The Pimander of Hermes Trismegistus

produced a human being similar to himself: and he rejoiced in him as
if in his own son. For he was beautiful: and he bore the image
of his father. For God, truly delighted with his own form original: "propria forma". The divine beauty or essence of the Creator.,
granted all his works for human use. But Man, when he had
considered in his own time the procreation of all things: he
himself also wished to create. Therefore, from the contemplation of
the Father: he descended to the sphere of generation. And
since he held power over all things in himself: he observed the works
of the seven governors. These, moreover, rejoicing in the
meditation of the human mind: each of them made the human a
participant in their own order. After he had learned their
essence: and beheld his own nature: he now desired to penetrate
and break through the boundary of the circles: and to understand
the power of the governor presiding over the fire. He who
had the authority and power over all things: broke out and
emerged through The "Harmony" refers to the structured arrangement of the seven planetary spheres that separate the divine realm from the material world. the harmony, penetrating and dissolving the power
of the circles [to look upon] the mortal and irrational living
things of the world. And he showed to Nature, which falls
downward: the beautiful form of God; and when Nature beheld
him, endowed with such wondrous beauty: and possessing all the
actions of the seven governors: as well as the image of God
himself. She smiled with immense love: for she gazed upon
the appearance of human beauty reflected in the water: and
saw its shadow upon the earth. He, moreover, having perceived
a form similar to himself existing within himself, as if in the water