55: Hermes Trismegistus • The God-Philosopher of Occultism
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In 1460, a traveling monk discovered an ancient book of spiritual treatises that changed the world. The work came to be known as the Corpus Hermeticum and all of its writings were credited to a mysterious figure named Hermes Trismegistus.
For centuries, historians claimed Trismegistus was a contemporary of Moses, existing in pre-flood Biblical times. While recently unearthed Egyptian records show people of ancient Alexandria referring to him as a god. Was Hermes Trismegistus a god or a human? Or something even stranger? And what do these groundbreaking spiritual texts communicate? Join me on this episode as we find out.
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Bibliography:
- The Way of Hermes translated by Clement Salaman (Includes a translation of the Corpus Hermeticum as well as the "Definitions" treatise.)
- Asclepius: The Perfect Discourse of Hermes Trismegistus translated by Clement Salaman
- The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus by Florian Ebeling
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