Next. Excerpt Xxiv. A Hymn Of The Gods : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 91 EXCERPT XXIV. [A HYMN OF THE GODS] (Text: Stob., "Phys"., v. 14, under the simple heading: "Of Hermes"; G. p. 65 M. i. 45; W. i. 77. The same verses are read in the appendix to the "Anthologia Palatina", p. 768, n. 40.) Seven Stars...
Iii. References And Fragments In The Philosophers. Part 04 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 271 III REFERENCES AND FRAGMENTS IN THE PHILOSOPHERS p. 272 p. 273 I. ZOSIMUS ON THE ANTHRPOS-DOCTRINE (Zosimus flourished somewhere at the end of the third and beginning of the fourth century A.D. He was a member of what Reitzenste...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 09 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 221 III. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA 1 i. "Protrepticus", ii. 29; Dindorf (G.), i. 29, (Oxford, 1869)--(24 P., 8 S.). MANY HERMESES AND ASCLEPIUSES (After referring to the three Zeuses, five Athenas, and numberless Apollos of complex popular...
Next. Excerpt Xix. Of Soul, Vi : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 80 EXCERPT XIX. [OF SOUL, VI.] (Patrizzi (p. 41b) runs this on to the last without a break. Text: Stob., "Phys"., xli. 6, under heading: "Of the Same"--that is, "Of Hermes"; G. pp. 327, 328; M. i. 229, 230; W. i. 324, 325. Mnard, Livre...
Next. Excerpt Vi. Of Time : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 28 EXCERPT VI. OF TIME (Title from Patrizzi (p. 38b); followed by: "To the Same Tat." Text: Stob., "Phys"., viii. 41, under heading: "Of Hermes from the [Sermons] to Tat"; G. p. 93; M. i. 64. Mnard, Livre IV., No. v. of "Fragments...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 270 XI. ANONYMOUS And here we may conveniently append a reference to the Dialogue of an ancient Christian writer on astrology--a blend of Platonism, Astrology, and Christianity--entitled "Hermippus de Astrologia Dialogus", 1...
Next. Excerpt Xxiii. From aphrodite : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 89 EXCERPT XXIII. FROM "APHRODITE" (Title in Patrizzi (p. 45) is "The Likeness of Children," followed by: "From Aphrodite." Text: Stob., "Phys"., xxxvi. 2, under heading: "Of Hermes from Aphrodite"; G. pp. 297, 298; M. i. 207, 208; W...
Next. Excerpt Xviii. Of Soul, V : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 77 EXCERPT XVIII. [OF SOUL, V.] (Patrizzi (p. 41) runs this on to the last without a break. Text: Stob., "Phys"., xli. 5, under heading: "Of the Same"--that is, "Of Hermes"; G. pp. 325-327; M. i. 229, 230; W. i. 322-324. Mnard, Livre...
Works : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 372 p. 373 WORKS BY G. R. S. MEAD, B.A., M. R. A. S. FRAGMENTS OF A FAITH FORGOTTEN Some short Sketches among the Gnostics, mainly of the First Two Centuries--a Contribution to the Study of Christian Origins based on the most Recently...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 04 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 249 VIII. AUGUSTINE i. "De Civitate Dei", xxiii.; Hoffmann (E.), i. 392 (Vienna, 1899-1900). 1 THREE QUOTATIONS FROM THE OLD LATIN VERSION OF THE "PERFECT SERMON" Augustine is arguing against the views of Appuleius (first half...
Commentary : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], COMMENTARY ARGUMENT The Sermon from which this Extract is taken plainly belonged to the same class of literature as the "K. K". Excerpts. The writer is an initiate of a higher degree, imparting instruction to his pupil by word of mouth. p...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 08 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 226 IV. TERTULLIAN 1 i. "Contra Valentinianos", xv.; hler (F.), ii. 402 (Leipzig, 1844). HERMES THE MASTER OF ALL PHYSICS (Writing sarcastically of the Gnostic Sophia-myth, Tertullian exclaims:) Well, then, let the Pythagoreans learn...
