Hermetic

The Seventeenth Book, to Asclepius, to be Truly Wise

  The Divine Pymander: The Seventeenth Book, to Asclepius, to be Truly Wise THE SEVENTEENTH BOOK, TO ASCLEPIUS, TO BE TRULY WISE BECAUSE, my Son, Tat, in thy absence, would needs learn the Nature of the things that are, he would not suffer me to give over (as coming very young to the knowledge of every individual), till I was […]

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The Sixteenth Book, that None of the Things that Are Can Perish

  The Divine Pymander: The Sixteenth Book, that None of the Things that Are Can Perish THE SIXTEENTH BOOK, THAT NONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CAN PERISH Herm. WE must now speak of the Soul and body, O Son, after what manner the soul is Immortal, and what operation that is, which constitutes the Body, and dissolves it. 2.

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The Fifteenth Book, of Truth to His Son Tat

  The Divine Pymander: The Fifteenth Book, of Truth to His Son Tat THE FIFTEENTH BOOK, OF TRUTH TO HIS SON TAT Herm. OF TRUTH, O Tat, it is not possible that man, being an imperfect Wight, compounded of Imperfect members, and having his Tabernacle, consisting of different, and many Bodies, should speak with any Confidence. 2. But as far

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The Fourteenth Book, of Operation and Sense

  The Divine Pymander: The Fourteenth Book, of Operation and Sense THE FOURTEENTH BOOK, OF OPERATION AND SENSE Tat. THOU has well explained these things, Father. Teach me furthermore these things, for thou sayest, that Science and Art were the operations of the Rational, but now thou sayest, that Beasts are unreasonable, and for want of Reason, both are, and

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The Thirteenth Book, of Sense and Understanding

  The Divine Pymander: The Thirteenth Book, of Sense and Understanding THE THIRTEENTH BOOK, OF SENSE AND UNDERSTANDING YESTERDAY, Asclepius, I delivered a perfect Discourse, but now I think it necessary, in suite of that, to dispute also of Sense. 2. For Sense and Understanding seem to differ, because the one is material and the other essential. 3. But unto

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The Twelfth Book, His Crater or Monas

  The Divine Pymander: The Twelfth Book, His Crater or Monas THE TWELFTH BOOK, HIS CRATER OR MONAS THE Workman made this Universal World, not with his Hands, but his Word. 2. Therefore thus think of him, as present everywhere, and being always, and making all things; and one above, that by his Will hath framed the things that are.

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The Ninth Book, a Universal Sermon to Asclepius

  The Divine Pymander: The Ninth Book, a Universal Sermon to Asclepius THE NINTH BOOK, A UNIVERSAL SERMON TO ASCLEPIUS Herm. ALL that is moved, O Asclepius, is it not moved in something and by something? 2. Asclep. Yes, indeed. 3. Herm. Must not that in which a thing is moved, of necessity be greater than the thing that is

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The Eighth Book, the Greatest Evil in Man is the not Knowing God

  The Divine Pymander: The Eighth Book, the Greatest Evil in Man is the not Knowing God THE EIGHTH BOOK, THE GREATEST EVIL IN MAN IS THE NOT KNOWING GOD WHITHER are you carried, O Men, drunken with drinking strong Wine of Ignorance? which seeing you cannot bear, why do you vomit it up again? 2. Stand, and be sober,

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The Seventh Book, His Secret Sermon in the Mount of Regeneration, Profession of Silence

THE SEVENTH BOOK, HIS SECRET SERMON IN THE MOUNT OF REGENERATION, AND THE PROFESSION OF SILENCE TO HIS SON TAT. Tat. IN the general speeches, O Father, discoursing of the Divinity, thou speakest enigmatically, and didst not clearly reveal thyself, saying, That no man can be saved before Regeneration. 2. And when I did humbly entreat thee, at the going

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The Fifth Book, That God is not Manifest, and Yet Most Manifest

THE FIFTH BOOK, THAT GOD IS NOT MANIFEST, AND YET MOST MANIFEST THIS Discourse, I will also make to thee, O Tat, that thou mayest not be ignorant of the more excellent name of God. 2. But do thou contemplate in thy Mind how that which to many seems hidden and unmanifest may be most manifest to thee. 3. For

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The Second Book, Called, Poemander

THE SECOND BOOK, CALLED, POEMANDER MY THOUGHTS being once seriously busied about things that are, and my Understanding lifted up, all my bodily Senses being exceedingly holden back, as it is with them that are heavy of sleep, by reason either of fulness of meat, or of bodily labour: Methought I saw one of an exceeding great stature, and of

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The Divine Pymander: Preface

PREFACE JUDICIOUS READER, This Book may justly challenge the first place for antiquity, from all the Books in the World, being written some hundreds of years before Moses his time, as I shall endeavour to make good. The Original (as far as is known to us) is Arabic, and several Translations thereof have been published, as Greek, Latin, French, Dutch,

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