Hermetica
G. R. S. Mead
Mead's English translation of the Corpus Hermeticum (tractates I-XIV and XVI-XVIII), The Perfect Sermon (Asclepius), and the Hermetic Excerpts from Stobaeus. The foundational anthology of Greek and Latin Hermetic writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, with the translator's introduction and notes.
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