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'''Hermes Trismegistus''' (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος, "thrice-greatest Hermes") is the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of '''[[Hermeticism]]'''. He is frequently seen as a combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. The texts attributed to him deal with [[magic]], [[astrology]], [[alchemy]] and philosophy. They are essentially religious neo-platonic texts dating no earlier than the second or third century CE. | |||
'''Hermes Trismegistus''' (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος, "thrice-greatest Hermes") is the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of [[Hermeticism]]. He is frequently seen as a combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. The texts attributed to him deal with [[magic]], [[astrology]], [[alchemy]] and philosophy. They are essentially religious neo-platonic texts dating no earlier than the second or third century CE. | |||
==Online resources== | ==Online resources== | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 29 September 2022
Hermes Trismegistus (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος, "thrice-greatest Hermes") is the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism. He is frequently seen as a combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. The texts attributed to him deal with magic, astrology, alchemy and philosophy. They are essentially religious neo-platonic texts dating no earlier than the second or third century CE.
Online resources
Articles
- Hermes Trismegistus at Katinkahesselink.net
Websites
- Resources on Hermes at Universal Theosophy