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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3: Contents

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