Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 1
52 chapters English Public domain
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This is the first volume of three of G.R.S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus.
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52 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Preface 04 Contents 05 Poem 06 I. The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature 07 II. The History of the Evolution of Opinion 08 III. Thoth the Master of Wisdom 09 IV. The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult in the Greek Magic Papyri 10 V. The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature According to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt 11 VI. An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Pœmandres’ Cosmogony 12 VII. The Myth of Man in the Mysteries 13 VIII. Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology 14 Foreword 15 Address to Klea concerning Gnosis and the Search for Truth 16 The Art of Knowing and of Divinising 17 The True Initiates of Isis 18 Why the Priests are Shaven and wear Linen 19 Of the Refraining from Flesh and Salt and Superfluities 20 On the Drinking of Wine 21 On Fish Taboos 22 The Onion and Pig Taboos 23 The Kings, the Riddles of the Priests, and the Meaning of Amoun 24 Of the Greek Disciples of Egyptians and of Pythagoras and his Symbols 25 Advice to Klea concerning the Hidden Meaning of the Myths
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 1
52 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is the first volume of three of G.R.S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus.
Table of contents
52 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Preface 04 Contents 05 Poem 06 I. The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature 07 II. The History of the Evolution of Opinion 08 III. Thoth the Master of Wisdom 09 IV. The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult in the Greek Magic Papyri 10 V. The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature According to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt 11 VI. An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Pœmandres’ Cosmogony 12 VII. The Myth of Man in the Mysteries 13 VIII. Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology 14 Foreword 15 Address to Klea concerning Gnosis and the Search for Truth 16 The Art of Knowing and of Divinising 17 The True Initiates of Isis 18 Why the Priests are Shaven and wear Linen 19 Of the Refraining from Flesh and Salt and Superfluities 20 On the Drinking of Wine 21 On Fish Taboos 22 The Onion and Pig Taboos 23 The Kings, the Riddles of the Priests, and the Meaning of Amoun 24 Of the Greek Disciples of Egyptians and of Pythagoras and his Symbols 25 Advice to Klea concerning the Hidden Meaning of the Myths
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 1
52 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is the first volume of three of G.R.S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus.
Table of contents
52 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Preface 04 Contents 05 Poem 06 I. The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature 07 II. The History of the Evolution of Opinion 08 III. Thoth the Master of Wisdom 09 IV. The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult in the Greek Magic Papyri 10 V. The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature According to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt 11 VI. An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Pœmandres’ Cosmogony 12 VII. The Myth of Man in the Mysteries 13 VIII. Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology 14 Foreword 15 Address to Klea concerning Gnosis and the Search for Truth 16 The Art of Knowing and of Divinising 17 The True Initiates of Isis 18 Why the Priests are Shaven and wear Linen 19 Of the Refraining from Flesh and Salt and Superfluities 20 On the Drinking of Wine 21 On Fish Taboos 22 The Onion and Pig Taboos 23 The Kings, the Riddles of the Priests, and the Meaning of Amoun 24 Of the Greek Disciples of Egyptians and of Pythagoras and his Symbols 25 Advice to Klea concerning the Hidden Meaning of the Myths
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