Divine Pymander. Asclepius

TO

The Reader.

Judicious Reader,

* Dr. Everard.

This book may rightly claim the first place for antiquity among all the books in the world, being written some hundreds of years before the time of Moses, as I shall endeavor to prove original: "make good". The original (as far as is known to us) is Arabic, and several translations of it have been published, such as Greek, Latin, French, Dutch, etc., but never in English before. It is a pity the learned translator John Everard (c. 1584–1640) was a prominent preacher and translator known for his interest in mystical and Hermetic texts. did not live to receive for himself the honor and thanks due to him from the English; for his goodwill and efforts for