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The symbolism and themes found in Hermetic texts have inspired numerous writers, artists, and thinkers. For example, the works of William Blake, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Jorge Luis Borges contain elements of Hermetic philosophy, particularly its themes of spiritual ascent, divine knowledge, and the unity of all things. [15]
The Kybalion (full title: The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece) is a book originally published in 1908 by "Three Initiates" (often identified as the New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson, 1862–1932) [1] that purports to convey the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus.
Though strongly influenced by Greek and Hellenistic philosophy (especially Platonism and Stoicism), [8] and to a lesser extent also by Jewish ideas, [9] many of the early Greek Hermetic treatises also contain distinctly Egyptian elements, most notably in their affinity with traditional Egyptian wisdom literature. [10]
The "Hermetic tradition" consequently refers to alchemy, magic, astrology, and related subjects. The texts are usually divided into two categories: the philosophical and the technical hermetica. The former deals mainly with philosophy , and the latter with practical magic, potions, and alchemy.
Corpus Hermeticum: first Latin edition, by Marsilio Ficino, 1471, at the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam.. 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. [1]
Hermetica, the ancient and medieval writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, mainly dealing with astrology, alchemy, magic, and religious philosophy; Hermeticism, or Hermetism, a religio-philosophical system that is primarily based on the Hermetica; Hermetic Qabalah, an esoteric tradition syncretizing several forms of belief
Hermeticism is a religious and philosophical tradition based primarily upon the Corpus Hermeticum, a collection of pseudepigraphical writings whose authorship is traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure of Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice Great").
The work has mainly been preserved in a sixth-century CE Armenian translation, but the Greek original likely goes back to the first century CE. [2] As such, it is the oldest of the religio-philosophical Hermetica, which were mainly written between c. 100 and c. 300 CE. [3]