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Hermetica Translation Comparison: Copenhaver vs...

The four major English translations of the Corpus Hermeticum are Brian Copenhaver (1992, academic standard), Walter Scott (1924-36, heavily edited and unreliable), Clement Salaman (2000, accessible and spiritually oriented), and...

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Liber Hermetis: The Astrological Hermetica

The Liber Hermetis (Book of Hermes) is the most important surviving text of Hermetic astrology, preserving techniques that trace back to the 2nd or 3rd century BCE. It survives in...

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The Divine Pymander: The 1650 Translation That ...

The Divine Pymander is the first English translation of the Corpus Hermeticum, published in 1650 by Dr. John Everard, a radical Protestant preacher and Cambridge-educated Doctor of Divinity. Translated from...

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The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Ascle...

The Definitions of Hermes Trismegistus to Asclepius is a collection of short, aphoristic statements attributed to Hermes Trismegistus and addressed to his student Asclepius. Preserved in a 6th-century Armenian translation...

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The Stobaeus Hermetic Fragments: The Lost Herme...

The Stobaeus Hermetic Fragments (SH 1-29) are twenty-nine excerpts from Hermetic texts preserved by Joannes Stobaeus, a 5th-century CE compiler from Macedonia, in his vast Anthology. These fragments contain teachings...

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The Kore Kosmou: Isis Teaches Horus the Mysteri...

The Kore Kosmou ("Virgin of the World" or "Maiden of the World") is a Hermetic text in which the goddess Isis reveals to her son Horus the deepest mysteries of...