Source books · Hermetism
Corpus Hermeticum
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Hermetism
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Landmark Wikipedia has an article about it in 25 languages.
Read it
- Mead's translation ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of March 20, 2026, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
- The Divine Pymander, Everard's translation ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of May 11, 2026, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
From Wikipedia
The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of 17 Greek writings whose authorship is traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. The treatises were originally written c. 100 – c. 300 CE, but the collection as known today was first compiled by medieval Byzantine editors. It was translated into Latin in the 15th century by the Italian humanist scholars Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) and Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447–1500).
From the Wikipedia article Corpus Hermeticum, revision 1344145223, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q205612: “Egyptian-Greek wisdom text”.
In this study
In the chronology, among the works with no securely known author.
Philosophical-religious dialogues on God, Mind, cosmos, humanity, rebirth and divine knowledge. Its central movement is inward and contemplative: humanity awakens to its divine origin through gnosis.