Iv. Conclusion : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 306 p. 307 IV CONCLUSION p. 308 p. 309 AN ATTEMPT AT CLASSIFYING THE EXTANT LITERATURE Before we proceed to append our concluding remarks, it will be as well to set down some attempt at classifying our extant sermons and fragments...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 02 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 268 X. SUIDAS 1 "Lexicon, s.v". ; Im. Bekker (Berlin 1854). HERMES SPEAKS OF THE TRINITY Hermes the Thrice-greatest.--He was an Egyptian sage, and flourished before Pharaoh. He was called Thrice-greatest because he spoke of the Trinity...
Iii. References And Fragments In The Philosophers. Part 02 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 303 III. JULIAN THE EMPEROR 1 Text: "ap". Cyril, "Contra Julianum", v. 176; Migne, col. 770 A. See also Neumann (C. I.), "Juliani Imperatoris Librorum contra Christianos qu supersunt" (Leipzig, 1880), p. 193. 2 THE DISCIPLES OF WISDOM...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 06 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 230 VI. ARNOBIUS 1 i. "Adversus Nationes", ii. 13; Hildebrand (G. F.), p. 136 (Halle, 1844). THE SCHOOL OF HERMES (Arnobius complains that the followers of the philosophic schools laugh at the Christians, and selects especially...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 10 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 220 II. ATHENAGORAS "Libellus pro Christianis", 1 xxviii.; Schwartz (E.), p. 57, 24 (Leipzig, 1891). 2 Athenagoras was acquainted with a Greek literature circulated under the name of Hermes Trismegistus, to whom he refers as authority...
Next. Excerpt I. Of Piety And True Philosophy : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 1 I EXCERPTS BY STOBUS p. 2 p. 3 EXCERPT I. OF PIETY AND [TRUE] PHILOSOPHY (Title from Patrizzi (p. 4); preceded by "Of Thrice-greatest Hermes." Text: Stobus, "Phys"., xxxv. 1, under heading: "Of Hermes--from the [Book] to Tat"; G. pp...
Next. Excerpt Xiv. Of Soul, I : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 63 EXCERPT XIV. OF SOUL [I.] (Title from Patrizzi (p. 40); preceded by "Of Thrice-greatest Hermes," and followed by "To the Same Ammon." Text: Stob., "Phys"., xxxv. 9, under heading: "Of Hermes from the [Sermons] to Ammon"; G. pp. 282...
Iii. References And Fragments In The Philosophers : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 305 IV. FULGENTIUS THE MYTHOGRAPHER 1 An intermediate of the parent copy of our Corpus in every probability lay before Fulgentius. Thus we find him (p. 26, 18 H 2) referring to the first sermon, though barbarously enough, in the phrase...
I. Excerpts : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 188 EXCERPT XXVII. FROM THE SERMON OF ISIS TO HORUS (Patrizzi (p. 34b) runs this on to the last without a break. Text: Stob., "Phys"., xli. 68, 69, under heading, "Of Hermes: A Sermon of Isis to Horus"; G. pp. 476-481; M. i. 342-352; W...
Next. Excerpt X. Concerning The Rule Of Providence : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 55 EXCERPT X. [CONCERNING THE RULE OF PROVIDENCE, NECESSITY AND FATE] (Title in Patrizzi (p. 38), "Of Fate," simply; followed by "From the [Sermons] to Tat." Text: Stob., "Phys"., iv. 8, under heading: "Of Hermes to his Son"; G. pp. 61...
Next. Excerpt Xi. Of Justice : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 58 EXCERPT XI. [OF JUSTICE] (I have added the title, the excerpt not being found in Patrizzi. Text: Stob., "Phys"., iii. 52, under the vague heading: "Of Hermes"; G. p. 50; M. i. 33, 34; W. i. 62, 63. Mnard, Livre IV., No. iv...
Next. Commentary : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], COMMENTARY ARGUMENT 1. The "Virgin of the World" is a sacred sermon of initiation into the Hermes-lore, the first initiation, in which the tradition of the wisdom is handed on by the hierophant to the neophyte, by word of mouth...
