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The Corpus Hermeticum

Thirteen late-antique philosophical dialogues attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, foundational to the Western Hermetic tradition

Translator: G. R. S. Mead (1863–1933), 1906.

Source: Theosophical Publishing Society, London (Thrice Greatest Hermes, vol. II)

Licence: Public Domain. G. R. S. Mead's English translation, originally published as part of Thrice Greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1906). Strict public domain. Lightly modernised by Soul Spirit Self.

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Thirteen late-antique philosophical dialogues attributed to the legendary Hermes Trismegistus, the Greek-speaking Egyptian sage. Composed in Hellenistic Egypt across the first three centuries CE, the Corpus blends Greek philosophy with Egyptian theology and what would later be called Gnostic insight. The Renaissance read it as the most ancient Christian-adjacent wisdom tradition; through Ficino's 1471 Latin translation it shaped Eckhart's reception, the Cloud author, and the entire Western contemplative imagination.