…the original of the New Testament statement was also in which we live and move and have our being. Thus the deity of Hermes was an all-enclosing spiritual principle. And this essentially is also the logos of Plato. Thus the belief in one God seems to…

…And in that we see it emerging, we see it coming more and more into the foreground, and we find men like Hermes or beings like Hermes, no longer simply telling stories and fables about the gods or writing hymns about deities or perpetuating the…

…see it emerging, we see it coming more and more into the foreground, and we find men like Hermes or beings like Hermes, no longer simply telling stories and fables about the gods or writing hymns about deities or perpetuating the powers of arbitrary…

…telling stories and fables about the gods or writing hymns about deities or perpetuating the powers of arbitrary deities. We find Hermes and these others beginning to talk about structure, about the universal law of living, And we know that out of the…

…deity, here interpreted as the eternal mind, which brings all things into existence by the power of thought. Thus, both thought, Hermes, Mercury, gives us the concept of a world that exists in the divine mind. A projection and manifestation of the eternal…

…men dreamed of the possibility of bringing their own consciousness in rapport with the universal consciousness. And the secret books of Hermes and the mysteries of the Hermetic doctrine were in one way or another concealed in this or were concerned with it.…

…of Ezekiel, being the symbol of illumination, or the spiritual ecstasy by which man is moved from one world to another. Hermes himself describes this experience, or the writer of the Hermetic doctrine, creates a person and causes that person to be the…

…think, requires a slight preamble to establish a setting which is concerned with our problem. According to the Greek mythology, the deity Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maya one of the daughters of Atlas. He was originally a deity of agriculture fertility…

…with wings on his heels a winged helmet and carrying a caduceus which has since been associated with the medical professions Hermes was one of the more benevolent deities and was often associated with the principle of knowledge. Also, the communication of…

…knowledge. Also, the communication of messages from the heavenly world to the abodes of mortals. When the Romans dominated the area, they knew Hermes as Mercury, a god of swiftness of messages and to a sense of the ability to read the human mind. In the…

…to read the human mind. In the meantime, the Ptolemaic dynasty in Alexandria in North Africa began to associate the concept of Hermes and Mercury with the deity of the Egyptians both the gods of writing. who was called also the scribe of the heavenly…

…were brought together in a curious way to create in Alexandria a hypothetical person who was known to these people as Pope Hermes Trismegistus. Trismegistus meaning the three times great. No one seems to be quite sure when Hermes lived. They cannot give us…

…series of organized movements in early religion. One of these was the Hermetic tradition of Egypt. the mysterious philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, the thrice great Hermes, the founder of a great system which gradually mingled itself with Gnosticism. It was…

…early religion. One of these was the Hermetic tradition of Egypt. the mysterious philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, the thrice great Hermes, the founder of a great system which gradually mingled itself with Gnosticism. It was here also that alchemy had its…

…raiment was derived, as the Hermetic axioms tell us, by descending through the various parts of the world. Thus in the Primander of Hermes, we see the soul coming down through the orbits of the seven planets. the five planets in the luminary. And as the…

…or had a home or abode in man it was in the aditum of his temple in the inner part which was his own heart and Hermes in his essay or discourse to his son Tatian says that the divine power placed the heart in man, like the pyramid in Egypt. And…

…the nature of the planet with which it made its first aspect. That the power of Mercury, like that of the Greek Hermes and the Latin deity Mercury, derived therefrom with some restrictions, was the messenger of the gods. The peculiar symbol of the…

…one mind distributed among all living beings. Universal mind writes all things. The folk of the Egyptians later became the Thoth Hermes of the Osirian cycle, and this in turn the Hermes Trismegistus of the later Hermetic teachings which arose in Alexandria…

…all things. The folk of the Egyptians later became the Thoth Hermes of the Osirian cycle, and this in turn the Hermes Trismegistus of the later Hermetic teachings which arose in Alexandria about the beginning of the Christian era. Thoth's symbol is a…

…the harbor of Rhodes. Venus, the hanging gardens of Semiramis, queen of Babylon. Mercury, the great pyramid of Giza, sacred to both Hermes, the master of the mysteries. And the moon, the temple of Diana of Ephesus. These were the seven wonders of the…

…us to restore if we think a little. Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent deity of the Mayas, is another Mercury god or another Hermes. And under the heading of Hermes we have practically all the messengers of the gods. Now let's give a little thought to…

…this concept in the revelation of Saint John. Also in Muhammad's night journey to heaven and in the divine time member of Hermes Trismegistus. Here we also find it in the descent of Esther through the seven gates of the descent into the underworld.…

…known arts and sciences of the day. It was therefore sanctified to the messenger of the gods, to the mysterious winged deity Hermes. If we consider this group then, we observe that we have a pattern, a very well-defined organized group of symbols that…

…stones. These marvelous structures of the Hanging Gardens of Babylonia, Bind with the concept of art. And the pyramid ruled over by Hermes with his seducius reminds us also of another great art of the ancient medicine. So out of antiquity, we have secured…

…of healing, and of the power of the gods to bring health to the bodies of men. Anciently, medicine was part of religion, and Hermes was the physician of souls. So, medicine not only to the ancients was a remedy for the body, But the greatest of all…

