The Hermetic Arcanum
Jean d'Espagnet
A seventeenth-century treatise on Hermetic philosophy and the matter of the philosophers' stone, originally published in 1623 under the pseudonym Penes Nos Unda Tagi and now attributed to Jean d'Espagnet. Presents 130 short aphorisms on the principles of the Great Work, the analysis of metals, and the practical operations of Hermetic alchemy.
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The Kybalion - A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and GreeceThe 1908 Yogi Publication Society edition of the classic Hermetic text attributed to the Three Initiates. Sets out the Seven Hermetic Principles (Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, Gender) with chapters on Mental Transmutation, The All, vibration, polarity, and the Hermetic Axioms.
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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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A concise compendium of the most celebrated translations of the Emerald Tablet, the brief Hermetic text that has stood at the heart of alchemy and esoteric philosophy for over a thousand years. Includes versions by Jabir ibn Hayyan, Isaac Newton, Sigismund Bacstrom, and Madame Blavatsky, with a short history of the tablet's transmission from Arabic to Latin.
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A short Hermetic alchemical treatise attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, presented in seven sections. Covers the four elements of the ancient philosophers, the division of the waters, the operations of decomposition and conjunction, and the secret art of perfecting matter. A compact complement to the Emerald Tablet for readers interested in classical Hermetic alchemy.
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A 2010 doctoral dissertation from the University of Basel examining the Corpus Hermeticum as a product of Graeco-Egyptian mentality. Combines Egyptology and classical studies to trace the religious, philosophical, and linguistic influences that shaped the Hermetic writings in Hellenistic Egypt.
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