Next. Excerpt Xx. The Power Of Choice : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 84 EXCERPT XX. [THE POWER OF CHOICE] (Patrizzi (p. 42) runs this on to Ex. xix. without a break. Text: Stob., "Ethica", vii. 31, under heading: "Of Hermes"; G. (ii.) pp. 654, 655; M. ii. 100, 101; W. ii. 160, 161. Mnard, Livre IV., No...
Next. Excerpt Vii. Of Bodies Everlasting : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 30 EXCERPT VII. OF BODIES EVERLASTING [AND BODIES PERISHABLE] (Title (first half) from Patrizzi (p. 45b), followed by "To the Same Tat." Text: Stob., "Phys"., xxxv. 8, under the curious heading: "Of Hermes--From the [Sermons] to Amm...
Next. Excerpt Xvi. Of Soul, Iii : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 72 EXCERPT XVI. [OF SOUL, III.] (I have added the title, Patrizzi (p. 40b) having only the heading: "To the Same Ammon." Text: Stob., "Phys"., xli. 3, under the simple heading: "Of Hermes"; G. pp. 323, 324; M. i. 227, 228; W. i. 320...
Next. Excerpt Xiii. Of The Whole Economy : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 61 EXCERPT XIII. OF THE WHOLE ECONOMY (Patrizzi (p. 38) gives no title, but only the heading: "To the Same Ammon ()." Text: Stob., "Phys"., v. 16, under sub-heading: "Of the Whole Economy," followed by: "Of Hermes from the [Sermons]...
Next. Excerpt Xxi. Of Isis To Horus : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 87 EXCERPT XXI. OF ISIS TO HORUS (Title in Patrizzi (p. 45) is "From Isis." Text: Stob., "Flor"., xiii. 50, under the heading: "Of Hermes from the [Sermon] of Isis to Horus"; G. i. 328; M. i. 265; H. iii. 467. Schow gives another...
Next. Excerpt Viii. Of Energy And Feeling : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 34 EXCERPT VIII. OF ENERGY AND FEELING (Title from Patrizzi (p. 44); preceded by "Of Thrice-greatest Hermes." Text: Stob., "Phys.", xxxv. 6, under the heading: "From the [Sermons] to Tat"; G. pp. 284-291; M. i. 198-203; W. i. 284-289...
Title Page : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], THRICE-GREATEST HERMES Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis Being A Translation Of The Extant Sermons And Fragments Of The Trismegistic Literature, With Prolegomena, Commentaries, And Notes By G. R. S. MEAD VOLUME III.--EXCERPTS...
Next. Excerpt Xxv. The Virgin Of The World, I : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 93 EXCERPT XXV. THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD [I.] 1 (Title in Patrizzi (p. 27b), in the Latin translation, "Minerva Mundi." 2 Text: Stob., "Phys"., xli. 44, under heading: "From Thrice-Greatest Hermes Sacred Book The Virgin of the World"; G...
Next. Excerpt Xvii. Of Soul, Iv : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 75 EXCERPT XVII. [OF SOUL, IV.] (Patrizzi (p. 41) runs this on to the preceding without a break. Text: Stob., "Phys"., xli. 4, under heading: "Of the Same"--that is, "Of Hermes"; G. pp. 324, 325; M. i. 228, 229; W. i. 321, 322. Mnard...
Next. Excerpt Iv. God, Nature And The Gods : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 24 EXCERPT IV. [GOD, NATURE AND THE GODS] (Patrizzi (p. 51b) gives no title; but simply the heading "In Another [Book]." Text: Stob., "Phys"., xxxv. 11, under the heading: "Of Hermes"; G. pp. 295, 296; M. i. 206; W. i. 293. Mnard...
Next. Excerpt Xxvi. The Virgin Of The World, Ii : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 125 EXCERPT XXVI. THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD [II.] (Patrizzi (p. 32b) runs this on to the last without a break. Text: Stob., "Phys"., ili. 45, under heading: "In the Same"; G. pp. 420-427; M. i. 299-304; W. i. 407-414. Mnard; Livre III...
Next. Excerpt Iii. Of Truth : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 17 EXCERPT III. OF TRUTH (Title from Patrizzi (p. 46b), preceded by: "Of Thrice-greatest Hermes to Tat." Text: Stob., "Flor"., xi. 23, under heading: "Of Hermes from the [Sermons] to Tat"; G, i. 307-311; M. i. 248-251; H. iii. 436-441...