…area were almost universally learned. We know, for example, that the entire structure of Hermetic thinking and the story of Hermes Trismegistus arose in Alexandria. And we also know that the Alexandrians must have had considerable sense of prophecy. It was…

…individual that there was a mysterious reality underlying all the temporal and changeable patterns of mankind. In the Asclepian Dialogue, Hermes describes the fact that in a sense these buildings were memorials to the divine power. They bore witness to those…

…removed the dynamic importance of material existence and represented it in this world as merely the antechamber to eternity itself. Now Hermes and several of the others and people of the Alexandrian period like to consider the Great Pyramid as the tomb of…

…Hermes and several of the others and people of the Alexandrian period like to consider the Great Pyramid as the tomb of Hermes. It is so referred to by the Neoplatonic Alexandrian mystics who had quite a good insight into this particular problem. It was…

…the world comes to be afraid of life afraid of the existence in which it passes its days here in the world Asclepius and Hermes in the dialogue pointed out that the time would come when Egypt, which of course was a symbol of the whole world, would…

…it he had spoken no English he had no idea what the book was about So I turned to the plate of the table of Hermes just in passing along through the book. You'll find it if you have it. And the old Indian stopped right there. It was Chaldean. He…

…Egyptians themselves at a very early time said that the great pyramid of Giza, pyramid number one, was originally the tomb of Hermes and that in that in that building was the great key to the hermetic philosophy which was restored in Alexandria in the…

…in that in that building was the great key to the hermetic philosophy which was restored in Alexandria in the first century now Hermes as the hermetic tradition tells us was the god of wisdom a being known to the Greeks as Hermes known to the Romans…

…in the first century now Hermes as the hermetic tradition tells us was the god of wisdom a being known to the Greeks as Hermes known to the Romans as Mercury known to the Egyptians as Thoth the god of writing and the last poem by the way of…

…known to the Egyptians as Thoth the god of writing and the last poem by the way of Longfellow was an ode to Hermes in which he said Trismegistus three times greatest how thy name sublime has descended to this latest progeny of time Hermes Trismegistus…

…we find that Hermetic philosophy became involved in alchemy. The Hermitess of Alexandria followed a mysterious being known to them as Hermes Trismegistus, Hermes the thrice greatest. Who he was, when he lived, no one seems to know. Whether he was a…

…that Hermetic philosophy became involved in alchemy. The Hermitess of Alexandria followed a mysterious being known to them as Hermes Trismegistus, Hermes the thrice greatest. Who he was, when he lived, no one seems to know. Whether he was a production of…

…ancient temples of Egypt perhaps earlier, an art which is recorded in the ancient Hermetic writings, the books of Hermes Trismegistus, found in the scriptural writings of all peoples, this mysterious secret art, secret science of personal redemption, personal…

…placed, or was taken place, within the great glass bottle of the universe. And upon this bottle was placed in Egypt, the seal of Hermes. So if we refer to it now as the hermeneutic steel bottle, moving in this case, that's not even your inner eye. But…

…Spirit is essentially shapeless. But when Mercury imposes the archetype upon them, they become a form. Therefore Mercury was called Hermes Trismegistus, the thrice greatest, the master of the three. And this mysterious power of Hermes is Man. Man is Manus.…

…become a form. Therefore Mercury was called Hermes Trismegistus, the thrice greatest, the master of the three. And this mysterious power of Hermes is Man. Man is Manus. Manus is mind. Mind is more, however, than the intellect that we know. So we will take…

…completely impersonal state, only then does the soul use them to augment its own power. So in what alchemical symbolism we find Hermes or Mercury devouring the metals, eating them, just as John in Revelation ate the little bowl of knowledge. so the soul…

…is assured. Now, in this same symbolism, therefore, Mercury becomes the first and greatest of the atoms, because Mercury is Hermes Christogistus, the Christ Great Hermes. the symbol of the absolute embodiment of all wisdom. It wouldn't change. The hermetic…

…symbolism, therefore, Mercury becomes the first and greatest of the atoms, because Mercury is Hermes Christogistus, the Christ Great Hermes. the symbol of the absolute embodiment of all wisdom. It wouldn't change. The hermetic arts were brought into existence.…

…as we go on through the list, some of the other names involved in this. The Apostle John, a sublime illuminator. Hermes, an adept. Orpheus, an adept. Apollonius of Rome, an elitist. Homer, an elitist. Ptolemy, an illuminator. Virgil and Ignatius. You can…

…another very important element, and that is the rise of the term hermetic. Hermetic is associated with the later Egyptian divinity, Hermes, who belongs to the period of the Gnostic revivals in North Africa. It's a very mysterious being, around whom the…

…period of the Gnostic revivals in North Africa. It's a very mysterious being, around whom the great figure of the pyromanceries of Hermes has been compiled. We use the word hermetic today to symbolize something that is sealed so that air cannot get in, as…

…that is sealed so that air cannot get in, as the mentally sealed jars or bottles. This is again a reference to alchemy. Hermes was the patron of alchemy, which was also referred to as the hermetic eye. Now Hermes carried always the caduceus, or the…

…is again a reference to alchemy. Hermes was the patron of alchemy, which was also referred to as the hermetic eye. Now Hermes carried always the caduceus, or the winged staff. He's represented with wings on his heels and wings on his hat. And usually…