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Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus,

Hermes Trismegistus, or "Hermes the Thrice-Greatest," is a legendary Hellenistic figure combining the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth, credited with writing the foundational texts of Hermeticism.

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Divine Pymander

original: "Pymander"; also known as Poimandres (The Shepherd of Men), this is the first and most famous book of the Corpus Hermeticum, a collection of Greco-Egyptian wisdom texts.

Seventeen Books.

Together with his Second Book,

Called

Asclepius;

The Asclepius is a significant Hermetic dialogue focusing on the nature of the divine, the cosmos, and humanity’s role within it.

Containing fifteen Chapters,

with a Commentary.

Translated previously out of Arabic,

into Greek, and from there into Latin, and Dutch, and now

out of the Original into

ENGLISH;

By that learned theologian Dr. Everard.

Dr. John Everard (c. 1584–1640) was an English clergyman and mystic known for his radical religious views and his work translating Hermetic and Neoplatonic texts into English.

LONDON,

Printed by J.S. for Thomas Brewster

at the Three Bibles in St. Paul’s Church-

yard near the West End. 1657.