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The fifteen tractates of the Corpus Hermeticum, along with the Perfect Sermon or Asclepius, are the foundation documents of the Hermetic tradition. Written by unknown authors in Egypt sometime before the end of the third century C.E., they were part of a once substantial literature attributed to the mythic figure of Hermes Trismegistus, a Hellenistic fusion of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth.The treatises we now call the Corpus...

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These are the remaining fragments from the otherwise lost hymns of Hermes Trismegistus. Included are the gnostic hymns: A Triple Trisagion, A Hymn to All-Father God, The Secret Hymnody, A Hymn of Grace for Gnosis and A Song of Praise to the Aeon.

Just as many more Sayings and Doings of the Lord existed prior to and alongside of the canonical Gospels, so were there, prior to and alongside of the subsequently selected or canonical Acts, many other narratives professing to record the doings and sayings of the Apostles and Disciples of the Lord. This is one such Gnostic text, which had been lost for centuries.

Just as many more Sayings and Doings of the Lord existed prior to and alongside of the canonical Gospels, so were there, prior to and alongside of the subsequently selected or canonical Acts, many other narratives professing to record the doings and sayings of the Apostles and Disciples of the Lord. This is one such Gnostic text, which had been lost for centuries.

G. R. S. Mead was the premiere scholar of Gnosticism and Hermeticism, in the first half of the 20th century. In this short book, he explores gnostic ideas and texts from an entirely sympathetic point of view, which was rare at the time.

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Simon Magus was originally a Christian and disciple of John the Baptist, but broke off and formed the first Christian heresy, called Simonianism. After learning magical medicine in Alexandria he was considered to have many magical skills. To this day, a skilled magician is called a "magus." He also studied Greek philosophers, especially Heraclitus, and became the first Christian to attempt to bridge Greek philosophy and Christianity. If a mixt...

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The first part of his mental question is: How came this cosmos into being? The answer is the changing of the Boundless Presence into "Light, sweet joyous Light". He loses all sight of "all things" in his mind, the mental image he bad formed of cosmos, and is plunged into the infinitude of Limitless Light and Joy, which transports him out of himself in highest ecstasy. But he has craved for Gnosis, not Joy and Light, but Wisdom, the understandi...

The Gnostic Tradition Of Mary Magdalene, Jesus And His Disciples. Without Doubt The Four Books Of This Gospel Are A Document Of Paramount Historical Importance. The Teacher Is Jesus To The Disciples And Mary Magdalene After His Resurrection And Includes Accounts Of His Ascension Into Heaven And His Return.

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The original title of this beautiful Gnostic Poem has been lost, and it is now generally referred to as The Hymn of the Soul. Preuschen, however, calls it The Song of Deliverance (Das Lied von der Erlosung), while in my Fragments (1900) I ventured to name it The Hymn of the Robe of Glory. I here, also, prefer to retain this title, as it seems the more appropriate.The original text of the Poem is in Old Syriac, in lines of twelve syllables with...

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