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Thrice Greatest Hermes : Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis (New ed)

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This complete and unabridged edition of THRICE GREATEST HERMES contains translations of existing sermons and fragments of Trismegistic (Hermetic) literature, with introductions, commentaries, and notes.

It will be of great value to anyone studying Hellenistic theosophy or interested in the historic, mythic, and mystic origins of Christianity.

Mead's study of Hermetic literature, Eastern philosophy and Greek mysticism led him to conclude that the Wisdom of Egypt formed the background for many of the principal teachings of Early Christianity.

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Red Wheel/Weiser
0877289476 / 9780877289470
Hardback
135.45
01/03/2001
United States
864 pages
152 x 228 mm, 1315 grams
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