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Traditions/Hermeticism
esoteric tradition

Hermeticism

Corpus Hermeticum, Hermes Trismegistus, mind, cosmos, ascent, alchemy, astrology, and Western esoteric reception.

Egyptian / Hellenistic worldLate antiquity3 readable texts3 indexed sources
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Corpus Hermeticum

HermeticismMystical / Esoteric

Corpus Hermeticum sermons and the Asclepius/Perfect Sermon indexed for Hermetic creation, Mind, Logos, soul, rebirth, divine names, daimons, fate, and ascent.

Greek and Latin Hermetic textual tradition· late antiquity, represented by Mead's 1906 public-domain English translation

The Kybalion

HermeticismMystical / Esoteric

The Kybalion is indexed as a modern Hermetic reception text for mentalism, correspondence, polarity, vibration, rhythm, causation, and gender.

English· 1912 CE; public-domain English edition

Emerald Tablet of Hermes

HermeticismMystical / Esoteric

The Emerald Tablet is indexed for above/below correspondence, one-thing creation, sun and moon symbolism, ascent and descent, subtle/gross separation, Hermetic wisdom, and the work of the Sun.

Arabic and Latin transmission; earlier source claims debated· medieval transmission drawing on earlier Hermetic/alchemical traditions
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Corpus Hermeticum

hermetic textslate antiquityGreek / Latin
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public-domain Mead 1906 translation loaded via Internet Sacred Text Archive

Mead's Thrice-Greatest Hermes volume II is indexed for Corpus Hermeticum sermons and the Asclepius/Perfect Sermon; modern Kybalion reception remains separately labeled.

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The Kybalion

modern Hermetic reception20th century CEEnglish
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Project Gutenberg public-domain text loaded

Indexed as modern Hermetic reception, not ancient scripture.

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Emerald Tablet

hermetic / alchemical textmedieval transmissionArabic and Latin transmission
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selected older public-domain translation blocks loaded; modern commentary/translations excluded

Indexed conservative older translation blocks for above/below correspondence, one-thing creation, sun/moon symbolism, ascent and descent, subtle/gross separation, Hermetic wisdom, and the work of the Sun.

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Questions this area should answer
  • How does Hermetic ascent compare with Gnostic awakening?
  • Where do alchemy and theology meet?
  • Which texts are ancient and which are later attributions?