The Corpus Hermeticum
← all texts · Gnostic & Hermetic · c. 100–300 CE
What this is
The core dialogues of Hermes Trismegistus — Greco-Egyptian wisdom on God, mind (Nous), cosmos and the soul's ascent. "As above, so below" descends from this tradition; it shaped Renaissance magic and alchemy.
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Companion reading path
What to read alongside it, and why.
The Nag Hammadi Library
Gnostic & Hermetic
The Nag Hammadi find included Hermetic texts beside the Gnostic ones — same world.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Egyptian
The Egyptian Thoth-theology underneath the Greek Hermes.
The Orphic Hymns
Greek
The Greek mystery-religion strand running parallel to Hermetism.