semiotics in the modern world.

Author : G. R. S. Mead
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1578633591

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The Hymns Of Hermes by G. R. S. Mead Pdf

These writings are attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, an ancient Egyptian sage, the founder of all arts and sciences, both mundane and spiritual. Rather than being an actual person, Hermes is the Egyptian personification of the "Gnostic Revealer." Hymns of Hermes examines Hermetic ecstatic hymns, which are songs of a poetic nature used to describe the Gnosis of Hermetic attainment--the ecstatic personal experience of the divine.

Author : Hermes (Trismegistus.),Clement Salaman,Dorine van Oyen,William D. Wharton,Jean-Pierre Mahé
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Hermes, Trismegistus - Translations into English
ISBN : 0715630938

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The Way of Hermes by Hermes (Trismegistus.),Clement Salaman,Dorine van Oyen,William D. Wharton,Jean-Pierre Mahé Pdf

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.

Author : Hermes Trismegistus
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517391644

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Corpus Hermeticum by Hermes Trismegistus Pdf

The Corpus Hermeticum is one of the primary works within the Hermetic Tradition. This Renaissance era craft is nonetheless based upon philosophical materials from far older times, namely the third or fourth century AD, from which the primordial material came. Credited to Hermes Trismegistus, the Divine Pymander (sometimes spelled "Poemander") touches upon astronomy, science, nature, and a great deal of theological material. It is presented in the form of discourse; a format which will be familiar to anyone also familiar with Plato's "Republic" and some similar philosophical works of antiquity. Through his discourse with several individuals, Trismegistus attempts to draw upon the overarching philosophy "as above, so below." Thus then, this work describes the very process and ideation behind all of existence, the purpose of life, and the nature of good and evil, all through its treatises upon various topics.

Author : Clare Goodrick-Clarke,Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 155643572X

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G. R. S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest by Clare Goodrick-Clarke,Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke Pdf

George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was a major translator, editor, and commentator on Gnostic and hermetic literature and thus a pivotal figure linking the late 19th-century esoteric revival to 20th-century art, literature, and psychology. As a young convert to the new movement of theosophy, he served as private secretary to its co-founder, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and after founding the European section of the Theosophical Society edited its London journal, Lucifer, for many years. Mead's initial interest in theosophy and Hinduism soon blossomed into a lifelong and wide-ranging engagement with the texts of Gnosticism, neo-Platonism, and hermeticism. His editions and commentaries on previously inaccessible sources became standard works before the First World War and an important source of inspiration to such figures as Jung, Ezra Pound, Yeats, and Robert Duncan. A new entry in the Western Masters Series of concise biographies noting key figures in the Western esoteric tradition, G.R.S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest introduces Mead's life, works, and influences, combining a substantial biography with a collection of his most important writings.

Author : G. R. S. Mead
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783849674816

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Thrice-Greatest Hermes by G. R. S. Mead Pdf

This is the edition including all three books. The so-called Hermetic writings have been known to Christian writers for many centuries. The early church Fathers (Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria) quote them in defense of Christianity. Stobaeus collected fragments of them. The Humanists knew and valued them. They were studied in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and in modern times have again been diligently examined by many scholars. G. R. S. Mead has issued a translation of the whole body of extant literature, with extended prolegomena, commentary, etc. There is a wide difference of opinion as to the date at which this literature was produced. Mead believes that some of the extant portions of it are at least as early as the earliest Christian writings, while von Christ assigns them to the third Christian century, and thinks that they show the influence of neo-Platonism. To affirm that they influenced New Testament usage would be hazardous, but they perhaps throw some light on the direction in which thought was moving in New Testament times.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
ISBN : 9781598582420

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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-The-Atlantean by Anonim Pdf

The Spiritual, Occult and Historical significance of the "Emerald Tablets" is almost beyond belief of modern man. Written around 36,000 B.C. by Thoth, an Atlantean priest-king, this manuscript dates far back beyond reach of any Egyptian writings ever found. The author, Thoth, a Master-Teacher of the early Egyptians, put this treatise to writing in his native Atlantean language and Dr. Doreal, by use of his expertise as an Occultist and Master of time and space, was given the directive to retrieve these Tablets and translate them into English for the edification of modern man. The powerful and rhythmic verse of Thoth is wonderfully retained in Doreal's translation. Contained within the pages of Thoth's masterpiece of Spiritual and Occult Wisdom is the synthesis of the Ancient Wisdom Teachings, the guideline for initiates of all ages, revealing the Knowledge and Wisdom hitherto held secret, but now in this New Age, revealed to all Seekers on the Path of Light. Dr. M. Doreal, Ms.D., Psy.D., is the Spiritual; Teacher of a multitude of Seekers of Light, having founded a Metaphysical Church and College - The Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. He is the author of all of the Organization's writings and teachings, having been given permission for the Esoteric Wisdom to be remitted in a public forum by the Great White Lodge, the Elder Brothers of mankind who shape and form the Spiritual evolution of earth's inhabitants. The Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. is a correspondence school, accredited through the State of Colorado, and mails out to its world-wide membership weekly Lessons of Truth. Its four and one-half year College Course unveils the secrets of the Symbolism of all Mystery Schools, giving precisely and beautifully, the step by step progression all Seekers have searched for in their quest for Oneness with God, and for attainment of Cosmic Consciousness. "Read, Believe or not, but read, and the vibration found therein will awaken a response in your soul.' - Doreal

Author : R. van den Broek,Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 079143611X

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Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times by R. van den Broek,Wouter J. Hanegraaff Pdf

This volume introduces what has sometimes been called "the third component of western culture". It traces the historical development of those religious traditions which have rejected a world view based on the primacy of pure rationality or doctrinal faith, emphasizing instead the importance of inner enlightenment or gnosis: a revelatory experience which was typically believed to entail an encounter with one's true self as well as with the ground of being, God. The contributors to this book demonstrate this perspective as fundamental to a variety of interconnected traditions. In Antiquity, one finds the gnostics and hermetics; in the Middle Ages several Christian sects. The medieval Cathars can, to a certain extent, be considered part of the same tradition. Starting with the Italian humanist Renaissance, hermetic philosophy became of central importance to a new religious synthesis that can be referred to as Western Esotericism. The development of this tradition is described from Renaissance hermeticists and practitioners of spiritual alchemy to the emergence of Rosicrucianism and Christian theosophy in the seventeenth century, and from post-enlightenment aspects of Romanticism and occultism to the present-day New Age movement.

Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782507963

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Dreaming Ahead of Time by Gary Lachman Pdf

Can we see the future in our dreams? Does time flow in one direction? What is a 'meaningful coincidence'? Renowned esoteric writer Gary Lachman has been recording his own precognitive dreams for forty years. In this unique and intriguing book, Lachman recounts the discovery that he dreams 'ahead of time', and argues convincingly that this extraordinary ability is, in fact, shared by all of us. Dreaming Ahead of Time is a personal exploration of precognition, synchronicity and coincidence drawing on the work of thinkers including J.W. Dunne, J.B. Priestly and C.G. Jung. Lachman's description and analysis of his own experience introduces readers to the uncanny power of our dreaming minds, and reveals the illusion of our careful distinctions between past, present and future.

Author : Antoine Faivre
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781609257361

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The Eternal Hermes by Antoine Faivre Pdf

From the Western esotericism pioneer, a “work of lucid scholarship [that reveals] the full range of Hermes’ innumerable manifestations in European history” (Parabola). Hermes—the fascinating, mercurial messenger of the gods, eloquent revealer of hidden wisdom, and guardian of occult knowledge—has played a central role in the development of esotericism in the West. Drawing upon many rare books and manuscripts, this highly illustrated work explores the question of where Hermes Trismegistus came from, how he came to be a patron of the esoteric traditions, and how the figure of Hermes has remained lively and inspiring to our own day. “Great erudition blended with a highly refined metaphysical sensibility brings the great Hermes to life and allows this powerful psychospiritual archetype to speak once again [and perhaps even play a few much-needed tricks on us].” —Jacob Needleman, author of The Heart of Philosophy “Faivre’s remarkable achievement in this single volume is to combine the historical richness of the Hermetic tradition with its relevance to understanding the circumambulations of the psyche today as it pursues its spiritual quest.” —June Singer, author of Boundaries of the Soul “This book is an impressive and compelling contribution to the puzzling question of both the source and perdurance of Hermes in his variety of shape-shifting guises. From Alexandria to Amsterdam, Athens to America, this thrice-great Hermes keeps showing up, perhaps even more than in antiquity!” —David L. Miller, author of The New Polytheism

Author : Hermes (Trismegistus.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Hermetism
ISBN : UCSD:31822035063999

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The Virgin of the World by Hermes (Trismegistus.) Pdf

Author : Hermes Trismegisto
Publisher : Pampia Grupo Editor
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9786316559067

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The book of hermetic secrets: Illustrated and annotated edition by Hermes Trismegisto Pdf

Dive into the fascinating world of Hermetic mysteries. This special edition invites you to explore the depths of spiritual and alchemical wisdom that has captivated truth seekers for centuries. In this unique volume, you'll find an exceptional combination of ancient knowledge and practical tools to apply these teachings in your daily life. Each page is carefully illustrated to transport you to a world of symbolism and hidden wisdom. Accompanying the essential teachings of The Emerald Tablet and The Kybalion, you will find annotations that provide a deeper understanding of the original texts. These annotations guide you through the key concepts, helping you to uncover hidden layers of meaning in every word. But this work goes beyond mere theory. Within its pages, you'll discover meditations and practical applications designed to integrate these teachings into your everyday life. You'll learn how to use Hermetic principles to elevate your consciousness, transform your thoughts, and manifest the reality you desire. Explore the principles of correspondence, vibration, polarity, and cause and effect. Discover how to apply the law of mentalism and the law of attraction in your own experience. As you delve deeper into these teachings, you will journey into the mysteries of the universe and the very essence of your own being. 'The Book of Hermetic Secrets' is an invitation to explore the hidden treasures of ancient wisdom. Immerse yourself in this illustrated and annotated edition, and let these teachings transform your life in a profound and meaningful way. Prepare for a fascinating journey into inner knowledge and spiritual expansion. Hermetic wisdom awaits, and now it is within your reach.

Author : Gary Lachman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101601389

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Madame Blavatsky by Gary Lachman Pdf

A thoughtful biography of one of the most polarizing pioneers of alternative spirituality, the occult-mystic Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Pioneer. Visionary. Provocateur. Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky—mystic, occult writer, child of Russian aristocrats, spiritual seeker who traveled five continents, and founder (with Henry Steel Olcott) of the Theosophical Society—is still being hailed as an icon and scorned as a fraud more than 120 years after her death. But despite perennial interest in her life, writings, and philosophy, no single biography has examined the controversy and legacy of this influential thinker who helped define modern alternative spirituality—until now. Gary Lachman, the acclaimed spiritual biographer behind volumes such as Rudolf Steiner and Jung the Mystic, brings us an in-depth look at Blavatsky, objectively exploring her unique and singular contributions toward introducing Eastern and esoteric spiritual ideas to the West during the nineteenth century, as well as the controversies that continue to color the discussions of her life and work.