Theoretischer und praktischer Unterricht ueber das Buch Thot

climbed to the highest level of wisdom, upon which Tris Mercurius Athotis a name for Hermes Trismegistus, the mythical founder of alchemy and hermeticism once stood. Then you can cry out with the pious, virtuous Morien Morienus, a legendary hermit and alchemist, as he said to King Kalid Khalid ibn Yazid, an early patron of alchemy: "He who has everything needs nothing more."

O, you only true initiates of natural philosophy, who rightly do not admit that God can be reconciled or moved to pity through faith without works, or through prayer without labor. You who rightly do not believe that through foolish conjuring, which mocks both human and divine reason, demons must be forced to expose or reveal the secrets of nature to man: you, I say, come here, open this Book of Thoth, and see! It supports your faith, it confirms your principles.

Here you will find how the fanatic who falsely believes himself an Illuminat an "enlightened" member of a secret society hopes in vain for the dis:

The following text is reconstructed from a faded translator's note at the bottom of the page.

The Egyptians had two kinds of writing: one which they used in common life; another for recording their philosophy and natural wisdom, which consisted of hieroglyphic signs and figures.

covery of secrets from the lips of the Most High. You will see how this science is actually scattered throughout the individual works of the universe. The fanatic always waits in vain for immediate divine enlightenment to obtain it.

Yes, we must seek and search for this wisdom in the individual parts of creation. We must not flatter ourselves, like those careless, automatic people, that the deity will place the key to nature's entrance into our hands through a sudden miracle. Those unfortunate souls believe this, yet they are lucky enough that they do not dare to climb toward God's wisdom themselves.

Here you will also learn from this sublime book how far human understanding can lead one astray. You will see how many others, unlike those weak-minded ones, possess a lowliness of soul. These people hope for a reward for their toil from hellish spirits, who are the enemies of the deity, enemies of man, and enemies of all nature. They hope for a happiness that is only granted to them as criminals who believe everything by chance and act without care.