Thrice Greatest Hermes, Volume 1

Download or read book Thrice Greatest Hermes, Volume 1 written by G. R. S. Mead and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 1881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of three of G.R.S. Mead's comprehensive survey of the literature attributed to the legendary Egyptian sage, Hermes Trismegistus. Chapters include: The Remains of the Trismegistic Literature; The History of the Evolution of Opinion; Thoth the Master of Wisdom; The Popular Theurgic Hermes-Cult in the Greek Magic Papyri; The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature According to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt; An Egyptian Prototype of the Main Features of the Poemandres’ Cosmogony; The Myth of Man in the Mysteries; Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology; Plutarch: Concerning the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris, and more.