Next. Excerpt Ii. Of The Ineffability Of God : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 14 EXCERPT II. [OF THE INEFFABILITY OF GOD] (I have added the title, the excerpt not being found in Patrizzi. Text: Stob., "Flor"., lxxx. [lxxviii.] 9, under the heading: "Of Hermes from the [Book] to Tat"; G. iii. 135; M. iii. 104...
Next. Excerpt V. Of Matter : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 26 EXCERPT V [OF MATTER] (I have added the title, it being the same as that of the main section of Stobus, Patrizzi (p. 51) giving only the simple heading "From the [Sermons] to Tat." Text: Stobus, "Phys"., xi. 2, under the heading:...
Iii. References And Fragments In The Philosophers. Part 03 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 285 II. JAMBLICHUS ABAMMON THE TEACHER The evidence of Jamblichus 1 is of prime importance seeing that it was he who put the Later Platonic School, previously led by the purely philosophical Ammonius, Plotinus and Porphyry...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 07 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 229 V. CYPRIAN 1 i. "De Idolorum Vanitate", vi.; Baluze, p. 220 (Paris, 1726). GOD IS BEYOND ALL UNDERSTANDING Thrice-Greatest Hermes speaks of the One God, and confesses Him beyond all understanding and all appraisement. This is...
Next. Excerpt Xii. Of Providence And Fate : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 60 EXCERPT XII. OF PROVIDENCE AND FATE (Title from Patrizzi (p. 38); followed by: "From the [Sermons] to Ammon." Text: Stob., "Phys"., v. 20, under heading: "Of Hermes from the [Sermons] to Ammon"; G. p. 70; M. i. 48, 49; W. i. 82...
Next. Excerpt Xv. Of Soul, Ii : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 65 EXCERPT XV. [OF SOUL, II.] (Patrizzi (p. 40) runs this on to the preceding without a break. Text: Stob., "Phys"., xxxv. 7, under heading: "Of Hermes from the [Sermons] to Ammon"; G. pp. 291, 292; M. i. 203, 204; W. i. 289, 290...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 03 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 251 IX. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA 1 i. "Contra Julianum", i. 30; Migne, col. 548 A. 2 CYRILS CORPUS OF XV. BOOKS (Cyril, after claiming that Pythagoras and Plato obtained their wisdom in Egypt from what, he professes, they had heard of Moses...
Next. Excerpt Xxii. An Apophthegm : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 88 EXCERPT XXII. [AN APOPHTHEGM] (Text: W., i. 34, 5.) Hermes on being asked, What is God?--replied: The Demiurge of wholes,--the Mind most wise and everlasting.
Untitled : * This, the third and final part of G.R.S. Meads' collection of Hermetic literature focuses on the residual texts known from second- and third- hand references. Many of the longer fragments are gleaned from Stobaeus, a fifth century CE late pagan anthologizer of Greek literature. The remainder...
Next. Excerpt Ix. Of The Decans And The Stars : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 45 EXCERPT IX. OF [THE DECANS AND] THE STARS (Patrizzi (p. 38b) does not give the first third of the text ( 1-5), and his title, "Of the Stars," is evidently incomplete; it is followed by "To the Same ["i.e." Tat]." Text: Stob., "Phys"...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 11 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 212 p. 213 II REFERENCES AND FRAGMENTS IN THE FATHERS p. 214 p. 215 I. JUSTIN MARTYR i. "Cohortatio ad Gentiles", xxxviii.; Otto (J. C. T.), ii. 122 (2d ed., Jena, 1849). 1 THE MOST ANCIENT OF PHILOSOPHERS Now if any of you should...
Ii. References And Fragments In The Fathers. Part 05 : * "Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3", by G.R.S. Mead, [1906], p. 231 VII. LACTANTIUS 1 i. "Divin Institutiones", i. 6, 1; Brandt, p. 18; Fritzsche, i. 13. 2 THOYTH-HERMES AND HIS BOOKS ON THE GNOSIS Let us now pass to divine testimonies; but, first of all, I will bring into court testimony which is...
