Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3, by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], at sacred-texts.com
Ex. I. Of Piety and True Philosophy |
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Commentary |
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Ex. II. Of the Ineffability of God |
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Commentary |
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Ex. III. Of Truth |
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Commentary |
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Ex. IV. God, Nature and the Gods |
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Commentary |
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Ex. V. Of Matter |
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Ex. VI. Of Time |
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Ex. VII. Of Bodies Everlasting and Bodies Perishable |
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Commentary |
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Ex. VIII. Of Energy and Feeling |
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Commentary |
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Ex. IX. Of the Decans and the Stars |
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Commentary |
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Ex. X. Concerning the Rule of Providence, Necessity and Fate |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XI. Of Justice |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XII. Of Providence and Fate |
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Ex. XIII. Of the Whole Economy |
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Ex. XIV. Of Soul, I. |
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Ex. XV. Of Soul, II. |
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The Embryonic Stages of Incarnation |
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Ex. XVI. Of Soul, III. |
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Ex. XVII. Of Soul, IV. |
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Ex. XVIII. Of Soul, V. |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XIX. Of Soul, VI. |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XX. The Power of Choice |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XXI. Of Isis to Horus |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XXII. An Apophthegm |
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Ex. XXIII. From “Aphrodite” |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XXIV. A Hymn of the Gods |
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Commentary |
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Ex. XXV. The Virgin of the World, I. |
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Ex. XXVI. The Virgin of the World, II. |
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Argument |
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Sources? |
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The Direct Voice and the Books of Hermes |
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Kamephis and the Dark Mystery |
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Kneph-Kamephis |
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Hermes I. and Hermes II. |
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The Black Rite |
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Black Land |
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The Pupil of the Worlds Eye |
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The Son of the Virgin |
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The Mystery of the Birth of Horus |
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“Ishon” |
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The Sixty Soul-Regions |
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Plutarchs Yogin |
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The Plain of Truth |
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The Boundaries of the Numbers which Pre-exist in the Soul |
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The Mysterious “Cylinder” |
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The Eagle, Lion, Dragon and Dolphin |
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Momus |
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The Mystic Geography of Sacred Lands |
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Ex. XXVII. From the Sermon of Isis to Horus |
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Commentary | |
Argument |
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Title and Ordering |
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The Books of Isis and Horus |
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The Watery Sphere and Subtle Body |
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The Habitat of Encarnate Souls |
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I. JUSTIN MARTYR | |
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The Most Ancient of Philosophers |
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The “Words of Ammon” |
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The Ineffability of God |
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Hermes and Asclepius Sons of God |
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Hermes the Word who brings Tidings from God |
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The Sons of God in Hellenistic Theology |
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An Unverifiable Quotation |
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II. ATHENAGORAS |
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III. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA | |
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Many Hermeses and Asclepiuses |
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The Apotheosis of Hermes and Asclepius |
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The Books of Hermes |
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The General Catalogue of the Egyptian Priestly Library |
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IV. TERTULLIAN | |
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Hermes the Master of all Physics |
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Hermes the Writer of Scripture |
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Hermes the First Preacher of Reincarnation |
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Hermes on Metempsychosis | |
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Frag. I. |
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V. CYPRIAN | |
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God is beyond all Understanding |
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VI. ARNOBIUS | |
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The School of Hermes |
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VII. LACTANTIUS | |
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Thoyth-Hermes and his Books of the Gnosis |
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Frag. II. |
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The Historical Origin of the Hermetic Tradition |
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Uranus, Cronus and Hermes, Adepts of the Perfect Science |
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Divine Providence |
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On Mortal and Immortal Sight | |
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Frag. III. |
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Man made after the Image of God |
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Hermes the First Natural Philosopher |
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The Daimon-Chief |
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Devotion in God-Gnosis | |
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Frag. IV. |
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The Cosmic Son of God | |
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Frag. V. |
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The Demiurge of God |
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The Name of God | |
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Frag. VI. |
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The Holy Word about the Lord of All | |
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Frag. VII. |
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His Own Father and Own Mother |
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The Power and Greatness of the Word |
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The Fatherless and Motherless |
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Piety the Gnosis of God |
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The Only Way to Worship God |
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The Worthiest Sacrifice to God | |
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Frag. VIII. |
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Man made in the Image of God |
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Contemplation |
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The Dual Nature of Man | |
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Frag. IX. |
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Wonder the Beginning of Philosophy |
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The Cosmic Restoration | |
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Frag. X. |
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Of Hermes and his Doctrine Concerning God |
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A Repetition |
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Plato as Prophet follows Trismegistus |
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VIII. AUGUSTINE | |
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Three Quotations from the Old Latin Version of the “Perfect Sermon” |
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IX. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA | |
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Cyrils Corpus of XV. Books |
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The Incorporeal Eye | |
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Frag. XI. |
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The Heavenly Word Proceeding Forth | |
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Frag. XII. |
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The Pyramid | |
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Frag. XIII. |
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The Nature of Gods Intellectual World | |
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Frag. XIV. |
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The Word of the Creator | |
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Frag. XV. |
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Mind of Mind | |
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Frag. XVI. |
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He is All | |
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Frag. XVII. |
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Concerning Spirit | |
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Frag. XVIII. |
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The “To Asclepius” of Cyrils Corpus |
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From “The Mind” |
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Osiris and Thrice-greatest Agathodaimon | |
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Frag. XIX. |
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“Let there be Earth!” | |
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Frag. XX. |
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The Generation of the Sun | |
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Frag. XXI. |
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“Let the Sun be!” | |
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Frag. XXII. |
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The Firmament | |
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Frag. XXIII. |
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From the “To Asclepius” |
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The Sole Protection |
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The Supreme Artist | |
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Frag. XXIV. |
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An Unreferenced Quotation | |
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Frag. XXV. |
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X. SUIDAS | |
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Hermes speaks of the Trinity |
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An Orphic Hymn |
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XI. ANONYMOUS |
I. ZOSIMUS | |
On the Anthrōpos-Doctrine |
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The Processions of Fate |
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“The Inner Door” |
Against Magic |
Frag. XXVI. |
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Thoth the First Man |
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The Libraries of the Ptolemies |
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Nikotheos |
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From the Books of the Chaldæans |
Man the Mind |
Frag. XXVII. |
The Counterfeit Daimon |
His Advice to Theosebeia |
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II. JAMBLICHUS |
Abammon the Teacher |
Hermes the Inspirer |
Those of the Hermaïc Nature |
The Books of Hermes |
The Monad from the One |
The Tradition of the Trismegistic Literature |
Bitys |
Ostanes-Asclepius |
From the Hermaïc Workings |
The Cosmic Spheres |
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III. JULIAN THE EMPEROR |
The Disciples of Wisdom |
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IV. FULGENTIUS THE MYTHOGRAPHER |
Frag. XXVIII. |
An Attempt at Classifying the Extant Literature |
Of Hermes |
To Tat |
To Asclepius |
To Ammon |
Of Asclepius |
Of Isis |
From the Agathodaimon Literature |
Of Judgments of Value |
The Sons of God |
Concerning Dates |
The Blend of Traditions |
Of Initiation |
A Last Word |