{"collection":"Gnosticism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/gno/th3/th301.htm","path":"gno/th3/th301.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/gno/th3/th301.htm","text":"Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3, by G.R.S. Mead, [1906]\n| Ex. I. Of Piety and True Philosophy | 3 | \n| Commentary | 12 | \n| Ex. II. Of the Ineffability of God | 14 | \n| Commentary | 15 | \n| Ex. III. Of Truth | 17 | \n| Commentary | 23 | \n| Ex. IV. God, Nature and the Gods | 24 | \n| Commentary | 25 | \n| Ex. V. Of Matter | 26 | \n| Ex. VI. Of Time | 28 | \n| Ex. VII. Of Bodies Everlasting and Bodies Perishable | 30 | \n| Commentary | 33 | \n| Ex. VIII. Of Energy and Feeling | 34 | \n| Commentary | 43 | \n| Ex. IX. Of the Decans and the Stars | 45 | \n| Commentary | 54 | \n| Ex. X. Concerning the Rule of Providence, Necessity and Fate | 55 | \n| Commentary | 57 | \n| Ex. XI. Of Justice | 58 | \n| Commentary | 59 | \n| Ex. XII. Of Providence and Fate | 60 | \n| Ex. XIII. Of the Whole Economy | 61 | \n| Ex. XIV. Of Soul, I. | 63 | \n| Ex. XV. Of Soul, II. | 65 | \n| The Embryonic Stages of Incarnation | 68 | \n| Ex. XVI. Of Soul, III. | 72 | \n| Ex. XVII. Of Soul, IV. | 75 | \n| Ex. XVIII. Of Soul, V. | 77 | \n| Commentary | 79 | \n| Ex. XIX. Of Soul, VI. | 80 | \n| Commentary | 82 | \n| Ex. XX. The Power of Choice | 84 | \n| Commentary | 86 | \n| Ex. XXI. Of Isis to Horus | 87 | \n| Commentary | 87 | \n| Ex. XXII. An Apophthegm | 88 | \n| Ex. XXIII. From \u201cAphrodite\u201d | 89 | \n| Commentary | 90 | \n| Ex. XXIV. A Hymn of the Gods | 91 | \n| Commentary | 92 | \n| Ex. XXV. The Virgin of the World, I. | 93 | \n| Ex. XXVI. The Virgin of the World, II. | 125 | \n| Commentary | | \n| Argument | 134 | \n| Sources? | 146 | \n| The Direct Voice and the Books of Hermes | 147 | \n| Kamephis and the Dark Mystery | 149 | \n| Kneph-Kamephis | 151 | \n| Hermes I. and Hermes II. | 152 | \n| The Black Rite | 155 | \n| Black Land | 158 | \n| The Pupil of the World\u2019s Eye | 159 | \n| The Son of the Virgin | 160 | \n| The Mystery of the Birth of Horus | 162 | \n| \u201cIshon\u201d | 165 | \n| The Sixty Soul-Regions | 168 | \n| Plutarch\u2019s Yogin | 169 | \n| The Plain of Truth | 171 | \n| The Boundaries of the Numbers which Pre-exist in the Soul | 173 | \n| The Mysterious \u201cCylinder\u201d | 175 | \n| The Eagle, Lion, Dragon and Dolphin | 180 | \n| Momus | 182 | \n| The Mystic Geography of Sacred Lands | 184 | \n| Ex. XXVII. From the Sermon of Isis to Horus | 188 | \n| Commentary | | \n| Argument | 204 | \n| Title and Ordering | 206 | \n| The Books of Isis and Horus | 207 | \n| The Watery Sphere and Subtle Body | 209 | \n| The Habitat of Encarnate Souls | 210 | \n| | I. JUSTIN MARTYR | | \n| i. | The Most Ancient of Philosophers | 215 | \n| | The \u201cWords of Ammon\u201d | 215 | \n| | The Ineffability of God | 216 | \n| ii. | Hermes and Asclepius Sons of God | 217 | \n| iii. | Hermes the Word who brings Tidings from God | 217 | \n| | The Sons of God in Hellenistic Theology | 218 | \n| | An Unverifiable Quotation | 218 | \n| | | | \n| | II. ATHENAGORAS | 220 | \n| | III. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA | | \n| i. | Many Hermeses and Asclepiuses | 221 | \n| ii. | The Apotheosis of Hermes and Asclepius | 222 | \n| iii. | The Books of Hermes | 222 | \n| | The General Catalogue of the Egyptian Priestly Library | 225 | \n| | | | \n| | IV. TERTULLIAN | | \n| i. | Hermes the Master of all Physics | 226 | \n| ii. | Hermes the Writer of Scripture | 227 | \n| iii. | Hermes the First Preacher of Reincarnation | 227 | \n| iv. | Hermes on Metempsychosis | | \n| | Frag. I. | 228 | \n| | | | \n| | V. CYPRIAN | | \n| | God is beyond all Understanding | 229 | \n| | | | \n| | VI. ARNOBIUS | | \n| | The School of Hermes | 230 | \n| | | | \n| | VII. LACTANTIUS | | \n| i. | Thoyth-Hermes and his Books of the Gnosis | 231 | \n| | Frag. II. | 233 | \n| | The Historical Origin of the Hermetic Tradition | 233 | \n| ii. | Uranus, Cronus and Hermes, Adepts of the Perfect Science | 234 | \n| iii. | Divine Providence | 235 | \n| iv. | On Mortal and Immortal Sight | | \n| | Frag. III. | 235 | \n| v. | Man made after the Image of God | 236 | \n| vi. | Hermes the First Natural Philosopher | 237 | \n| vii. | The Daimon-Chief | 237 | \n| viii. | Devotion in God-Gnosis | | \n| | Frag. IV. | 238 | \n| ix. | The Cosmic Son of God | | \n| | Frag. V. | 239 | \n| x. | The Demiurge of God | 240 | \n| xi. | The Name of God | | \n| | Frag. VI. | 241 | \n| xii. | The Holy Word about the Lord of All | | \n| | Frag. VII. | 241 | \n| xiii. | His Own Father and Own Mother | 242 | \n| xiv. | The Power and Greatness of the Word | 242 | \n| xv. | The Fatherless and Motherless | 242 | \n| xvi. | Piety the Gnosis of God | 243 | \n| xvii. | The Only Way to Worship God | 243 | \n| xviii. | The Worthiest Sacrifice to God | | \n| | Frag. VIII. | 244 | \n| xix. | Man made in the Image of God | 244 | \n| xx. | Contemplation | 245 | \n| xxi. | The Dual Nature of Man | | \n| | Frag. IX. | 245 | \n| | Wonder the Beginning of Philosophy | 246 | \n| xxii. | The Cosmic Restoration | | \n| | Frag. X. | 247 | \n| xxii. | Of Hermes and his Doctrine Concerning God | 247 | \n| xxiv. | A Repetition | 248 | \n| xxv. | Plato as Prophet follows Trismegistus | 248 | \n| | | | \n| | VIII. AUGUSTINE | | \n| i.-iii. | Three Quotations from the Old Latin Version of the \u201cPerfect Sermon\u201d | 249 | \n| | | | \n| | IX. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA | | \n| i. | Cyril\u2019s Corpus of XV. Books | 251 | \n| ii. | The Incorporeal Eye | | \n| | Frag. XI. | 253 | \n| iii. | The Heavenly Word Proceeding Forth | | \n| | Frag. XII. | 254 | \n| | The Pyramid | | \n| | Frag. XIII. | 254 | \n| | The Nature of God\u2019s Intellectual World | | \n| | Frag. XIV. | 255 | \n| | The Word of the Creator | | \n| | Frag. XV. | 256 | \n| iv. | Mind of Mind | | \n| | Frag. XVI. | 257 | \n| | He is All | | \n| | Frag. XVII. | 258 | \n| | Concerning Spirit | | \n| | Frag. XVIII. | 258 | \n| | The \u201cTo Asclepius\u201d of Cyril\u2019s Corpus | 259 | \n| v. | From \u201cThe Mind\u201d | 260 | \n| vi. | Osiris and Thrice-greatest Agathodaimon | | \n| | Frag. XIX. | 261 | \n| | \u201cLet there be Earth!\u201d | | \n| | Frag. XX. | 262 | \n| | The Generation of the Sun | | \n| | Frag. XXI. | 262 | \n| | \u201cLet the Sun be!\u201d | | \n| | Frag. XXII. | 263 | \n| vii. | The Firmament | | \n| | Frag. XXIII. | 263 | \n| viii. | From the \u201cTo Asclepius\u201d | 264 | \n| ix. | The Sole Protection | 265 | \n| x. | The Supreme Artist | | \n| | Frag. XXIV. | 266 | \n| xi. | An Unreferenced Quotation | | \n| | Frag. XXV. | 266 | \n| | | | \n| | X. SUIDAS | | \n| | Hermes speaks of the Trinity | 268 | \n| | An Orphic Hymn | 269 | \n| | | | \n| | XI. ANONYMOUS | 270 | \n| I. ZOSIMUS | | \n| On the Anthr\u014dpos-Doctrine | 273 | \n| The Processions of Fate | 273 | \n| \u201cThe Inner Door\u201d | 274 | Against Magic | \n| Frag. XXVI. | 275 | \n| Thoth the First Man | 276 | \n| The Libraries of the Ptolemies | 277 | \n| Nikotheos | 278 | \n| From the Books of the Chald\u00e6ans | 279 | Man the Mind | \n| Frag. XXVII. | 280 | The Counterfeit Daimon | 281 | His Advice to Theosebeia | 283 | \n| | II. JAMBLICHUS | Abammon the Teacher | 285 | Hermes the Inspirer | 286 | Those of the Herma\u00efc Nature | 288 | The Books of Hermes | 289 | The Monad from the One | 291 | The Tradition of the Trismegistic Literature | 291 | Bitys | 294 | Ostanes-Asclepius | 296 | From the Herma\u00efc Workings | 297 | The Cosmic Spheres | 299 | \n| | III. JULIAN THE EMPEROR | The Disciples of Wisdom | 303 | \n| | IV. FULGENTIUS THE MYTHOGRAPHER | \n| Frag. XXVIII. | 305 | \n| An Attempt at Classifying the Extant Literature | 306 | Of Hermes | 306 | To Tat | 308 | To Asclepius | 310 | To Ammon | 311 | Of Asclepius | 312 | Of Isis | 312 | From the Agathodaimon Literature | 313 | Of Judgments of Value | 314 | The Sons of God | 316 | Concerning Dates | 319 | The Blend of Traditions | 321 | Of Initiation | 323 | A Last Word | 325 |","title":"Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3: Contents","type":"page"}