Finally, we talk about the complex tradition known as Hermeticism and its mysterious namesake Hermes Trismegistus.
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Sources/Suggested Reading:
Copenhaver, Brian P. (Translation & Introduction by) (1992). “Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a new English Translation with notes and introduction“. Cambridge University Press.
Fowden, Garth (1986). “The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind“. Princeton University Press.
Meyer, Marvin (ed.) (2007). “The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts“. HarperOne.
Van Bladel, Kevin (2009). “The Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to Prophet of Science“.