Out my name and saith: What wouldst thou hear and see, and what Methought a Being more than vast, in size beyond all bounds, called Senses of my body being held back - just as men who are weighedĭown with sleep after a fill of food, or from fatigue of body. Things that are, my thought was raised to a great height, the It chanced once on a time my mind was meditating on the Powers of Harmony who are nonetheless the sources of humanity'sġ. Their role here is an oddly ambivalent one, Timaeus and in a number of the ancient writings usually lumped The archons of the seven planets, which also appear in Plato's The seven rulers of fate discussed in sections 9, 14 and 25 are Through the spheres of the planets to the world of Nature, aĭescent caused not by disobedience but by love, and done with the The Fall has here become the descent of the Primal Man The Renaissance onward have been struck by the way in which itsĬreation myth seems partly inspired by Genesis, partly reactingĪgainst it. Of the universe and the nature and fate of humanity. Notes on the text: This is the most famous of the Hermeticĭocuments, a revelation account describing a vision of the creation That is finished which I have to say concerning Hermes the Thrice Great, having the three parts of the philosophy Hence are all wonderfulĪdaptations, of which this is the manner. This is the strong fortitude of allįortitude, overcoming every subtle and penetrating every solid Thus thou hast the glory of the whole world therefore let all It ascends from Earth to heaven and descends again toĮarth, and receives the power of the superiors and the inferiors. Thou shalt separate the Earthįrom the Fire, the subtle from the coarse, gently and with much Perfection and the consummation of the whole world. Its belly, the nurse thereof is the Earth. Itsįather is the Sun, its mother is the Moon, the wind carried it in One, so from this One Thing come all things by adaptation. And as all things were from One, by the meditation of Is below is as that which is above, to perform the miracles of the True: that which is above is as that which is below, and that which The Emerald Table of HermesTrue, without error, certain and most That is finished which I have to say concerning the operation of the Sun. Therefore am I called Hermes the Thrice Great, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world. Hence are all wonderful adaptations, of which this is the manner. This is the strong fortitude of all fortitude, overcoming every subtle and penetrating every solid thing. Thus thou hast the glory of the whole world therefore let all obscurity flee before thee. It ascends from Earth to heaven and descends again to Earth, and receives the power of the superiors and the inferiors. Thou shalt separate the Earth from the Fire, the subtle from the coarse, gently and with much ingenuity. Its power is integral if it be turned to Earth. It is the father of all perfection and the consummation of the whole world. Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon, the wind carried it in its belly, the nurse thereof is the Earth. And as all things were from One, by the meditation of One, so from this One Thing come all things by adaptation. The Emerald Table of Hermes True, without error, certain and most true: that which is above is as that which is below, and that which is below is as that which is above, to perform the miracles of the One Thing.
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